Putting Shade Cloth on the Greenhouse!

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The weather is starting to warm up and the greenhouse is getting too hot! Our solution is to put up the shade cloths we brought with us from Arizona. We are using 60% shade cloth. Don't forget to check out www.growerssolution.com and use coupon code Traditionalist10 to save 10% off your entire order.
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  • @LivingTraditionsHomestead
    @LivingTraditionsHomestead6 жыл бұрын

    Our greenhouse and greenhouse supplies are from www.growerssolution.com They are GREAT PEOPLE!!! Check them out and make sure to tell them we sent you!!! You can get 10% off your entire order by entering our coupon code "traditionalist10" at checkout!

  • @greenrage2484
    @greenrage24846 жыл бұрын

    Looking good. I love that you use what you have. You can work toward what you might need as time goes on.. LOL Kevin is a funny guy.. behind the shade cloth :) thanks for taking us along.

  • @tomwells9665
    @tomwells96656 жыл бұрын

    Never realize there was so much to do dealing with a greenhouse. Thanks for sharing friends have a good day and God bless

  • @greenskeeperchick
    @greenskeeperchick6 жыл бұрын

    Wonderfully done. Not everyone can get the ultimate greenhouse right away. Your solution of doing it in stages is great to watch. When I get my greenhouse I will be doing the same. Good luck this spring.

  • @jkhenderson1
    @jkhenderson16 жыл бұрын

    You did a great job on the greenhouse. It looks awesome!

  • @browncoathomestead2080
    @browncoathomestead20806 жыл бұрын

    THE SHADE CLOTHES LOOK GREAT ON THE GREENHOUSE, THANKS FOR SHARING AND HAVE A GREAT AND BLESSED DAY

  • @swianecki
    @swianecki6 жыл бұрын

    Good job. You two make a great team.

  • @50shadesofgreen
    @50shadesofgreen6 жыл бұрын

    Good day to you kevin & sarah from living traditions homestead !! 👍👍😁😁 Thanks for sharing your update of your homestead and what's going on throughout the day 😁😁👍👍

  • @sugarpumpkinfarms4933
    @sugarpumpkinfarms49336 жыл бұрын

    Great video. I got busy yesterday and totally forgot about opening up my greenhouse until around 1 ... Needless to say it was extremely hot inside. I gotta get a sharp cloth also. Have a great day.

  • @traceywelsh9696
    @traceywelsh96965 жыл бұрын

    I love You guys! You feel like neighbors (but I'm in New Hampshire). I've watched so many of your Videos that now I'm catching up on older ones. I do have to say that when I saw you throwing the bat over the greenhouse my first thought was, "They're playing baseball all wrong." But seriously your family in your homestead are inspirations. Thank you so much for taking the time to bring us along with you

  • @ccrews0612
    @ccrews06126 жыл бұрын

    Good job on the corners. I like the solution.

  • @karengradzki3808
    @karengradzki38086 жыл бұрын

    I really like your greenhouse. Have you considered adding a 1"x1" wire grid alongside the rollup sides for when they are open, to help reduce critters from getting in to your tasty young seedlings. I'm thinking rabbits, raccoons, rats, mice etc.

  • @Steve-ps6qw
    @Steve-ps6qw6 жыл бұрын

    lol, another funny T-shirt from Kevin, love it!

  • @homesteadingatkookergehoft8131
    @homesteadingatkookergehoft81316 жыл бұрын

    I like the plastic bat idea! Very innovative. And the greenhouse looks great!

  • @AlmostHomestead
    @AlmostHomestead6 жыл бұрын

    Nice job on getting that shade cloth put on. Were putting a shade cloth on our greenhouse this weekend. Haven't had a lot of sun but when we do get it, the greenhouse heats up in a hurry. Hopefully the sun will start coming out for more then a few days.

  • @mariaengle2202
    @mariaengle22025 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for troubleshooting. It'll save a lot of people some heartache.

  • @PfeilerFamilyFarm
    @PfeilerFamilyFarm6 жыл бұрын

    My low tunnel in the hoop house reached 105 yesterday! I pulled the plastic off and gave them all a good drink. And now they are calling for a freeze warning for the KCMO area. Ugh! Thanks for sharing guys!

