I just watched this video. You and your mother are amazing! I got a bit choked up watching the two of you. I lost my daughter at the end of 2019. We were like you and your mother, we really enjoyed doing things like this together. I totally loved watching you two build this. Very clever ideas.
One of the best polytunnel build i have seen on here , its very well built and from this video, thank you... i am definitely going to build one exactly like that...
What a simple elegant design. I've got a few myself and a couple of suggestions that I'd make are: 1. Use proper heat tape available from tunnel manufacturers. The foam used will degrade quickly. 2. If you have batons left over then make frames that sit inside the window frame. Cover one with plastic for winter and with insect mesh for summer. To keep them in place make a few swivel locks (3cm wide X 6cm long with a hole at one end) to fit around the frame. If your velcro weathers well then stick with it. 3. Where the gutter meets the roof use some repair tape to bridge from one to the other. Gives 100% capture. 4. It may be an idea to fill the beds before putting the plastic on just for ease of access. 5. Where you stapled the plastic to the frame I would add batons. My staples rusted and broke. I've subscribed and look forward to seeing your next videos.
You absolute STAR‼️ been waiting for this for soooo long 👏 Mr R has promised to make me one, just been waiting for YOURS! There’s gonna be a lot of ‘Jessie tunnels’ popping up all over the country.....and world! Thank you so much for sharing it with us x
Them cheap poly tunnels are brilliant when they are new but just do not last! Wise move making your own. Use linseed oil as a natural safe wood preserver. and also joints on the metal frames stops the rust. Beehives and bird houses decades old using linseed and sometimes a mix with 5-30% beeswax. Even the raised bed is in its 12th year. No sign of rot yet. Hope this helps
Come on everyone let's get these subscriber numbers moving . Recommend to all your subscribers Jessie at plot 37 one of the better narrated and interesting content sites to visit. Jessie and mum are great at making a visit to the site always watchable, and looking forward to the next one. So come on guys let's get to work.
This is the most useful vlog I have watched on the entire internet. The reason being I could easily follow it. It is very straight forward having been done by a woman and I am definitely going to do mine off this vlog. You have really inspired me, will go and measure my space on the plot tomorrow thank you so much for sharing xxx
I am so pleased to see such an easy to understand and follow set of instructions for a home built poly house .for years I've been using an old green house frame covered in vinyl sheeting from the range but some local bored children came into my huge garden and totally destroyed it. I will be giving this a go next year funds are limited this year
August 23, (on South Coast UK) A neighbour lottie holder pointed me in this direction to your channel. I'm loving this Poly project big time. Gonna have a go over this coming winter, will start collecting materials and doing some planning very soon. Thanks Jessie.
I think that is better than a polytunnel and greenhouse because its almost completely sealed so limited heat loss! Good job, you and your mum make an amazing team!!
As a 66-year-old woman this plan gave me great ideas I have been mashing around ideas trying to figure out what I'm going to do for higher things and also something that would be really workable yet be really small but usable looks like a great plan and I thank you this is the first time I've watched you you and I will go back and watch some more of you have a great day
Jessie, this is fantastic, I built my own shed/potting shed on my allotment that I have had for the last two years, but I am still a little daunted in attempting to build my own poly tunnel/house, I admire your confidence and ingenuity. Fantastic job look forward to seeing the interior fit out
Hi Jessie, I ended up on your channel whilst looking for a small polytunnel and I'm so glad I did. I watched you & your mum building yours with great interest. What a fabulous job you've both made of it. Brilliant! Well done. I have an area near to my shed in my back garden which will give me protection from any strong wind and also give me sunshine for 7 or 8 hours a day in summer. You've given me inspiration to have a go myself if I can get my wife to help me as your mum did. Thank you. Kind regards from a 73 year old.
