Awesome design. Of all the cattle panel greenhouses I've seen this has the cleanest and well thought-out layout of them all. I like the built-in workbench. Great work. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Russell! It turned out better than I had originally planned and at 42" wide, it's plenty large enough to accept my wheelbarrow and lawn cart/dump trailer.
Oh my goodness your cattle panel greenhouse looks amazing. I really like the double door and built in work bench......Nicely done. Thanks for sharing. I’m going to save this to my favorites file😁 Be Blessed and Happy Growing. Ms J from Nevada
I am glad you enjoyed it. I had another person tell me they laced a half inch wide rope over theirs in a criss-cross pattern to cut down on concavement from the wind. @markfcoble
I have an 8 x 16 version that is similar. My biggest suggestion is to add more ventilation, soon. I'm in zone 7b-8a and use a fan almost year round. Prop open or auto open vent windows are a must. The simple auto openers dont like cold weather very much and can stop working. Very nice Hoop house!
This looks awesome! I am currently working on a Tiny Cottage at our Son's farm in South Central Oklahoma. My Wife and Daughter-In-Law are talking a Greenhouse. Your contruction of the cattle panel house give ideas. It seems that as I have been retired they are always coming up with work for me.
Thank you! I have installed three more of the nylon straps over the plastic, but it survived 50mph gusts this past week without the strapping. I'm very pleased with the design and space so far!
Bro that looks awesome! I put a prefab greenhouse up and finished just before winter this year - I spent 5grand. Now I see what my next few will be! Thanks for sharing. I'm new too. Look forward to seeing your outcomes.
I built a very similar greenhouse this past summer. I used plastic drop cloth to cover it. It only lasted overwinter and disintegrated last week. It did work well though. I ended up putting plastic panels on the side walls. The east side is opaque panels and the west side are clear panels. I am planning on shade cloth for the summer as it will be to hot to use otherwise. mine is 12 x 20 with 4 foot side walls and a dirt floor and it is free floating (no posts in the ground). The end walls are t1-11 siding painted barn red. I re-used a bunch of materials but am guessing about $1,000 total. I am a bit south of you near Dallas zone 8a. I used it this winter to overwinter my fig trees and to get a jump on vegetable starts.
Looks great brother, I’m about to get started building and I like the design with the end walls and raising the panels a few feet up from the ground to give more overall height. Thanks for giving a visual. Blessings.
One other thing. I don't know what kind of show load you have there but, I would be sure to shore up with a beam and couple of supports down the center.
Thank you Russell, I do have some 2x6s and a couple 4x4 posts on standby if needed, but we typically only get a couple inches a year total and not all at once, rarely lasting more than a day.
Love it! We are looking at different designs seeing how we want to build ours too. Good luck, may your gardens be plentiful. Hey from the woods in Michigan :)
I'm very glad to have assisted in your planning phase Karen. I usually start a project and wing it until it's finished, then make my adjustments for next time.
Greetings Linda, I added some dimensions into the description section of the video, but do you have any specific questions I can answer? Perhaps next time, I'll video each step as I go and create more of a how-to video. Would that be something you'd like to see?
Greetings from Texas , Great job!, it looks really good, even if you are in Ok.(, lol,) the cedar end walls make a positive difference compared to other similar videos , I'm envious :o)
Hey, neighbor! I'm in NEOK also. I've got one cattle panel greenhouse already, and am building out another one at my new farm, which I'm starting from scratch. What caught my attention was the end wall design. I sure like it! Do you have any videos of you actually building it? If the library sign is any indication, I'm about an hour from you. If you haven't fastened the greenhouse to the ground with rebar stakes, it might be a good idea! Cheers and happy growing!
Hello neighbor! I'm about 40min from the origin of that sign myself. I purchased the contents of that library at auction for my home library, and the sign came with the books! I did not video the construction process as so many others have before, and I don't have the patience for editing. You can find information on the technique by searching "board and batten." Each of the (12) 4x4 posts are roughly 24inches in the ground, with everything else anchored firmly to them, so I don't see a need for further anchoring as it has already stood up to 50mph gusts.
Just wondering if you can do a more detailed video explaining how you attached the cattle panels to the wood walls? Are those 20 ft panels?? Thanks for sharing the design. Very nice.
They are 16ft long panels, and I have decided to film the entire process next time for an educational resource next time! Fencing staples and a hammer are all that's required to attach the panels to wood.
