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I don't have much experience with that. Lots of grass sprouts from runner roots under the soil. If that's the case then no it won't. If it's a seed based grass then you might find that it controls it.
Yes! I actually add in a number of things for added fertility to both my seedling and potting mixes. I have tomato seedlings over a foot tall and they've never had a liquid feed added. Super strong and healthy plants.
@@microhomesteadecology We use a lot chicken poop and that's makes things grow 😂like if basil leaf size in store is size of thumb then our basil is size of hand or even twice and taste so good too. Green house is full of tomato plants grow up to 10 feet maybe. i did something with my tomato seedlings too like i planted some 2 weeks later and this week i put them in green house and those i planted 2 weeks later grown t times bigger than first ones. it's mine second year growing veges and different trees but my father is gardening whole life and i feel like i have natural skill or talent 😅
Capture, filter into a still, make/sell/brand as Viking Ale, sell out. Have no idea how this stuff works. I play these while I'm working, great stuff my man. ALSO - this is Brian lol, name is legal for work stuff
I love composting materials out of my garden. As my garden slowly grows in size so does my compost. I add kitchen scraps but avoid things like meat. Thanks for sharing the video.
It's still crazy to me to see what comes out in the final product. The fact that you can pile up all kinds of stuff and get something so full of life... It's just an amazing process.
Hahaha!! Thanks for watching! I've gotten a few comments on that hat... But after the teasing people usually say something about that being what we should all be wearing. 🤣😂
You gotta do what you gotta do to protect yourself! My track kids give me a hard time for wearing sleeves at track meets. Don't care...going to protect my skin!
@@jenebright8353 oh that's funny!! I wear a different huge hat at track practice and everyone tells me how easy I am to find that way! 6'5" and a huge hat stands out I guess!!
Nice! That's a good sized space. The one we built is about that too. I'm going to have to check Lowes now for that sheeting. That's a heck of a good price if the quality is similar to the stuff I found at Home Depot.
Hello, Vale is a very nice city that I got to know back in the mid 90's due to myself and family being seasonal migrant workers. We lived in the workers camp on Elm Street (which sadly has been taken down). I recall walking down the streets where I used to go for ice cream at Diary Queen. I also got to visit the public swimming pool and a drive-in in Nyssa. The Good Old Times!
HF has one for $400 6 x 8, I have two. Just purchased this Costco putting it together now. Huge difference in quality but my HF is over 10 years old and still going. I also have the large HF 10 x 12 ($1,000), don't like it won't hold up in a windstorm.
I actually inherited mine from my grandparents, but here locally I’ve seen them at our local farm n ranch stores. We have a place called D n B Supply. I’ll see if I can find them on Amazon and post a link for you.
www.growitnow.com/product/aqua-dome-plant-protector-set-of-2/. I found it here at this link. It's called an "aqua dome" apparently. Looks like they come in sets of two for around $50.
The kit is amazing too in that EVERY SINGLE PIECE of wood is stamped with a number. All the screws have a label on their bag. If you lay out all the materials in number order it makes it super easy to find the called out piece in the instructions. The instructions are good, and they have a company hints video that goes over trickier parts, plus of course there are several builds on the net. Setting up a level foundation can be the most frustrating part, lots of hard labor depending on your ground. (I had to bring in 600# of paver gravel and 500# of paver sand, plus the 4x6's for the foundation support.
I am going through some of my old content and I will probably post an update on this soon..... but.... don't do what I am doing here in this video..... this is an epic source of fertilizer that I know use in my seed starting mixes at a minimum. My solution for worrying about anything living is to harvest it and let it sit for a year or more. Its so, so easy to just run all this through a simple wire strainer that I picked up at a discount kitchen store. I then add a small amount to my seed starting mixes and soil blocking formulas. You can actually buy this frass as a fertilizer and I was just blowing it all over the place. Makes perfect sense that "poop" from insects would be good fertilizer!
a lot of people have talked about how the pieces dont go together well and there are gaps in the materials. Boards and other pieces are warped and for the cost it doesnt seem satisfying. Now with buy the wood from the harware store they are rarely great quality these days. Wood warps as a general rule and it shrinks over time. It is very frustrating. Might be worth it to be able to put the greenhouse together and fix the gap issues.....but definitely quality control will always be an issue. Also.....the quality of wood will be an issue if you choose to do it yourself. Cheap Chinese crap as a I call it but that doesnt encompass the entirety of the corner cutting operations for all wood working project materials.