Yes all the information that I needed was there, perfect .keep your vlogs coming Jessie they are so informative, you and your mum have a lovely allotment and the knowledge that you pass on is awesome
You Done a great job there. and think i may build one just like it. just started an allotment myself, took over one about a week ago, compared to others, mine was just overgrown with grass so far. New to gardening but i love it , so far .From N London myself, Enfield
new subscriber, this video came in my recommendeds and I can't wait to see what next season brings! In the meantime I'll go visit last season! Thank you for sharing your lovely garden!
Very helpful accessible video. For my zone 5b garden in Southern Ontario a polyhouse would need more structural support and solid anchoring especially for the roof due to our snow loads. Great tips for windows and doors and keeping things affordable. Happy winter gardening!
Hi Jessie, I think this is a brilliant construction! I do have a question though, how did you anchor your base to the ground? Is it buried in the ground...? Thanks, Irene x
Hi Jesse, have just found you on You Tube and wish I had seen this before I bought my Polytunnel a few weeks ago. It is almost the same as the one you hade that lasted 3 years. At least I now have this video to look back on in a few years when my polytunnel gives up the ghost.... Thank you. I have now subscribed and will be following you avidly. Thanky you..
Hello from lockdown Ontario Canada Thankyou Jess, you didn’t mention the vandalism to your new structure? Liked the choice of colour for water collection blends in nicely. Blessings to you and yours 🐝
I remember watching this video when you first posted it. I also remember your hurt when you came back and found it vandalized. I was sad for you and your Mom.
Well done, I watched this and number 2 , this weekend I built one at my allotment , using a market stall I had plus some hardwood decking given to me buy a customer, total cost to date zero, but this morning I ordered the tape etc , and I am about to order the cover when they open, I have photographed and videod the build but did not think it was right to add the images to this message, your film was the catalyst which put all the things floating in my mind in order thank you kind regards rog
Just found your channel and subscribed I have binge watched all your posts and love the way you do things, even i can understand Im not a good gardener i have trouble growing weeds lol Best Regards
thanks for this i have a tomato house and wind broke all the mettle parts to it so my son made a wooden frame for the cover to go over but they dont last long your build shows me i can cover it in plastic thank you for showing how to make your polytunnel
What an excellent focussed topic - a great #SaturdaySpecial. It must have been when you were adding the side windows that I first happened across your YT channel, episode 4 or 5 I guess. I jumped back to the start and have followed along with your allotment adventuring ever since. Cutting the plastic for the door and windows would have been stressful to me - not wanting to fudge it up at such a critical stage! I use a Ryobi battery powered stapler gun to line pallet planters that I make - and that is such a fun job! Pew, pew, pew!!
Yes, Mum, holder-upper. UHmmmm, awesome, you're Brilliant, really. Spatial relations and math are spot on. Yup, you're a natural engineer. Wow, what is the wood you're using? I'm a woodworker, I love the grain. in total, AWESOME vid
Hi Jess. Have been thinking of "copy cat" building a polytunnel greenhouse on my allotment plot but as we have been experiencing gale force winds in the southeast I'm wondering how yours is holding up. Because of this I maybe make mine in removeable sections to be screwed back on to the main frame in the spring ready for the new growing season. Love your fantastic programs. Regards Theresa Plot 28c .
Absolutely brilliant job! You’ve inspired me no end! We have a generic polytunnel which is a nightmare..the door is hanging off..the zip has broken and is riddled with holes where the cover has rubbed. I’ll be showing my other half your video and I’m sure between us we can manage to cobble together something similar to yours. Thanks for sharing, Jessie. x
Can I say well done! If you could add a triangle bit of wood into the frame it will be much stronger! Also well done for lining the beds as the treatment chemicals in the decking boards to stop the rotting are nasty and not something you want to grow food up against.
Fantastic detail of your build. I wonder where/when did you use screws with collars versus staples to secure the plastic? Has the plastic split at all where its been stapled? Would love to see a few close up stills of the way you have secured things.