I suffer from back pain too, so I'm very sorry to hear that! I hope you get some relief and get yours built soon! I'm planning to get some more shelves built in mine this weekend and start some cool season crops!
I unfortunately haven't had any more time to fiddle with mine yet, but I do look forward to building benches and getting some cool season crops started!
Our Amazon Hoophouse just collapsed after a winter ice/snow storm and we will be building a cattle panel one similar to yours. Thoughts on a centre cross beam to prevent collapsing under weight of snow??
I'm sorry to hear that! But welcome to the cattle panel side! Where I live, it is very uncommon for us to receive more than a couple inches of snow, and even more rare that it lasts more than a day. If I lived where there was a greater threat of heavy snow, I'd definitely install a beam down the center, and probably a vertical post every 8 feet. Good luck with your build! I've been in my greenhouse all day today starting seeds, and I'm so happy I built it!
Ground Cover: Amazon Lumber: Facebook Marketplace & Lowe's Cattle Panels: Tractor Supply Fence Staples & Nails: Lowe's Pipe Insulation: Lowe's UV Rated Zip Ties: Amazon UV Rated Plastic: Amazon Rough-Cut Cedar: Local Saw Mill (Johnson's) Most of the lumber I began acquiring whenever I would see "free privacy fence panels" on Marketplace. This provided me with the 4x4 posts I used to construct the base and saved me about $100.
@@caseyhardison4320 I absolutely love it and its a nice size. We have a chicken coop like that but I don't know why it never occurred to us to make a greenhouse like that too. Your work is awesome!! thank you again!! By the way I'm in Palo Pinto and its so windy out here and I have zero shade or trees in the area where we built so I will definitely need the shade cloth.
Thank you, it's about 30in on one end and about 40in on the other. I used reclaimed 4x4 posts (from a privacy fence demo), set 2ft in the ground, and then cut them all off at the height of the shortest one.
Great build! This is the exact design I want to make. I have a couple questions. What was the size of cattle panel you used? Also what's the height of the work bench and lastly the plastic you used do you know the mil thickness?
Thank you Dustin, -Cattle panels are about 4ft wide x 16ft long. -The work bench is probably about 35in tall. I wanted a tall bench that I didn't have to lean over. - 6mil. Here's the manufactures decryption: "IRAC 4 Year UV Resistant Thermal Anti-Condensate Greenhouse Film 6 mil - 32' Wide - Length (feet):: 25"
Thanks for the video Casey. I plan on building an 8x12 foot CP greenhouse in the spring. My end walls will be wooden bottom and polycarbonate on top. How did you secure your plastic sheeting on the ends? Thanks.
That sounds lovely Maureen! I used the same pressure treated 1x2's curved with flat washers and screws to secure the plastic. It seems to be holding up wonderfully! Good luck with yours!
Good eye! Last summer, I employed two methods of containment; 1. To stay on top of weedeating and edging (with a gas powered edger about 2in around all the rocks the same way I do my concrete driveway), and the second option was to apply one application of glyphosate, a non-selective herbicide during the hottest part of the summer. The gravel does have a heavy-duty woven ground cover under it through the garden. In another area, I applied the gravel 5 in thick and rolled it heavily to compact it, and zero bermuda grass penetrated the interior, only around the perimeter, and it was treated as stated above. My long-term plan is to increase the shade throughout the yard, as that is the only thing that truly kills bermuda grass!
Hi Brett, At the bottom of the long walls, I used pressure treated 1x2's, predrilled with a bit slightly larger than my screws. The screws each have a 1" wide washer to deliver maximum holding force down onto the wood. I also placed a piece of heavy duck tape where each screw would puncture. Around the curves of the end walls I did the same process, with an added step of curving the 1x2's (I cut almost all the way through it every 3 inches to achieve that bend). I'm starting to realize that I should build another one of these and document each step of the process. Hope this helps!
Looks great! Do you feel you have enough ventilation? I am considering some automated ventilation so greenhouse doesn't get too hot during warm spring days.
Hi Julie, the three deciding factors on ventilation were: how I plan to use it, the wind observations over the past 3 years, and keeping costs low. I mainly wanted a place to start seeds, to begin my growing season with the best starts possible, and to have a place large enough to store my gardening supplies close to the garden. I will likely have a few heat loving plants in containers the first year so I can move them out if needed, but the bulk of my growing will take place outdoors. The wind here is rarely not blowing! I predict with the top half of the door open daily, the air inlet on the ground open, and a shade cloth... I'll be just fine.
