Hula Hoopin in the Back 40 (40 feet that is)

This last weekend I set the posts through the center of our backyard that will separate our family and dog yard from our Burbfarm. Also a couple days ago I erected the beginning of our hoop greenhouse. Now if the weather would just cooperate with me for tomorrow I might be able to get some more done.


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Here I laid out the "skeleton" of the hoop house. I used 3/4 inch 10 foot PVC pipes. The connecting pieces on the ends are T's and in the middle are crosses. You can also see my "Bubba" Garden shed in this picture, the blue tarps is my bee "Apiary". and you can see part of the fence line on the right.



Here you can see the fence line headed to back of the property up to the original garden area. The stilts you can see are over 4x4 garden boxes that will be moved inside the hoophouse when it is done. And the area will be utilized for squash, and possibly more blackberries and raspberries along the fences.



Completed "ribcage" before putting up.



The PVC is held into place by 2 foot long 1/2 inch rebar, after driving them I wiggled the top to give the PVC a little room to also push down extra into the ground. the pipes themselves go down about 5 inches in each spot. In addition there will be a wooden frame around the perimeter that the tubes will be attached to.



And here is the erected frame, the two ends will be framed in for a window on one side and a door on the other along with center supports and a center beam to support snow in the winter. The ground space is 10 X 20 Feet. That will be about 160 feet of growing space (200 minus the walkway) This will also add at least a month on each end of the growing season.



It's not much but its a lot of "hoopla"!!