  • @erikacronje8985
    @erikacronje89855 жыл бұрын

    Great idea and I am sure the temp will drop a few degrees as it prevents the greenhouse of heating up so much in hte morning. It will be interesting to hear how much it cools it down

  • @OZARKMEL
    @OZARKMEL6 жыл бұрын

    Perfect! My little "wannabe" greenhouse was very hot yesterday....to the point that I put all my plants outside. Gonna get some of that sunshade today! Another great video.....

  • @Kimmies991

    @Kimmies991

    6 жыл бұрын

    Looks great!

  • @MrVailtown
    @MrVailtown6 жыл бұрын

    Winter storm Advisory pop in while watching your video for 4-20 . Nice job there.

  • @FarmAlarm
    @FarmAlarm6 жыл бұрын

    From my experience, with my greenhouse here in Missouri, the shade cloth will help a Ton. BUT you will need a upper end vent adjacent from the door to let that heat that rises naturally to vent out. and if you could mount a fan in that upper vent then it would be a bonus. Thanks!

  • @charlesbump5004
    @charlesbump50046 жыл бұрын

    Yes i enjoyed the video thanks for sharing this

  • @karentuthill8308
    @karentuthill83086 жыл бұрын

    Nice job you guys! 👍👌👍 And it really looks professionally done. I have faith that this is what will work for you to protect all your beautiful hard work. Very well thought through! 😉😎🤓😍👍 Good luck and God Bless you so much for💖

  • @LivingTraditionsHomestead

    @LivingTraditionsHomestead

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Teamwork accomplishes much! 💟

  • @vonRow
    @vonRow6 жыл бұрын

    MN here has a High Tunnel research and grant program, sponsored by the NRCS. One of the things the program offerers is a a quick meet&greet seminar amongst local High Tunnel and greenhouse owners. One thing that comes up at almost every meeting is how to control over heating. You guys are already on the right path with the roll up sides. What you are missing, is how you have the end walls set up. Simply, you don't have large enough doors on each end. You could move the man doors over to the right, or left. The most common setup here in MN is a large man door on one side, and the biggest set of windows you can find up on the peak, and the side opposite of the door. (on each end ) The larger they are and the closest to the peak, the better. The caveat to the windows is that they need to be ones you can open. For our own greenhouse, I will be converting our end wall door panels to roll up garage doors. (because my doors are monstrously over sized) And I will be installing a man door beside each one. I still need to finnish my tip-out peaks. heh, that was a wall of text eh? sorry. *envious of all that shade cloth btw.

  • @caroldorsett8170
    @caroldorsett81706 жыл бұрын

    Good solution. Our weather here in Colorado is crazy too mowed the grass the it snowed and last night was 10 degrees. Trying hard to keep baby chicks in the out side coop warm.

  • @FarmAlarm
    @FarmAlarm6 жыл бұрын

    Cold on Sunday, Hot on Tuesday. But fear not, Today is Wednesday and its gonna freeze here in Missouri tonight again! LOL

  • @renea.s5221
    @renea.s52216 жыл бұрын

    Phoenix gardener here. I learned how to garden in Ohio, now I'm learning in Phoenix. Big difference! Those are some big shade cloths, your desert garden must have been huge.

  • @rosem6604
    @rosem66045 жыл бұрын

    lol! I have a photo from west-central MO showing a frozen puddle from April 18! that was the last frost we had. As much as I complained, I do miss the seasons there, frozen pipes and all.

  • @workinonit9562
    @workinonit95626 жыл бұрын

    Nice greenhouse.

  • @pinkyblessed2218
    @pinkyblessed22186 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @lanimcdonald6935
    @lanimcdonald69353 жыл бұрын

    I have a small greenhouse (northcentral Arizona. Shade cloth has been my life saver, cutting and screening a couple of windows and using a fan. I want to find a solar fan system which would be useful for you also. Good work you guys

  • @joebob7135
    @joebob7135 Жыл бұрын

    needed 4x for this one

  • @charmainemontgomery582
    @charmainemontgomery5826 жыл бұрын

    Clever idea 😊

  • @kaitlinsfamilyfarmstead
    @kaitlinsfamilyfarmstead6 жыл бұрын

    Looks great!, Your so lucky to have just the sun we wont be seeing it for a couple of day yet up here in Canada (Ontario). Also just remembered watching a video on Farm Alarm where they put "cheep" fans into there green house might be an idea to check out.