Hello there neighbor! Right now the plan is to utilize shade cloths and the south facing door to cool it. I could very easily roll the sides if those two methods failed, but by July/August the only thing that should still be in there will be some pepper plants.
I’m wondering about the location that you chose. From the shadows being cast, it appears that you should have put it somewhere else unless you going to cut down the trees!
A little sunlight goes a very long way inside this greenhouse. We've had days where the outside temps were in the mid 50s, and it been 80 inside. The trees closest to the are both located on the east side, providing 6+hours of uninterrupted strong afternoon sunlight.
High temperatures don’t grow plants, sunlight does. So if that is East, you’ve built a wooden wall on the south end to also block the sunlight! I think your batting zero
Awesome design. Of all the cattle panel greenhouses I've seen this has the cleanest and well thought-out layout of them all. I like the built-in workbench. Great work. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Josh! Hopefully you'll be able to use my take on this concept and apply it to your own someday!
Check out this design
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The half door is a great idea especially for ventilation. Thanks
Thank you, Russell! It turned out better than I had originally planned and at 42" wide, it's plenty large enough to accept my wheelbarrow and lawn cart/dump trailer.
Wow, you can certainly boast that the greenhouse is gorgeous! I love the double-Dutch door!
Guilty confession: I think all greenhouses are gorgeous! ❤️
Oh my goodness your cattle panel greenhouse looks amazing. I really like the double door and built in work bench......Nicely done. Thanks for sharing. I’m going to save this to my favorites file😁
Be Blessed and Happy Growing. Ms J from Nevada
Thanks. Nice build. Ours is 12 x 20. Windy here so this is helpful.
I am glad you enjoyed it. I had another person tell me they laced a half inch wide rope over theirs in a criss-cross pattern to cut down on concavement from the wind. @markfcoble
It's callled a "Dutch Door".
I really love your design and it gives me "food for thought", I may try building this! 💞💞💞💞💞💞
I believe in you!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing.
I have an 8 x 16 version that is similar. My biggest suggestion is to add more ventilation, soon. I'm in zone 7b-8a and use a fan almost year round. Prop open or auto open vent windows are a must. The simple auto openers dont like cold weather very much and can stop working. Very nice Hoop house!
Nice build, good job
This looks awesome! I am currently working on a Tiny Cottage at our Son's farm in South Central Oklahoma. My Wife and Daughter-In-Law are talking a Greenhouse. Your contruction of the cattle panel house give ideas. It seems that as I have been retired they are always coming up with work for me.
Thank you! I have installed three more of the nylon straps over the plastic, but it survived 50mph gusts this past week without the strapping. I'm very pleased with the design and space so far!
Bro that looks awesome! I put a prefab greenhouse up and finished just before winter this year - I spent 5grand. Now I see what my next few will be! Thanks for sharing. I'm new too. Look forward to seeing your outcomes.
I built a very similar greenhouse this past summer. I used plastic drop cloth to cover it. It only lasted overwinter and disintegrated last week. It did work well though. I ended up putting plastic panels on the side walls. The east side is opaque panels and the west side are clear panels. I am planning on shade cloth for the summer as it will be to hot to use otherwise.
mine is 12 x 20 with 4 foot side walls and a dirt floor and it is free floating (no posts in the ground). The end walls are t1-11 siding painted barn red. I re-used a bunch of materials but am guessing about $1,000 total. I am a bit south of you near Dallas zone 8a.
I used it this winter to overwinter my fig trees and to get a jump on vegetable starts.
I am glad to see others building these greenhouses. I think they have a lot of potential and are very cheap and easy to build.
Cannot use drop cloth as it will fail. You gotta use greenhouse film from a farmplastic supply house.
@@CliffDiseker You can use it if you know that it will fail.
Looks great brother, I’m about to get started building and I like the design with the end walls and raising the panels a few feet up from the ground to give more overall height. Thanks for giving a visual. Blessings.
Very nice. I'm building my frame now, got some good ideas from ya!
Very nice 👍
One other thing. I don't know what kind of show load you have there but, I would be sure to shore up with a beam and couple of supports down the center.
Thank you Russell, I do have some 2x6s and a couple 4x4 posts on standby if needed, but we typically only get a couple inches a year total and not all at once, rarely lasting more than a day.
In the pacific northwest we would be fine w no support.
Beautiful design and great workmanship!
Thank you very much!
Great Work! That's a very nice build and undoubtedly the nicest looking door I've seen! (Central OK here so I definitely appreciate that wind!)