Thank you for the video, exactly my experience! The bought polytunnel ended up in the swimming pool, didn't even last one year. Here is Spain we have industrial strength winds in the winter. If you want to come to Spain and run a workshop, you are very welcome! We tend to need shade houses in the summer and a grow house in the winter but we have essentially an all year season, if we get it right... Sonja x
A real good job and looks very neat. Only thing I would suggest to maybe prolong the poly life......screw lengths of roof batten on the outside onto the frame, this will clamp the poly more rather than relying on the screws and washers...It would stand up better to strong winds 😀 🌻Nigel.............MuddyBootz Allotment🌻🌻
Hi great video and explanation, sorry if you have answered this already I'm looking at making pretty much same size as yours what size plastic sheet did you get please? Thanks again for your time and going through it all!
I was thinking about buying a greenhouse, TH-cam must have read my mind and suggested you. I will have a go at making one. I dont think it will be as good as yours though 🙂
Hi, this is great and I’m thinking of trying this myself. Do you know roughly how much timber you used? Also, the base of it, is it simply on a wooden frame base? Thanks x
I just watched this video. You and your mother are amazing! I got a bit choked up watching the two of you. I lost my daughter at the end of 2019. We were like you and your mother, we really enjoyed doing things like this together. I totally loved watching you two build this. Very clever ideas.
Bless you, sad for you x
One of the best polytunnel build i have seen on here , its very well built and from this video, thank you... i am definitely going to build one exactly like that...
she's done a great job
What a simple elegant design. I've got a few myself and a couple of suggestions that I'd make are:
1. Use proper heat tape available from tunnel manufacturers. The foam used will degrade quickly.
2. If you have batons left over then make frames that sit inside the window frame. Cover one with plastic for winter and with insect mesh for summer. To keep them in place make a few swivel locks (3cm wide X 6cm long with a hole at one end) to fit around the frame. If your velcro weathers well then stick with it.
3. Where the gutter meets the roof use some repair tape to bridge from one to the other. Gives 100% capture.
4. It may be an idea to fill the beds before putting the plastic on just for ease of access.
5. Where you stapled the plastic to the frame I would add batons. My staples rusted and broke.
I've subscribed and look forward to seeing your next videos.
Outstanding Build!!!! Good job on explaining the "How To". Thank you Jessie!
You absolute STAR‼️ been waiting for this for soooo long 👏 Mr R has promised to make me one, just been waiting for YOURS!
There’s gonna be a lot of ‘Jessie tunnels’ popping up all over the country.....and world!
Thank you so much for sharing it with us x
Lynn I’m with you on this, this video has been a long time in the making! I got my Jessie Tunnel up today, and I couldn’t be happier 😊 x
The Original Charlie fab! Can’t wait for mine......happy growing 👍
Happy growing Lynn
Them cheap poly tunnels are brilliant when they are new but just do not last! Wise move making your own. Use linseed oil as a natural safe wood preserver. and also joints on the metal frames stops the rust. Beehives and bird houses decades old using linseed and sometimes a mix with 5-30% beeswax. Even the raised bed is in its 12th year. No sign of rot yet. Hope this helps
Come on everyone let's get these subscriber numbers moving . Recommend to all your subscribers
Jessie at plot 37 one of the better narrated and interesting content sites to visit. Jessie and mum are great at making a visit to the site always watchable, and looking forward to the next one.
So come on guys let's get to work.
This is the most useful vlog I have watched on the entire internet. The reason being I could easily follow it. It is very straight forward having been done by a woman and I am definitely going to do mine off this vlog. You have really inspired me, will go and measure my space on the plot tomorrow thank you so much for sharing xxx
You are two determined ladies! Bravo! This is something to be proud of! 👏👏👏👏👏
I am so pleased to see such an easy to understand and follow set of instructions for a home built poly house .for years I've been using an old green house frame covered in vinyl sheeting from the range but some local bored children came into my huge garden and totally destroyed it.