  • @suzie2080
    @suzie20806 жыл бұрын

    Snow storm in Iowa today. It looks better from here on out though. I can't wait.

  • @candiwallace6605
    @candiwallace66056 жыл бұрын

    Cheers y'all 🤗🤗

  • @littlebeavercreekhomestead311
    @littlebeavercreekhomestead3116 жыл бұрын

    Taller sides would have helped and some sort of door or window in the back would really help too. It looks like you guys have it pretty well under control with the shade cloth though. Wish I had some for mine, it is 30 x 72 ft. I use it for a work shop in winter when the sun shines, lol but it is really great to grow spinach and cilantro in over winter with no extra heat needed and garlic too. No bugs at all. I also catch the rain water, it fills my cement pond that is on the highest part of my property. It is 32x52 and 11 ft. deep with plants on the sides to clean the water, check out natural swimming ponds. Hope to see you at Bakers Creek, Will and Mary

  • @BonnieBlue2A

    @BonnieBlue2A

    6 жыл бұрын

    william e Exactly.It looks as though adding to the height of the sidewalls on that greenhouse would be possible, perhaps a mid-late summer project when the plastic isn’t required to keep growing.

  • @raynall3593
    @raynall35936 жыл бұрын

    We live just south of yall across the border in Arkansas and I would love to get me a greenhouse like that. I am a lil ways away from that in that we are still in the process of clearing our land so we can grow a garden but am looking forward to the tme when we can grow a lot of what we eat. Yall have given me so many ideas from watching the videos and our weather is close to being the same although yall did get a lil more snow than we did this winter. Weather has been wacky this year. In May, we had snow one Sat. morning, gone by 10am, and later that month, temps in the 90's. Keep up the good work.

  • @universalgardener333
    @universalgardener3336 жыл бұрын

    I had that problem with my mini greenhouse. I had to make some custom modifications lol

  • @nanamary6
    @nanamary66 жыл бұрын

    Oh only if it would stop snowing. I want to get in the greenhouse and garden so bad 😢

  • @OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY
    @OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY6 жыл бұрын

    Lol now take it off, 50 here today and windy, getting colder all day 😒

  • @davidcrowson4745
    @davidcrowson47456 жыл бұрын

    Great job y'all work great together next time use the wind straps to pull your shade cloth over when you disconnect the wind straps

  • @busterfoxx

    @busterfoxx

    Ай бұрын

    That's a clever idea 😅

  • @debraoster8952
    @debraoster89526 жыл бұрын

    Hi y'all. We are in Edgefield South Carolina. We copied y'all and got the same greenhouse. We just finished it last week. Husband put storm door on backside also. We did not get the fans and stuff either. Our weather has been crazy. We go from freezing to the 70's. it got to 120 the other day in there so I opened both doors and it cooled down to the 100 mark. Also when we put the shade cloth on we put it over the wind straps. We secured ours with rope like you did on the back. We had 30 mph gust two days ago and it is still there so I guess we are ok😀 we are learning as we go.

  • @leahix7356

    @leahix7356

    6 жыл бұрын

    debra oster how does it do in a very bad storm? We get hurricanes in coastal NC.

  • @debraoster8952

    @debraoster8952

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lea Hix so far all we have had is 30mph gust. No damage. The frame is very strong sturdy stable.

  • @missourigirl4101
    @missourigirl41016 жыл бұрын

    Kevin use tent stakes and stake it like a tent in the back.

  • @LorellaPlanBeeOrchardandFarm
    @LorellaPlanBeeOrchardandFarm6 жыл бұрын

    This weather has been nuts! It’s supposed to get down to 33 tonight.

  • @UrijahBen74
    @UrijahBen74 Жыл бұрын

    I hauled steel for years Fold the ends like a covered wagon

  • @YolklahomaRocks
    @YolklahomaRocks6 жыл бұрын

    Nice! Curious if your wind straps had hooks on the end and if so could you have hooked the shade cloth to one side and pulled the wind straps off the opposite side? Would be saving time if so. Just a thought 😊

  • @darlenep5206
    @darlenep52066 жыл бұрын

    The Green house CAN get a Little Tricky.. It certainly is a Learning Experiment.. LOL .. We Put in a Large Exhaust Fan.. it Helps alot .. Would Like to Know, How you Harden off your Plants.. I put out some Tomatoes, ( I'm in Eastern NC).. it's Warm enough,, But they got a Little Shocky.. I'm going to Try Hardening off the Next ones..

