Maximizing growing space on a small residential lot
Chrobrego (Orlando 9b)
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Chrobrego (Orlando 9b)
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Comments (12)OK - let's see if I can post a couple pictures. Just now created a photobucket account - here goes: Yippee!!! OK - so this is our slightly smaller 12 x 72 hoop house. This house can hold about 5500 plants - (18 plants per flat). If I didn't need space for my potting bench and heater, we could fit about 6500. Anyway, this is our set up, and you can see that once the benches fill up, the crops under the bench will get minimal sun. Our high tunnel is slightly wider, and will have 6' wide benches the length of the house. I think I'm gonna try to pre sprout some seeds, and stick them in the beds in the HT. I'll see what happens! Thanks for the posts - and JRSlick - for the pictures. Plants are our main focus (being about 80% of our total sales), and we are growing about 30.000 this year! There is no way your set up of using the aisles would work for us, but it may have me rethink my space in my home hoophouse :) You sure are creative though - and have definitely maximized your space! Myfamily - I have a tiny 8X14 hoophouse at home. I also use 40-50 gallon black garbage barrels as the "legs" for my benches. I fill it with water from my fish tank water changes. I also set a 5 gallon jug in my laundry tub, and put the hose from my homes de-humidifier into it. Otherwise - that water would just run down the drain! I get at least 1 jug a day - up to 3 if its really cold and dry, and I am home to keep an eye on the jug when it gets full. The hardest part is then carrying the heavy jugs up the stairs and outside, and dumping them in the greenhouse barrels. Especially when it is snowy and icy (like it has been here all winter!) By the time I need to use my house, the barrels will all be full. Thanks!...See MoreMaximizing small laundry space
Comments (2)Definitely think "up" -- I have some cabinets installed in the space over my laundry machines and they are great for storing all the detergent etc. As for color -- I tend to agree with your builder to go same color as the kitchen cabinets, I have seen some houses where they went white in the adjoining laundry area and to me it looked funny. JMHO....See MoreHow do we maximize this space?
Comments (11)There used to be a tv on the left wall that is why the shelves on the wall are as high as they are. I thought I would hate not having a tv in the living room but if we want to watch anything we have a theatre in the basement to entertain with. RL relocation that is exactly how we had the living room set up before. Maybe that is the most spacious way to do it but we are just trying some new stuff out to see what we like. Greatly appreciate the input. So far this is what we have done but still aren’t convinced we like it. We put the wine rack in place of the love seat and if it stays will need to be painted....See MoreHelp!...Growing 2 Climbers in a Small Space.
Comments (9)How about the idea of running a large arch the length of the cement planter? Then place one type of climbing rose at each of the bases and have them start to climb that arch towards each other. When they get to the top they wind together as much as your trimming will allow them to. I had a climbing rose application I put up here that was for a narrower area, and many people warned me that climbing roses will really bush out and the thorns will take no prisoners to anyone casually walking by the path. So you might want to think about plants with benign thorns and be prepared for the burden of heavy maintenance....See MoreChrobrego (Orlando 9b)
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