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Final Tour and Future Vision

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OFF Grid Greenhouse for the Homestead! 4K

What happens here

The greenhouse is now fully assembled. The interior currently has a sand floor. The hand pump well is positioned towards the front. A cast iron bathtub is placed on wooden pallets for elevation and is being scrubbed clean. The discussion highlights the benefits of the greenhouse's design, including strong polycarbonate panels that provide excellent light diffusion and retain heat effectively, even in cold climates. The extra roof supports added during construction are noted as crucial for handling heavy snow loads in Northern Minnesota. The modular nature of the 8x8 foot sections allows for custom lengths (e.g., 36 feet long for this build). The potential for growing plants year-round is emphasized, along with future plans for a plant-filled 'dojo' and a system for heating bathwater using a wood stove.

Goal: Showcase the completed greenhouse and discuss future plans for its off-grid functionality and use as a plant cultivation space.

Tools and materials

  • Cast Iron Bathtub — Intended for bathing, heated by a wood stove
  • Greenhouse Structure OverEZ Chicken Coop — The finished product
  • Plants — To be cultivated in the greenhouse
  • Potting Mix Jiffy — For future plants in the greenhouse
  • Scrub Pad — Cleaning the bathtub
  • Wooden Pallets — Elevating the bathtub

What they say

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there it is she's all wrapped up and we did a couple of extra things and you guys tell me what you think of them I'll show you about them in a minute now it's not done you know finish detail cast has actually went and got her free hot free tub three bathtub free cast iron bathtub just a bathtub so we got the well right there so you can take shower our tubs in here yeah that's the plan so I'm gonna heat up some water over the fire or a stove or something like hat like one bucket of hot water one cold like a natural Hot Springs and and it's in the greenhouse so we can do that in the winter too what is your plan in here I want to make like a plant dojo just a super cool whole planet area grow as much as I can fit in here you know I thought maybe stick in a cabinet right here for a workbench not a hot upper just a lower cabinet then you can put your water on it and then you could put all your plants because I see you're already bringing your plants in but you do you I don't care I just I'm just glad to see it to this point yeah big yeah maybe you know we get crowded bath area here and then plants that way I also just want plants everywhere you know so Frankie did add some x-rays that did not come and so you see these supports right here that's Frankie's doing because we get a snow up here yeah and it's not this isn't like super look at the bottom it's kind of shimmy and stuff it's not oh you don't you don't have her secured yet which is something you guys got to do I think all we have to do is like um dig or fill it in with dirt I mean sand which we've got we've got plenty of and in these supports you can also hang plants off from them so that's yeah definitely that's really cool yeah and then you want wine and it just spreads the Sun out the whole thing so the sun is technically hitting right there but you go on the other side of the greenhouse and there's this like distinct line I can see it right here oh holy buckets yeah and it goes all the way down so it's spreading I mean I've never had a greenhouse before it's just really it's just really cool Cass and I are both in here squinting we're like fun it's hard to exist in here during the day at least but it was nice last night it got really freaking cold outside like I was shivering yeah but then I come in here and it's like 10 it feels like 10 degrees warmer so I think it'll be really good for plants and stuff oh I bet yeah I like that and once we get some solar panels installed we're gonna get a couple…

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