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[lazy gardener]

Either would be great. Be sure that you have the CP oriented the right way. I like to have the wire mesh oriented so the vertical wires are on the outside. Less friction on the plastic.

 

[lazy gardener]

One last comment about CP green house: If you have the space in your yard, make it 8 x 12 instead of 8 x 8!! Those extra 4 feet will make a huge difference in the functionality of it. I wish I'd made mine bigger!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Mine is 17 square feet and round dome style bu with all the room have to many spaces covered

 

[Arielle2]

My Gh is still under construction. SImilar design but uses gray scheul 10, attached to 10 x 10 pt frame for the base.

No much snow this year. Mostly bare ground and too much mud. lol

 

[pennyJo1960]

My Gh is still under construction. SImilar design but uses gray scheul 10, attached to 10 x 10 pt frame for the base.

No much snow this year. Mostly bare ground and too much mud. lol

looking at acu weather we may be snowed in till the end of February

 

[Arielle2]

My weather is about 30-35 this week , with some rain; today overcast, Sunday rain. No snow. Just a few frozen bites of rain. lol

DH is cutting up fallen pine that blew down in a recent storm. He is to cut it to use around the green house as a base. It will rot over time but should be good enough for this year and next. Then I expect a redo.
Plan to place branches to bring up the soil level inside the GH.

All of this is a trial.

 

[lazy gardener]

I haven't seen the ground since mid Nov. However, the snow is receeding a bit. More due this weekend.

 

[pennyJo1960]

We had like a full week and half that seemed spring had arrived then last 2 days we have 10 inches of snow but sun is out today and heard the snow melting off the coop

 

[CapricornFarm]

It was 79° F today in my workshop! Hubby was wearing shorts and a tshirt. Some towns had record highs in the 80s! What? February in South Virginia, what will spring bring?

 

[HoopyFrood]

@lazy gardener Wood chip question: I want to line our chicken run with a few inches of wood chips as my entire property slopes and when the snow melts it just likes to drain through the run making a wet mess. Chips will alleviate that AND help build the very poor soil of the run. You advocated AGED wood chips in runs. I assume this is to make sure the volatile compounds go away for for the sake of the birds' respiratory health?

If so, how long does it take to sufficiently "age" wood chips? I'll ask my arborist buddy for non-chicken-toxic hardwood, but whatever I get it'll be GREEN. I was thinking of just spreading them out on tarps in thin layers and periodically stirring them; just leaving them exposed to sun, wind and rain. But I will need to process a LOT of chips over the season to fill the run. I hope I can do it fast enough.

Any thoughts? Thanks!