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> Our latest greenhouse build, Year round veggies!
Seguin Fisher
Posted: Nov 26, 2022 - 09:34 pm


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A few years ago I posted about the greenhouse we built at our place and how we used it. We moved to a new place last year, and really missed the fresh greens throughout the winter, so this summer one of my projects was another one.
I designed this one to fit the windows I got from a renovation I was working at this spring. All these windows were removed from a cottage and were just going to the dump, they’re only about 5 years old and worked perfectly for what we needed. Quite a bit of the materials were recycled from other projects, like an old lean too shed that I tore down and some leftover stone from a job I did ( I’m a stonemason so I have lots of stone kicking around ).
About the only materials that we purchased was insulation, soil and random odds and ends like wiring, receptacles etc.

Started with pouring a reinforced concrete slab with built in drain holes for where the raised beds were to be later built. They’re made if 4” concrete block that’s been parged.

Walls and ceiling are all 2x4 stick framed, with R14 rock wool insulation, and R6 styrofoam panels installed on that. There’s 4 windows that can be opened for ventilation, as well as two solar powered vents. I also added three 120v plugs at different spots for fans, a heater and possibly lights in the future.

We planted about 8 different types of salad greens and lettuces in September, and today picked our first bowl of fresh greens. Some of the lettuces are slower growing, so they’ll be another 3 weeks or so till we’re picking them, but once they get going we’ll be able to fill a large bowl with greens pretty much every day, all winter long. We’ve also got some peas, which are currently about 2’ tall and doing well, hope to get some fresh winter peas to snack on when it’s -30 outside!
We built a shelf above the raised soil beds, that we currently are housing a bunch of tropical plants that my wife will take to her new job next week, and in about late Feb to early March we’ll start our summer veggies from seed in pots there to transplant later. We also have a bunch of hanging baskets along the ceiling that my wife will start her flowers in as well.
The greenhouse has a small 120v space heater that is set to about 15C , and will only kick in a few times at night when it’s real cold out, but once the sun is up, it’ll get as warm as 40C if we didn’t open any vents, and even with the solar vents it’ll still get close to 30C, even if it’s -30 outside!

Nothing beats opening the door on a super cold, windy day to have your sunglasses instantly fog up, and that wave of heat and smell of fresh dirt hit you. If you sit there in a lawn chair with a beer in your hand and your eyes closed, you can pretend it’s July

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Seguin Fisher
Posted: Nov 26, 2022 - 09:35 pm


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Framed and ready for windows

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Seguin Fisher
Posted: Nov 26, 2022 - 09:36 pm


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Getting there

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Seguin Fisher
Posted: Nov 26, 2022 - 09:39 pm


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Outside finished ( added stone to the front of the barn to match as well).

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Seguin Fisher
Posted: Nov 26, 2022 - 09:40 pm


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Seguin Fisher
Posted: Nov 26, 2022 - 09:41 pm


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The jungle right now

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Seguin Fisher
Posted: Nov 26, 2022 - 09:43 pm


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First of many tasty greens to be munched on!

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Posted: Nov 27, 2022 - 07:49 pm


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I’ve got two words ….
Impressive & jealousy…
You’ve out done yourself. It’s looks fantastic. The practicality with today’s veggie cost not to mention the pride in growing your own food is fantastic.
I’m truly impressed and with a hint of jealousy.
Well done SF

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Posted: Nov 27, 2022 - 08:36 pm


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I can almost agree with everything CHEVY said, except where he says a hint of jealousy, I full out jealous. Amazing

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Posted: Nov 27, 2022 - 08:38 pm


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Very impressive. The really good thing (amongst many), is that you know the kind of soil you are producing your own veggies in....that's what we would like to be able to do someday. Thanks for sharing and it's good to know how big/small the greenhouse has to be to produce enough to feed a family.

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Posted: Nov 27, 2022 - 11:39 pm


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Wow, an awesome job on the build. You must be proud of that, it's a thing of beauty.

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Posted: Nov 28, 2022 - 08:54 am


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Thumbs up for sure.

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Posted: Nov 28, 2022 - 09:18 am


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Love it! Yes I WISH.. Beautiful greenhouse and job well done.

Enjoy the growing and harvest.

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Posted: Nov 28, 2022 - 10:05 am


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Wow, that's an incredible project Enjoy it!

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Posted: Nov 28, 2022 - 10:19 am


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An absolutely wonderful idea from a guy who:
a) has the room to build it and
knows what to do and how to make it all happen.

Enjoy your home-grown greens while the rest of us 'weep' as we visit our local food stores.
Congrats on a inspiring job well done!

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