Thank you so much! It's nice opening only the bottom of the door so my puppies can come day hi!
Love it! We are looking at different designs seeing how we want to build ours too. Good luck, may your gardens be plentiful. Hey from the woods in Michigan :)
Looks awesome. I am in the process of framing out a hoop house and you gave me some insight on my original plans.
I'm very glad to have assisted in your planning phase Karen. I usually start a project and wing it until it's finished, then make my adjustments for next time.
More info on building would be appreciated
Thank You for sharing
Greetings Linda, I added some dimensions into the description section of the video, but do you have any specific questions I can answer? Perhaps next time, I'll video each step as I go and create more of a how-to video. Would that be something you'd like to see?
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Greetings from Texas , Great job!, it looks really good, even if you are in Ok.(, lol,) the cedar end walls make a positive difference compared to other similar videos , I'm envious :o)
Thank you Dan, I have enjoyed the look so much I'm extending to several other raised beds in the garden also.
I love it‼️ great job 👏🏾
I really like this.
Hey, neighbor! I'm in NEOK also. I've got one cattle panel greenhouse already, and am building out another one at my new farm, which I'm starting from scratch. What caught my attention was the end wall design. I sure like it! Do you have any videos of you actually building it? If the library sign is any indication, I'm about an hour from you. If you haven't fastened the greenhouse to the ground with rebar stakes, it might be a good idea! Cheers and happy growing!
Hello neighbor!
I'm about 40min from the origin of that sign myself. I purchased the contents of that library at auction for my home library, and the sign came with the books!
I did not video the construction process as so many others have before, and I don't have the patience for editing. You can find information on the technique by searching "board and batten."
Each of the (12) 4x4 posts are roughly 24inches in the ground, with everything else anchored firmly to them, so I don't see a need for further anchoring as it has already stood up to 50mph gusts.
@@caseyhardison4320 that’s sturdy for sure! And I love that you all have a home library! My goal for my new home is a designated library room! 🌻😎🌱
looks good, thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Just wondering if you can do a more detailed video explaining how you attached the cattle panels to the wood walls? Are those 20 ft panels?? Thanks for sharing the design. Very nice.
They are 16ft long panels, and I have decided to film the entire process next time for an educational resource next time!
Fencing staples and a hammer are all that's required to attach the panels to wood.
Nice
Jealous ~ party of one here. I’ve got all the materials, but my back is jacked. Soon hopefully!! Bravo 👏👏👏‼️. Well done
I suffer from back pain too, so I'm very sorry to hear that! I hope you get some relief and get yours built soon! I'm planning to get some more shelves built in mine this weekend and start some cool season crops!
Nice!
Thanks!
Just put up mine today. 12x8
I unfortunately haven't had any more time to fiddle with mine yet, but I do look forward to building benches and getting some cool season crops started!
Our Amazon Hoophouse just collapsed after a winter ice/snow storm and we will be building a cattle panel one similar to yours.
Thoughts on a centre cross beam to prevent collapsing under weight of snow??
I'm sorry to hear that! But welcome to the cattle panel side! Where I live, it is very uncommon for us to receive more than a couple inches of snow, and even more rare that it lasts more than a day. If I lived where there was a greater threat of heavy snow, I'd definitely install a beam down the center, and probably a vertical post every 8 feet. Good luck with your build! I've been in my greenhouse all day today starting seeds, and I'm so happy I built it!
@@caseyhardison4320 thanks for the input . Happy seed starting !!
Looks fantastic. Is there an opening on the other side for cross ventilation?
I love it - can you provided the materials and where you got them, please.
Ground Cover: Amazon
Lumber: Facebook Marketplace & Lowe's
Cattle Panels: Tractor Supply
Fence Staples & Nails: Lowe's
Pipe Insulation: Lowe's
UV Rated Zip Ties: Amazon
UV Rated Plastic: Amazon
Rough-Cut Cedar: Local Saw Mill (Johnson's)
Most of the lumber I began acquiring whenever I would see "free privacy fence panels" on Marketplace. This provided me with the 4x4 posts I used to construct the base and saved me about $100.
@@caseyhardison4320 I absolutely love it and its a nice size. We have a chicken coop like that but I don't know why it never occurred to us to make a greenhouse like that too. Your work is awesome!! thank you again!! By the way I'm in Palo Pinto and its so windy out here and I have zero shade or trees in the area where we built so I will definitely need the shade cloth.
