you have wonderful courage and done well so far. I suggest you complete the underground air trenches to solve your air and bug problems. Key is sustainability and numerous patches will n be more expensive eventually. Contract an irrigation installer for trenching cheap. Or rent a backhoe for a week and dig a big one. You'll never regret the effort. what about solar and battery electric?
Thank you for the kind words and suggestions. You've given me ideas for future video and to cover on my blog. Episode 15 explains 1 big reason I can't dig to retrofit pipes now. I could not dig, literally, 10' from the greenhouse in any direction where there is not an obstruction - waste pipes, water pipes, electric supply, internet, other buildings, rain tanks, retaining wall, property line. They run north-south and east-west. That's why I consider it one of the biggest mistakes to not do it during construction.
I just love this idea! I always thought it would be so awesome to live inside a greenhouse! I live in NW WA State so winter isn't generally all that bad and here even summer's hot days are very short, only going on for maybe two or three weeks' time. I think planting trees is really a great idea to help maybe keeping it cooler inside by shading certain areas. I see you've been doing a LOT of work getting everything all set up, but I can imagine how wonderful it will be once it all is set and you only need to do upkeep maintenance! Love the idea of the little frogs. I'll bet once you have your ponds going, they'll be very happy staying out of the house portion and around the water! The frogs were one of the things I always loved about having little ponds in various places I've lived. Your snake will really help, also, in keeping any possible rodent population down! I love when we have a few snakes around as we do have quite a number of rodents around the wooded area we live. I only just found you over this Labour Day weekend, but I definitely will continue to follow you and watch for any updates you post! This is just all so interesting! 😍
Thanks for joining and for the kind words. I'm on an island near Anacortes. Got the peach tree idea from a video I watched many years ago by a commercial grower who had a peach tree and grapes as his shade. Last year and this year it hasn't been so many hot days. The problem has been so few rainy days. This year the rainwater tanks were dry for about 3 weeks so I was drawing water out of the pool to water inside the greenhouse.
I will look forward to the walk arounds I have so enjoyed watching how this has happened. The greenhouse home is something that I have dreamed about myself as a way to live in the cold winter where I live.
Thank you for the one-year anniversary video, and all the videos you do. I'm thinking about a similar project so seeing the build and one year of living in the greenhouse has been very educational. I'm working now, so will include more comments in a follow-up. That outside water facet is a great idea which I'll add to my plans.
My next door neighbor likes leaving his door open, so he had a deer go into his house and explore his living room before leaving. She was very well behaved.
Have you thought of keeping hens or Quails loose around the greenhouse ? raising Black soldier fly inside ? you can use their waste as a manure for cultivation.
This is amazing!!! LOVE it. I've watched videos on living in a green house and this would be the plan for us....except my concern is hail and how long panels will last before needing replaced and how to do it.
Thank you for the kind words. I can't speak to hail since we hardly ever have any hail and when we do it is really small. I do expect the roof panels to yellow over time and need to be replaced but it will be significantly less than a standard house roof. Since the greenhouse protects the house I do not expect to ever have to do maintenance on the house exterior like paint or roof.
I was very new to greenhouses when I moved in and had never had a problem with soil at any of my homes previously so did not test the soil before planting. I did have it lab tested toward the end of the season and the only problem was almost zero nitrogen. I got different soil before this year's planting and this year the plants have done great for fertility. Still working out other challenges
I’m thinking about doing the same thing but I’m not sure what a good location would be for me, I’m scared that a tornado or storm will destroy it quickly. Thank you for your vids I’m going to be watching them all today
Thank you for watching. I think no greenhouse would do well against a tornado but even this polycarb greenhouse is holding up well to storms here and (smaller) tree branches and pine cones.
Have you ever read about the message of each animal you encounter? Each one has a special message for you, according to all the indigenous people of the Earth. A good place to start is The Medicine Cards: The Discovery of Power Through the Ways of Animals by Jamie Sams and David Carson. You can also find resources online that discuss the powerful messages that animal archetypes have to share based on indigenous wisdom. Thank you for sharing this journey.
I've used the pond water to water the plants during this time when I need to drain it for repairs but I'm not planning to have fish when it's done and ready for swimming.
You need to study no till farming and regenerative farming. Learn to grow soil, with good microbiome and mycorrhizal fungi. No chemicals or fertilizer.
Quite familiar with no till farming and regenerative farming. Quite familiar with practices to build good soil. Distinguish between knowing what needs to be done vs the time, money, and energy to do everything at once. While one can immediately become no till by stopping tilling, the benefits of no till are not immediate. Results from regenerative farming practices are not immediate. And it takes time to build good soil. Especially inside a greenhouse where every environmental factor has to be introduced and balanced. I avoid chemical use and as a national expert on hazardous waste-derived fertilizer (google Waliser fertilizer law), I disagree with the proposal of zero fertilizer but am very selective about which fertilizer I use.
Thank you for providing a timestamp. I took a poll last year and by far most people wanted to see the greenhouse, not the house. But I do the walkaround in the same order every month so feel free to skip to near the end if you're only interested in the house.
@@liveinagreenhouse I think it's something about the acidity in pine that repels weeds also. It's some piney turf like grass that never seems to have weeds too.. Looks awesome too
Second year made much progress on everything and it has been better living here. But it was still a lot of work getting things set up and maintained. Looking forward to year 3 where more stuff is established so I can spend more time enjoying.