  • @jtimwest
    @jtimwest3 жыл бұрын

    Just add it to the wiggle wire on the ends and it’s trouble free and stretched tight

  • @chris3m98
    @chris3m986 жыл бұрын

    Should have taken the temp. before & after. Please, not a criticism just a thought? Also, you could get some tent stakes if need be??

  • @gonzalezpandura
    @gonzalezpandura6 жыл бұрын

    How about hang two large fans in the greenhouse one at each end. Probably can find some cheap.

  • @ALLTHAILAND24-7
    @ALLTHAILAND24-72 жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyed the videos. Looking at getting one as well from them. Tried the discount code but doesn't seem to work anymore.

  • @FensterfarmGreenhouse
    @FensterfarmGreenhouse6 жыл бұрын

    I would not have put the shade cloth on yet but may people do as early as this. Most of the plants that I have require more light at this time of year and 50% reduction will slow their development! The side curtain vents should cool it enough! Chuck

  • @LivingTraditionsHomestead

    @LivingTraditionsHomestead

    6 жыл бұрын

    We are still learning. What temp is too hot? With the side walls open, it is getting over 90+ degrees on a pretty regular basis.

  • @FensterfarmGreenhouse

    @FensterfarmGreenhouse

    6 жыл бұрын

    90s aren't too bad unless you have something that just cannot tolerate the heat like lettuces and ferns. Ferns don't need much sun so the shade cloths are fine at this time of the year for them but most plants will need the extra sunlight to develop properly. My greenhouses stay in the 90's for several hours every day and my plants are adjusting. You might want to get some fans to circulate the air. I have one greenhouse these days that I have to keep cooler for the lettuces and leafy greens and I cool it with a evaporation cooler aka "water wall". The others just use the side curtains! I hope that helps. I will cover my (non lettuce) greenhouses in about a month. The lettuce house will be covered in about a week! Chuck

  • @stephencarlsbad

    @stephencarlsbad

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@LivingTraditionsHomestead You need a nice cross-breeze blowing through the top of the greenhouse too. That 100 degree+ heat at the top of the inside of the greenhouse ends up collecting and pushing its way down to the plants and needs to be evacuated on a constant basis. Make windows and large vents at the top of the greenhouse so heat can vent upward and out like it wants to. Simply opening the bottom of the greenhouse isn't going to be enough.

  • @genedodd5350
    @genedodd53502 жыл бұрын

    i would like to know where i can find shade cover for our 30 by 40 green house and wind straps . we get a lot of straight line winds in southern ill

  • @theresatyree3904
    @theresatyree39043 ай бұрын

    Screws in the grommets? Wish you’d show this now with more detail in May 2024 please

  • @tamarawheeldon1060
    @tamarawheeldon10606 жыл бұрын

    Great info! You guys always explain everything so thoroughly👍do you have a thermometer in there?

  • @LivingTraditionsHomestead

    @LivingTraditionsHomestead

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yes we do. A few actually. 😊

  • @andreabitner405
    @andreabitner4056 жыл бұрын

    How are your strawberry plants doing in the green house did they come up yet?

  • @pineappleparty1624
    @pineappleparty16242 жыл бұрын

    I only clipped through the video as it was recommended on google. I did exactly this to my greenhouse. It was still 90 degrees inside while the weather is 80 degree. The best part...the shade cloth being black got very hot and disintegrated my greenhouse cover. Absolutely baked it within one week. I'm trying to research how the frick you are really supposed to shade the inside of a greenhouse without reflecting heat onto the sensitive plastic covering....

  • @lorilumax6850
    @lorilumax68506 жыл бұрын

    do you have a thermometer in the greenhouse? I am curious to know how well that works

  • @michellerushing4311
    @michellerushing43116 жыл бұрын

    I was so focused on the lesson that the unexpected silliness caught me so if guard I laughed so hard I missed the entire next part and had to go back and watch again. Lol 😂😂😂 I definitely need to start looking at shade cloth. We have like 2 months of triple digits and 80s overnight. So it never really cools off. Makes the gardening chores MISERABLE unless you roll out to get them done by 4am. And if you do, you're fighting mosquitoes as soon as the first hint of light peeks over the horizon. Some good shade cloth would definitely let me start chores a little bit later in the morning after the mosquitoes have been pressured out by the Heat but still have enough protection to not get a second degree sunburn before I'm done with the chores!

