Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

market-farming - Re: [Market-farming] Greenhouse design?

market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Market Farming

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: Aaron Brower <aaronbrower AT yahoo.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Greenhouse design?
  • Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 17:43:40 -0800 (PST)

I've put up a few high tunnels from Rimol and have been pleased.
Most tunnels come as a kit that you put up yourself. I don't think it will take much to 'design' it with your dimensions.
30' wide is a standard size. For your length you just need enough bows to reach your length. Most bows are spaced at 4' but some are 5'. So at 4' spacing you would need 7 bows to reach 24' length or 6 bows at 5' to reach your 25'. There are a few ways to deal with that missing foot with the 4' spacing...
Give Rimol or ledgewood or whoever a call and they should be able to give you a quote relatively quickly. If you are price shopping, make sure prices factor in all the hardware (fasteners and such) and whether they are pre-dilled or not. A couple years ago a friend bought a farm tek tunnel thinking he could save money over my rimol but it wasn't pre-drilled and didn't come with a lot of miscellaneous parts that really add to the cost. 

Aaron
N. Michigan


From: Beth Spaugh <lists AT rhomestead.com>
To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Greenhouse design?

Try Ed Persons and Ledgewood Farm in NH
 
Beth Spaugh
Rehoboth Homestead, Peru NY
 
"How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used." - Wendell Berry
"Without power over our food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Frances Moore Lappe
It's not that nice guys finish last. They have a whole different notion where the finish line is. - unknown
 
 

From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of garlicgrower AT green-logic.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 9:04 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [Market-farming] Greenhouse design?
 
Hi, Folks!
 
The milking parlor on my barn is gone except for one stone wall and a fantastic poured concrete floor with drainage.  Since it faces east and south, I’d like to convert it into a hoophouse-type greenhouse to start seedlings.
 
Of course, it’s a non-standard size (about 25 x 30 feet), so I can’t just buy a greenhouse kit and fit it into the old milking parlor.
 
Can anyone recommend a company that will help me design this greenhouse so we can buy the parts and put it together ourselves?
 
Thanks!
Dorene Pasekoff
Hill Creek Farm
Pottstown , PA

_______________________________________________
Market-farming mailing list
Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming

Market Farming List Archives may be found here:
https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/market-farming/
Unsubscribe from the list here (you will need to login in with your email
address and password):
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/market-farming





Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page