I will be giving this a go next year funds are limited this year
August 23, (on South Coast UK) A neighbour lottie holder pointed me in this direction to your channel. I'm loving this Poly project big time. Gonna have a go over this coming winter, will start collecting materials and doing some planning very soon. Thanks Jessie.
Thanks so much for this - great to see. Very structured and well planned! Excellent
Really one of the very best polytunnel/greenhouse designs I have seen. Really wonderful and full of wonderful design ideas. Congratulations!
I think that is better than a polytunnel and greenhouse because its almost completely sealed so limited heat loss! Good job, you and your mum make an amazing team!!
As a 66-year-old woman this plan gave me great ideas I have been mashing around ideas trying to figure out what I'm going to do for higher things and also something that would be really workable yet be really small but usable looks like a great plan and I thank you this is the first time I've watched you you and I will go back and watch some more of you have a great day
Thank you Jessie at Plot 37 and also your Mum of course :) for sharing a Brilliant vlog and some amazing idea's :)
thats very good. someone on one of the homesteading facebook pages suggested your channel. so far so good!!! well done young lady
Jessie, this is fantastic, I built my own shed/potting shed on my allotment that I have had for the last two years, but I am still a little daunted in attempting to build my own poly tunnel/house, I admire your confidence and ingenuity. Fantastic job look forward to seeing the interior fit out
Wow, you are an inspiration. I have wanted to construct just a raised garden bed. Now watching you do the frame work, I am motivated :)
Great Job your a very handy young lady, keep up the good work; look forward yo your next blog.
Hi Jessie, I ended up on your channel whilst looking for a small polytunnel and I'm so glad I did. I watched you & your mum building yours with great interest. What a fabulous job you've both made of it. Brilliant! Well done.
I have an area near to my shed in my back garden which will give me protection from any strong wind and also give me sunshine for 7 or 8 hours a day in summer. You've given me inspiration to have a go myself if I can get my wife to help me as your mum did.
Thank you. Kind regards from a 73 year old.
Informed video. Loads of great info here Jessie. Thank you. Happy 2021. 🌱🍅🫑🌶🥬🥦🥕🥒🧄🌸🌼🌻
Fantastic ! Mine has survived 3 Canadian winters thus far. Cheap but good. 🏆🇨🇦
Great to see how you went about it, and it looks great too!
Excellent design and build, good work!
I’ve waited sooooooo long for you to do this, thanks Jessie your a star
Hope it was okay!
Yes all the information that I needed was there, perfect .keep your vlogs coming Jessie they are so informative, you and your mum have a lovely allotment and the knowledge that you pass on is awesome
Amazing stuff. Love your channel and great inspiration for my allotment :) keep it up and I will keep watching !! All my best from Portsmouth
You Done a great job there. and think i may build one just like it. just started an allotment myself, took over one about a week ago, compared to others, mine was just overgrown with grass so far. New to gardening but i love it , so far .From N London myself, Enfield
Thank you 😊 perfect timing for me . I was planning to buy polly tunnel green house. Thank you
Excellent build, has inspired me to do something similar this spring!
It was boss first time I watched this. Thanks again for the re upload 👍👍👍
What a great video! You did a great job and shared wonderful little tips that will lengthen the life of the materials.
Brilliant! Really nice looking poly tunnel that makes good use of what you had for space.
Definitely going to copy your brilliant design here on my smallholding in France. Thanks for so generously sharing.
That was amazing job you an your mum dun there on the green house it looks great an keep up the great work there 👍👍
Excellent Job.I think i will build one on my allotment when it finally drys up.Thanks Jessie keep up the great work your doing and happy gardening x.
new subscriber, this video came in my recommendeds and I can't wait to see what next season brings! In the meantime I'll go visit last season! Thank you for sharing your lovely garden!
Fantastic update video, really enjoyed it and thanks for sharing. Have a great week!
Hey Jessie! Thanks for this. Can I ask how you secured it into the ground? X
Very helpful accessible video. For my zone 5b garden in Southern Ontario a polyhouse would need more structural support and solid anchoring especially for the roof due to our snow loads. Great tips for windows and doors and keeping things affordable. Happy winter gardening!
