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  • From: prmsdlndfrm AT aol.com
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  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Joshua Crissen, Promised Land Farm
  • Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:27:41 -0500

This will be our first season with the hoophouses, but I have been studying them for some time. Weve installed ridge vents, and are able to roll up the side walls, on the 210 foot we made it so each long wall is divided into 3 sectios that can be raised and lowered independently, the 192 is in 2 sections. The idea is that on realy hot humid days the hot air rises through the roof vents, pulling air through the raised wall vents creating a breeze. Thats the idea at least, Ill let you know how it works in practice.
 
We decided on the larger buildings for 2 reasns, one is we are a mechanised operation and the larger buildings are easier to work the tractors in, both buildings have over a 14 foot peak, second reason is it was a more economical  way to get a most square footage right away, after a few years of study I was convinced that this would be profitable and I wanted to take maximum advantage, one large building is cheaper than 4 small buildings.
josh



-----Original Message-----
From: David Inglis <mhcsa AT verizon.net>
To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sat, Jan 23, 2010 10:19 pm
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Joshua Crissen, Promised Land Farm

Josh,
Does your long greenhouse build up a lot of heat at the top end? Or are they side vented?
We have found that the wider the house the taller they have to be and the heat tends to build up at the peak but at ground level where we grow the food the temps remain reasonable. Multiple small greenhouses are a pain but I wonder what the upper limit is on the benefit of large houses. Economically I guess you only have two endwalls as opposed to 8 you would have on the 4[30x96] houses that your 55x210 represents. Are there other less obvious benefits from a large house. One advantage I see in multiple small houses is rotation.
 
Dave Inglis
Berkshire County,
Massachusetts
We are building a 55 foot by 210 foot hoophouse, and we've erected a 42 by 192 foot hoophouse. The Hoophouses are a new direction for our vegetable enterprise, we are planning to expand our vegetable acreage by 4 acres, we are wanting to start marketing through a produce auction this year. We have been growing the previous acreage for contract. With the hoop structures we are aiming for some of the lucrative early markets.
Josh
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