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- From: "nan and stewart" <stewart AT watervalley.net>
- To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: greenhouse questions
- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 19:38:32 -0500
Dear friends,
If this a topic that is in the archives already,
just let me know and I will go research (I am relatively new to the list but
don't recall such). I will go back and reread my Growing for Market
articles - but if other advice, I would much appreciate it.
I am in a position to purchase a greenhouse - I
will have some help to build one but cannot quite figure out where to go to
order the parts.....the best price and materials among all the
options
Here is what I want - one with dimensions approx.
16 (to 20) width and as long as I can get while still allowing for adequate
ventilation (that info is in the Growing4 Market article)...it will be UNHEATED
and there is NO SNOW in my area......
Is there any preference for shape (quonset, arched,
etc.)
Is metal better than pvc pipes (i live in such an
incredibly windy area year round that my screens are ripped off my two
porches)-----i am assuming some kind of metal frame is a better, sturdier
option....I am willing to spend what I need to in order to make sure that my
greenhouse DOES NOT BLOW AWAY (I should emphasize that
it is REALLY WINDY here.....friends even from just a few hours away cannot
believe how WINDY it is here, so that is my biggest concern in purchasing and
building a greenhouse)
and should i go with plastic, or the stiffer
materials (more like a plastic glass) or the third option, a kind of wired
plastic that comes in a roll but goes on rather stiff
one farm had an opaque (looked white) greenhouse
plastic for winter time because it helped moderate the heat spikes of a southern
winter and he kept his chickens in there over the winter (they were on pasture
rest of year but left behind a wonderfully composted planting bed)....never
thought of that before....still got plenty of light...but i will be growing
winter lettuces and greens in half of it, so can you put half clear and half
opaque on it?
i live near BWI in memphis and they have all kinds
of greenhouse frames for sale but whether price is the best, I don't know where
else to check....all the "garden" catalogs look pretty pricey.....
i am a complete dud when it comes to technical
things (though I can milk any goat and raise a gorgeous seedling!) so please
forgive any stupid questions (my husband, if it is possible, is even less
talented in this area than i am....so i am throwing myself on the mercy of
strangers!)
there are some big commercial nurseries nearby that
use greenhouses for storing their trees and shrubs, but no working farm
greenhouses....only what i read in books.....
thanks so much
nan at dancing goats farm
water valley, mississippi
p.s. on a happy note, friends and colleagues have
already offered to have a "greenhouse-raising" party for me, so we can probably
assemble and/or create almost anything that folks suggest (thank goodness it is
not just me alone.....it pays to be a good neighbor is the first thing the
farmer under whom i apprenticed taught me! the next was always to give the
customer a bit more than they expected and you will win their
loyalty)
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greenhouse questions,
nan and stewart, 01/28/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: greenhouse questions, William Barry, 01/28/2001
- Re: greenhouse questions, Earthfarm1, 01/29/2001
- Re: greenhouse questions, wiediger, 01/29/2001
- Re: greenhouse questions, Alex McGregor, 01/29/2001
- Re: greenhouse questions, Alex McGregor, 01/29/2001
- Re: greenhouse questions, Lynn Byczynski, 01/29/2001
- Re: greenhouse questions, Brian and Jacqueline Potzkai, 01/29/2001
- Re: greenhouse questions, Leigh, 01/29/2001
- Re: greenhouse questions, William McKay, 01/30/2001
- Re: greenhouse questions, Jill Taylor Bussiere, 01/30/2001
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