Valid points for sure when it comes to these kit type deals. I obviously don't know how it would hold up in an actual outdoor environment having just seen the floor model. My DIY Greenhouse has its own issues being made of hardware store material as you've mentioned. I'm sure I'll always have to fix little things here and there. Any wood space with the high heat and humidity of a greenhouse is going to have issues I'd imagine. But I still absolutely love mine and many of the folks I've seen talk about this one seem to love it to.
I wanted to put up a greenhouse last year and started a price list for materials. I was already up to $900 and hadn't even gotten everything on the list. Then I saw this greenhouse - it was precut, it was cedar, they would deliver, it was bigger than the one I was planning to build, and it ultimately was cheaper than making one from scratch. I ended up purchasing this one online from Costco to get the delivery. I have been pretty happy with it. I'm zone 4, I don't heat it, and I already have some winter-sown plants growing in it.
That's awesome!! Thanks so much for sharing your experience!! I think it's a great value for the price I saw in my area and I wouldn't hesitate to get it if I wanted a greenhouse.
It’s a great deal I think. The exact model is on Wayfair for about $2500. I just don’t have space for it unfortunately but they have a much smaller version 3x3 which my Costco has not started selling yet.
They have that small one out on the floor here at our local Costco. It's so stinking cute! I think it'd be perfect for someone with a small amount of space!
We bought the 8x9.7 greenhouse, and if the weather is good tomorrow, we start setting the walls. I put the walls together by myself and have 16 hours in that. Preparing the base took me about 6 hours. Seems to be a nice greenhouse, and we're excited to get it all together.
I saw something about that recently! Thanks for sharing. Mine were definitely cold and it took forever. I tried to film it so I could speed it up.... Yeah no. I'll have to try the warm water next time!
while you are melting your wax to coat the matches , dip the cotton pads into the wax and let them be completely saturated, this will make them waterproof and then they will work in wet conditons, when you are ready to use them sepreate the pad half way down the middle and fluff the fibers .
Oh yeah! Actually did that exact thing and you're right... They burn so well when you fluff them. I always try and keep some on hand even for here around the house/yard. Super cheap and easy to make!
Having this machete in the bush would be better than having nothing at all. It may not be expensive, but it'll get you through. The little blade would most likely be used to spear fish or small game.
Just bought one today....and I have a full wood shop but yeah I figured my materials would be more than the kit. I'm in California and cedar is expensive if you can find it. Redwood isn't cheap also.
Thanks for the great review. I've had the New Yankee Workshop plans for an almost identical build for decades, but never built it. I'm 5a/6b in a canyon with pretty late soil warmup. This would help.
For sure! I think I'd get some seed starting heat mats for the shelves to help seedlings get through the night. There is a ton of room in there for 10/20 flats.
Thank you for that. I just saw that at Costco the other day and was wondering. I have one out of brick for the base but I would definitely consider getting another one and this could be it.
I think it's a really nice unit in all honesty. They have a bigger one available online as well, but the online prices were higher... I think this one was like $1500 online. The slightly bigger one was close to $2000.
I am DESPRATE to learn how they make these matches, that can be dipped under water, then will re-light. I want to make "Strike Anywhere" storm proof matches, but I can't find anyone who explains how to make the storm proof matches. Specifically, how do they make it so that it can be submerged in water, dirt, stepped on, etc. and it automatically relights?
We have been keeping a container of water, and pick the squash bugs and put them in the water to drown them. But this way they are in my fingers, which the smell is horrendous.
Easier to simply put the soap into a hose-end sprayer and have at it. Spray when there is no sun on the plant. Wait 20 minutes and rinse off the plant so you avoid damage from the soap.
It sucks..... Had a HUGE garden that I was so proud to grow back in college in 2017. Took my 6 foot tomatoes down to 6 inch nubs 😔. They did grow back but not nearly to where they were without the trauma. I learned my lesson that day, if you grow a garden (or plants that you cherish and care about for that matter) plan to have easy to deploy hail screen fast at hand. It's not cheap but it's cheaper than having all your months of hard work get shredded in minutes! I hope they are doing better though!