What a great job. And from all spare wood very impressive. Might do something like this when my polytunnel comes to the end of its life
You go girl. Bravo to to both of you. I so really want to have a polytunnel in my garden and you explained steps so good. You got a new subscriber 😊
I live in FL. You are brilliant young lady! This old bat is learning from you!
I think you did a amazing job young lady. congrats!
Hi Jessie, I think this is a brilliant construction! I do have a question though, how did you anchor your base to the ground? Is it buried in the ground...? Thanks, Irene x
Hi Irene, I had the exact same question. Did you come up with a solution?
WOW! What a beauty! Amazing build.. really inspirational work.. will be checking your progress🌟
Great job. Good luck gardening. Take care to you all.
Hi Jesse, have just found you on You Tube and wish I had seen this before I bought my Polytunnel a few weeks ago. It is almost the same as the one you hade that lasted 3 years. At least I now have this video to look back on in a few years when my polytunnel gives up the ghost.... Thank you. I have now subscribed and will be following you avidly. Thanky you..
Hello from lockdown Ontario Canada Thankyou Jess, you didn’t mention the vandalism to your new structure? Liked the choice of colour for water collection blends in nicely. Blessings to you and yours 🐝
A job well done Jessie and great video.
I remember watching this video when you first posted it. I also remember your hurt when you came back and found it vandalized. I was sad for you and your Mom.
Fantastic build, great video to watch
Beautiful! You go girl! You rock!
Great video Jessica, well done looks brilliant 👍👍
very clever build jessie with some handy tips aka velcro windows / door! excellent, well worth waiting for!
Well done, I watched this and number 2 , this weekend I built one at my allotment , using a market stall I had plus some hardwood decking given to me buy a customer, total cost to date zero, but this morning I ordered the tape etc , and I am about to order the cover when they open, I have photographed and videod the build but did not think it was right to add the images to this message, your film was the catalyst which put all the things floating in my mind in order thank you kind regards rog
Lovely job I need to make mini version for my little garden but tall enough to put peppers in. Got the poly material on my ever increasing wish list.
Just found your channel and subscribed I have binge watched all your posts and love the way you do things, even i can understand
Im not a good gardener i have trouble growing weeds lol
Best Regards
That is amazing. You done a cracking job 👍
I could try a simple buid, like this. I don't have stamina. its really purposeful. thanks for sharing.
You’re so talented Jessie
Grows her own, likes a drink and will do her own DIY.
Cheers Jessie.
Really enjoyed your video you done a great job building that you should be so proud
Looks good that, you've given me a few ideas thanks.
Fantastic video in every respect. Thank you for uploading.
Hi Jesse what did you use for you're foundations? Many thanks
thanks for this i have a tomato house and wind broke all the mettle parts to it so my son made a wooden frame for the cover to go over but they dont last long your build shows me i can cover it in plastic thank you for showing how to make your polytunnel
great build ❤ it. may i ask what the dimensions were for the plastic cover? 👍👍👍
okay youve convinced me... my poly is looking a bit the worse for wear - this year will be the year of the new build x
What an excellent focussed topic - a great #SaturdaySpecial. It must have been when you were adding the side windows that I first happened across your YT channel, episode 4 or 5 I guess. I jumped back to the start and have followed along with your allotment adventuring ever since. Cutting the plastic for the door and windows would have been stressful to me - not wanting to fudge it up at such a critical stage! I use a Ryobi battery powered stapler gun to line pallet planters that I make - and that is such a fun job! Pew, pew, pew!!