  • @chris3m98
    @chris3m986 жыл бұрын

    I would encourage you, folks, to go to Bumble bee junction & view their video on " Garden rows w/o a string or hoe) if you are planting a ground garden. They are some of our veterans doing wonderful things to save this country.

  • @freewaybaby
    @freewaybaby5 жыл бұрын

    I don't have anything growing in the greenhouse right now. It's central Texas in summer, so 130 degrees with the door open! Mine is very small (about 10X12 ft), but I just put up shade cloth and it did not drop the temp very much. How did y'all's do?

  • @mikelastime
    @mikelastime3 жыл бұрын

    would you know what size i needed for 16x28 greenhouse like you have

  • @joeychancey9192
    @joeychancey91926 жыл бұрын

    Couldn't you put a vent in and screen it and put a box fan in the screened hole blowing backwards that will pull the heat out through the fan it has always worked for me here in ga

  • @tangobayus
    @tangobayus5 жыл бұрын

    I like the baseball bat maneuver :)

  • @colorfulplatefarms3327
    @colorfulplatefarms33276 жыл бұрын

    How have the wind straps held up in the winds? We have very high winds here in the Great Plains. Interested to know if they actually work!

  • @LivingTraditionsHomestead

    @LivingTraditionsHomestead

    6 жыл бұрын

    We have had some pretty strong winds this summer and the straps are doing great!

  • @jdogsbad
    @jdogsbad5 жыл бұрын

    Hay Kids, and the reason I call ou Kids is because I'm in my 70s so no offense but I was wondering when you lower the sides for the winter how do you keep them down and sealed?

  • @aceshigh235
    @aceshigh2352 жыл бұрын

    Your roller is backwards. It should roll over the core and under so rain drips off. As you have it rain will roll down and get caught by the roll of poly. Just saying.

  • @riversidecountryclub2211
    @riversidecountryclub22116 жыл бұрын

    So...I'm confused....lots of folks say you must have grow light to start plants indoors. However all these greenhouses I see on you tube, I haven't seen a grow light one. There is no way the greenhouse light from sun is as bright as that 1200 lumen shop light.Why not use em in greenhouses? I hope that question makes sense....

  • @RJSoftware2000
    @RJSoftware20003 жыл бұрын

    Bonk! Plastic bat hits head, no problem.

  • @mday1416
    @mday14166 жыл бұрын

    So put in a solar operated fan in the end and a vent in the other end. It has to be thermostat controlled. Problem solved.

  • @BushImports
    @BushImports6 жыл бұрын

    Isn't that too much shade for peppers and tomatoes? Apparently you need for shade where you were before. What I've seen is 30%-35% for peppers and tomatoes. It partly depends on what you are growing?

  • @LivingTraditionsHomestead

    @LivingTraditionsHomestead

    6 жыл бұрын

    We will be growing our tomatoes and peppers in the ground outside. We are just protecting our seedlings until they are sold at the farmer's market or planted in the ground.

  • @BushImports

    @BushImports

    6 жыл бұрын

    That might be great for seedlings and perfect for hardening them off too. I don't have a greenhouse, I have been growing everything in containers but when the sun starts getting hot the peppers and tomatoes end up being about half the size, blooms and peppers start dropping and they get sun scald, so I got a shade cloth for this year. I hope we all have a great growing season this year.

  • @FarmAlarm
    @FarmAlarm6 жыл бұрын

    I sent You an email. Super cheap greenhouse fan on Craigslist in your area.

  • @oddopops1327
    @oddopops13276 жыл бұрын

    :-)

  • @WendyK656
    @WendyK6566 жыл бұрын

    Boo hoo, were snowing again in Wisconsin 18 April 18 and last week we got a foot of snow. I am boo hoo ing. I need the spring.

  • @warrenjacobson8907
    @warrenjacobson89072 жыл бұрын

    Whitewashing the greenhouse is better and cheaper.

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