Backyard solar greenhouse project, start to finish.

Jun 11, 2019 3:11 AM

yaquinaking

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Setting the base.

Framing it out.

Framing for the windows.

Roof installed. First windows installed. All windows sources from a local re-use yard.

Found the perfect door at the Habitat for Humanity Re-Sale store!

Door installed.

Different angle.

More windows installed.

Different angle.

Internal cedar shelving.

Aluminum trim.

Another inside view.

Solar panel installed!

Sealing the cracks and prepping for paint.

Paint job!

LED lights powered by solar power system.

Inside view of the lighting.

Installed a four-barrel rain catchment system that is plumbed to an internal sink that drains into a rain garden.

Rain barrel system.

Finished project with cascade hops growing up the side :).

Have extreme "The witness" Vibes and I like it

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Nice build!

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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7 years ago | Likes 77 Dislikes 0

I’m going to need to see a permit for that, water and electric not to mention harvesting rain water. Lmao California sucks ass.

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

If you notice mosquito larvae becoming a problem in you water barrels, feeder goldfish love them and will provide fertilizer in the water.

7 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

Great build!

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Cool. Can suggest groundscrews for another project :)

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

as I pop open another beer on my couch

7 years ago | Likes 55 Dislikes 1

you got beers ?

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Well done! But why call it just farm house, match the creativity that you put into it with something unique. ask everyone here for a name

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Good call. Any ideas.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Magnificent

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Aren't all greenhouses solar?

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Great job! How did you decide the solar panel angle?

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Just spit-balled the angle, and pointed them south. They have no trouble charging two RV batteries on reasonably sunny days.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

"Got a permit for that?" ( your neighbour probably ) ;)

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Hope you dont live where catching rain in barrels is against the law!

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I’m in Oregon. If we have plenty of anything, it’s rain.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Good - Ive read some stories (here and elsewhere) where catching rain was illegel. (one of which was in California )

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Very impressive @OP. Loved that you built most of this out of used parts. Question: How much did the solar panel cost?

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I believe it was around $170 on Amazon. Included panel, wiring, and charge controller.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Sweet!

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

@ilookfuckingcool

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That is so fucking cool I want one !

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I knew you would.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Wait - are the LEDs just for illumination or are those special UV-ray-thingies which help the plants grow?!

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Just for illumination.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I hope you got a constructing permit for it. Had a friend build one without, and had to tear it down.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Well done!

7 years ago | Likes 40 Dislikes 1

I’d love to see what you have growing inside! Are you doing hydroponic watering inside from the rain collection barrel?

7 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

We mostly over-winter fragile plants and grow our starts for the spring. We want to get more into year-round greens.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

if so, @OP should add a fishtank and go with aquaponics, save on fertilizer and grow edible fish at the same time! Tilapia is an easy fish.

7 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

seems like finish to start then back to finish again. :-)

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You should enter this in the Instructables.com backyard contest!

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

@OP this is ridiculously cool! Did it require a building permit?

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Or finish to start

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You should totally like grow weed, weed is so hot right now.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

UnbeLEAFable and a solid use of your thyme

7 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

This is great! Lettuce enjoy our gardens.

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Dig in!

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What are the dimensions

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

There's three observable, but up to 10 or even more according to scientists.

7 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

8x8

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

8x8

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

How much did it run you, OP? I'd love to do something similar.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I didn’t do the best job accounting, but more than $1k and less than $2k.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

What are all those PVC devices? Seems like an awful lot of pipe

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You’re likely referring to the overflow bypass coming from the top of the barrels? When they get full, those pipes spill to a rain garden.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I was referring to all the pipes in the area to the front of the greenhouse. Doesn't really look like a rain garden to me.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Oh. Those are structural support for tomato plants! Sturdier and work better than flimsy cages.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0