Yes, Mum, holder-upper. UHmmmm, awesome, you're Brilliant, really. Spatial relations and math are spot on. Yup, you're a natural engineer. Wow, what is the wood you're using? I'm a woodworker, I love the grain. in total, AWESOME vid
What a cute little house for your veggies you built ! New friend here from Tennessee ! ~~~~ Blessings , Irene
Great video.. I was keen to know how you had put that together.. Great job Jessie..👍
Hi Jess. Have been thinking of "copy cat" building a polytunnel greenhouse on my allotment plot but as we have been experiencing gale force winds in the southeast I'm wondering how yours is holding up. Because of this I maybe make mine in removeable sections to be screwed back on to the main frame in the spring ready for the new growing season. Love your fantastic programs.
Regards Theresa Plot 28c .
Would love to know how you anchored yours to the ground? X
Love to recycle also makes things affordable great work you and your mum do xxx
Absolutely brilliant job! You’ve inspired me no end! We have a generic polytunnel which is a nightmare..the door is hanging off..the zip has broken and is riddled with holes where the cover has rubbed. I’ll be showing my other half your video and I’m sure between us we can manage to cobble together something similar to yours. Thanks for sharing, Jessie. x
Great work, was just looking at buying one but I guess now I'm making something like that 👍
😄 excellent!
@@JessieatPlot37 Jessie, What's the name of the cabbage leaf tree plant? I'm trying to access the grow list 2021 but it's under construction.
Cheers
its not just planting then , brilliant , thank you
Subscribed! Super useful video, thank you. That is definitely food for thought!👍
Hi. What size roughly where the pieces of wood you used please. Really want to try building something similar 😊
Elder back behind me had one like that with used window glass ,I like yours too
Nice keyhole raised bed, all inside a quasi greenhouse. Good job.........
brilliant job Jessie, well done
Can I say well done! If you could add a triangle bit of wood into the frame it will be much stronger! Also well done for lining the beds as the treatment chemicals in the decking boards to stop the rotting are nasty and not something you want to grow food up against.
Hi Jessie, love your vids. What height did you go for front and back? Did it survive the winter ok?
Fantastic detail of your build. I wonder where/when did you use screws with collars versus staples to secure the plastic? Has the plastic split at all where its been stapled? Would love to see a few close up stills of the way you have secured things.
Thank you for the video, exactly my experience! The bought polytunnel ended up in the swimming pool, didn't even last one year. Here is Spain we have industrial strength winds in the winter. If you want to come to Spain and run a workshop, you are very welcome! We tend to need shade houses in the summer and a grow house in the winter but we have essentially an all year season, if we get it right... Sonja x
Hats off to you Jess , pls come to Se London , I need your help 🥰🥰
You Starbar Jesse ! I definitely want to try this when I get my allotment. Love your vlogs Xx
Can you remember what size cover material you bought for this ? Xx
Girl power, I love everything about it....I want one too! You are very skilled, thank you for the great video.
A real good job and looks very neat. Only thing I would suggest to maybe prolong the poly life......screw lengths of roof batten on the outside onto the frame, this will clamp the poly more rather than relying on the screws and washers...It would stand up better to strong winds 😀
🌻Nigel.............MuddyBootz Allotment🌻🌻
Hi great video and explanation, sorry if you have answered this already I'm looking at making pretty much same size as yours what size plastic sheet did you get please?
Thanks again for your time and going through it all!
I was thinking about buying a greenhouse, TH-cam must have read my mind and suggested you. I will have a go at making one. I dont think it will be as good as yours though 🙂
Hi Jessie, love your poly tunnel. Can you please tell me what was the size of your wood for the build of your poly tunnel. Many Thanks.
I forgot to mention the Dome design also increases its wind resistance due to the smooth edges of linear flow
Like that !! Certainly going to replace my cheap greenhouse with a Jessie house 👍👍👍👍
Hi, this is great and I’m thinking of trying this myself. Do you know roughly how much timber you used?
Also, the base of it, is it simply on a wooden frame base? Thanks x
Loved this Jessie but could you explain how you created the base and how it is fixed into the ground? That part seems to be missing.
Fab video, you made that look easy. Thank you lovely xx
Your eyes are staring into my soul. The greenhouse is cool too.