I'm certainly glad you enjoyed it! The solid end walls in the direction of the prevailing winds is a game changer!
Looks great. What are the heights of the wooden sides?
Thank you, it's about 30in on one end and about 40in on the other. I used reclaimed 4x4 posts (from a privacy fence demo), set 2ft in the ground, and then cut them all off at the height of the shortest one.
Great build! This is the exact design I want to make. I have a couple questions. What was the size of cattle panel you used? Also what's the height of the work bench and lastly the plastic you used do you know the mil thickness?
Thank you Dustin,
-Cattle panels are about 4ft wide x 16ft long.
-The work bench is probably about 35in tall. I wanted a tall bench that I didn't have to lean over.
- 6mil. Here's the manufactures decryption: "IRAC 4 Year UV Resistant Thermal Anti-Condensate Greenhouse Film 6 mil - 32' Wide
- Length (feet):: 25"
Awesome. Thank you very much for the info and the great video. I hope you enjoy your new greenhouse. It sure looks beautiful!
Thanks for the video Casey. I plan on building an 8x12 foot CP greenhouse in the spring. My end walls will be wooden bottom and polycarbonate on top. How did you secure your plastic sheeting on the ends? Thanks.
That sounds lovely Maureen! I used the same pressure treated 1x2's curved with flat washers and screws to secure the plastic. It seems to be holding up wonderfully! Good luck with yours!
I think I see Bermuda grass there. How do you maintain the gravel when it creeps in?
Good eye! Last summer, I employed two methods of containment; 1. To stay on top of weedeating and edging (with a gas powered edger about 2in around all the rocks the same way I do my concrete driveway), and the second option was to apply one application of glyphosate, a non-selective herbicide during the hottest part of the summer.
The gravel does have a heavy-duty woven ground cover under it through the garden. In another area, I applied the gravel 5 in thick and rolled it heavily to compact it, and zero bermuda grass penetrated the interior, only around the perimeter, and it was treated as stated above.
My long-term plan is to increase the shade throughout the yard, as that is the only thing that truly kills bermuda grass!
Well done. How did you attach the plastic at the bottom?
Would love to see how you attached the plastic. Did you just use lath an staples or what?
Hi Brett,
At the bottom of the long walls, I used pressure treated 1x2's, predrilled with a bit slightly larger than my screws. The screws each have a 1" wide washer to deliver maximum holding force down onto the wood. I also placed a piece of heavy duck tape where each screw would puncture.
Around the curves of the end walls I did the same process, with an added step of curving the 1x2's (I cut almost all the way through it every 3 inches to achieve that bend).
I'm starting to realize that I should build another one of these and document each step of the process. Hope this helps!
Looks great! Do you feel you have enough ventilation? I am considering some automated ventilation so greenhouse doesn't get too hot during warm spring days.
Hi Julie, the three deciding factors on ventilation were: how I plan to use it, the wind observations over the past 3 years, and keeping costs low.
I mainly wanted a place to start seeds, to begin my growing season with the best starts possible, and to have a place large enough to store my gardening supplies close to the garden. I will likely have a few heat loving plants in containers the first year so I can move them out if needed, but the bulk of my growing will take place outdoors.
The wind here is rarely not blowing! I predict with the top half of the door open daily, the air inlet on the ground open, and a shade cloth... I'll be just fine.
@@caseyhardison4320 Awesome! Glad to hear more details!
I'm in Oklahoma as well. Last summer we had several weeks over 100 degrees. Do your sides roll up? Or how will you cool it?
Hello there neighbor! Right now the plan is to utilize shade cloths and the south facing door to cool it. I could very easily roll the sides if those two methods failed, but by July/August the only thing that should still be in there will be some pepper plants.
@@caseyhardison4320 peppers. Thats what i grow. My tunnel hits 90 even with shade cloth, but peppers love it.
I’m wondering about the location that you chose. From the shadows being cast, it appears that you should have put it somewhere else unless you going to cut down the trees!
A little sunlight goes a very long way inside this greenhouse. We've had days where the outside temps were in the mid 50s, and it been 80 inside. The trees closest to the are both located on the east side, providing 6+hours of uninterrupted strong afternoon sunlight.
High temperatures don’t grow plants, sunlight does. So if that is East, you’ve built a wooden wall on the south end to also block the sunlight! I think your batting zero
@@grdelawter4266 th-cam.com/video/j_Of36XVHng/w-d-xo.html 2.9m views about growing veg in the shade. Enjoy!
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