my friend richard cro-- has just bought a hfgh
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Hey Richard---Where are you !!!!
Comments (13)Florence, I just check here occasionally, but I'm still around - and its great to see you posting, I think of you and wonder how and what you are doing. This has been a crazy-busy year, we moved the week of Thanksgiving (just a few minutes away), bought a larger single story home with tons of convenient storage on one acre. I must have been wearing rose colored glasses when looking at the gardens in November, because Spring is revealing tons of work. They are way more neglected than I'd realized and I'm making just tiny bits of progress so far. Andy (still working) is beginning to say call someone to come in for initial cleanup, it's overgrown shrubs, lots of ivy, false lily of the valley, blackberry - all tough for me no stronger than I am on a shovel. So we'll see, I may have some help in the garden for the first time before I can start replanting :) I hope all is well with you, it was so nice to see something from you here on GW - and I don't have a Facebook account :) Maureen...See MoreWarning! dont buy HFGH if you live in high wind area
Comments (47)I must admit that you guys seem like a happy group for people that admit that they bought a less than quality product but decided to make the best of it AND MAKE IT BETTER. That is why AMERICA will always win. We never quit. I personally grew up on an Island, connected to the mainland by a bridge, granted, but the nearest town of any size was 42 miles away and it wasn't all that big either. My father could make ANYTHING FIT or WORK and I can recall time and time again when he did just that. I am very pleased to acknowledge that I have those genes running in my veins. The Oreintials (read China) might be able to make it cheaper, but WE make it BETTER. I absolutely LOVE to read how y'll have improved and strengthen those little flimsy, twisty pieces of left over beer cans and made them into things of beauty and STRENGTH. Long live Reynolds Wrap and Alcoa as well. Give me another beer would you. In a bottle if you please 1eyedJack and the Dawg Stay tuned for the upcoming saga of "The Greenhouse from Hell"...See MoreTwo 6x8 HFGH and central shed idea -- Additional suggestions?
Comments (37)A recent update from the person who received the yucca is that it is green and doing well. The transplanted cholla are doing well, of course, but it will be a while before I know if any sacaton survived. We have been making progress but not as quickly as we hoped. (No surprise there! ;-) ) We have the foundation blocks for the outside beds in place up to ground level and filled with dirt. Pavers have been placed, but not yet leveled, between the existing shed and the north edge of the foundation. We have the water and electrical stubbed in. We have the SHCS tubes in place for the outside beds of the east greenhouse and hope to start filling that section soon with the removed dirt. We have removed all planned use of poured concrete from our plans and have made this planned structure possible to remove easily while still unlikely to be blown away. (Mostly due to bolting the foundation via J-bolts to rebar under bond beam cement blocks.) DH will be checking to see what type of permits/inspections we will need for electrical, water, and structures. I suspect that it will be just water and electric. We won't fill in any more until we find out. It is getting hot already so we will be putting in the outside structure and shade cloth before the central shed and greenhouses. That way we can work in the shade. :-)...See MoreHelp for 10 x 12 HFGH
Comments (23)Vicki, tell your hubby not to be such a nitpicker. The guy who levels the area can go a little bit over sized, and then it can be taken care of when you back fill to the size of the foundation. As far as the need for a true foundation, it looks like to me that this GH does not really require it. My recommendation is, unless you want to put it onto a poured concrete or laid concrete block foundation (which might require you to have a building permit) just dig holes at the corners, and about every two to three feet along the sides (on the inside) and set treated wood posts at least three feet deep. Then attach your treated two by eight base frame to it. I don't have one of these GH's yet, but hopefully someone who does will send you the dimensions from thiers. If not, open the box and find the instruction sheet. (If worse comes to worse, you may have to measure your base plates. I've bought Harbor Freight stuff in the past, and know first hand how "good" thier instructions are.) Kevin...See Moremudhouse_gw
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