Greenhouse/garden project

[Automatic Slim]

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weekend warrior stuff. timed irrigation, etc........... picture a week or so old, now beds are filled. Total of 5 beds in place. Plants, soaker hoses, mulch........

unfortunately this is just the beginning and will be a 5 year project till complete. slab, GH, and front deck w/ ramp and steps were finished last fall, picked up where I left off this spring and did sides, back deck (pictured), plumbing, etc.

 

[Flatland Dave]

Nice, what did you build the beds from Cedar?

 

[Automatic Slim]

yeah dave, had a guy who wanted some cedar trees cut down on his fence line and took to local mill. 4"x7"x10' stacked 3 high. Made two beds out of PT 4"x6" x 12' though, as not enough cedar.

 

[ITGuy1998]

Great job - I may steal your planter bed design - simple and elegant!

 

[Automatic Slim]

ITGuy1998 -

I used a portable band saw, Makita that has a 4 7/8" throat for notch. Never had much success w/ recip saw as my cuts always stray. Took a 24" wood auger bit on the corners and dewalt sds hammer drill w/ drill attachment and then drove rebar through all four corners to hold in place. Simple as that.

The plastic was in place just to retard the weeds underneath and later trimed inside to allow root access to ground soil. Native soil is slick, hard, clay and just scarified the top, threw 2" gravel base for drain and then soil w/ periodic mix of perlite for beds.

Put on some headphones, put the portable band saw on "auto" and went through about 100 cuts perched on saw horse.

Tip: Carry the cut wood to placement site, as opposed to moving off horse to ground and then moving yet again. One man show here, and beams started to feel bigger as time went.

 

[djd99]

What did you use for roof panels on the greenhouse? Very nice and classy.

 

[Automatic Slim]

Polycarbonate, but allows too much direct light for my locale. Might change to something more diffused. Hot house at 80 deg is understatement.