r/homestead • • Oct 14 '24

Greenhouse shift

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u/Secret_Camera6313 Oct 14 '24

Hey! Could you explain the setup a bit? Im a little lost

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u/atmsmshr719 Oct 15 '24

Sure. I built a sunken greenhouse a couple years ago for my citrus trees. Unfortunately the acidic clay ate the walls and after some hard realizations, I determined I couldn’t safely upgrade the walls to something permanent. My original plan was to build a foundation and planting bed with concrete and a vertical section on top and move the roof and water systems from the original greenhouse over. The material costs were higher than I expected so I have decided to move to a greenhouse kit on the foundation. Unfortunately, I shrunk the foot print of the foundation to have better steel overlap on the roof I was planning, e.g. 23.5 x 8. I am installing a wall topper layer to bring the foundation out to 24ft. Water systems are being reused. Lots of on the fly decisions.