“The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.” – Abraham Lincoln
Joe and Tina Watson of Blessed & Beautiful Homestead love sharing their daily experiences through podcasts, social media posts, and vlogs.
Tina, the creator of the Blessed & Beautiful Homestead, shares what it’s like to homeschool, build things from scratch, and of course, how to homestead.
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Last March, the couple posted a video with more than 2M views.
They showed us how they created a DIY cattle panel hoop house, and amazingly, the total cost was way cheaper than those in the market.
That’s one of the beauties of homesteading.
With homesteading, you learn new skills and create different things, from cultivating your land to building hoop houses and so much more.
The couple added a note on their video’s description that they love gardening, so they thought of a way to extend their growing season.
To do this, they had to find ways to protect their plants from the different elements and, of course, pests.
Enter the greenhouse.
Tina and Joe decided to build their own 10X20 foot hoop house!
You have to see the finished product to see how beautiful it is. According to the couple, the project was less expensive & was completed faster.
Want to copy their project?
Here is what you will need:
- Greenhouse plastic
- 5 cattle panels 16ft long by 50in high, made with 4 gauge wire
- Roll of screens (for the windows)
- 2 packs zip ties
- 2 packs pipe insulation
- Straight nails
- U-shaped nails (1-1/4” length by 1/4” round crown)
- 4 Metal T-posts
- Screws
- 2 bags cement
- 2 4x4s cut in half
- 4 2x2x8s
- 12 2x4x10s
- 15 1x2x8s
- 17 2x4x8s
- Plumb bob
- Markers
- Hammer
- Cutter and scissors
- Staple gun
NOTE:
(They used the plastic on the video for 4 months. Then they decided to change it to a more durable, long-lasting greenhouse plastic.
The size of the new plastic was 40X25ft, 6 MIL thick, 4 Year UV Resistant Polyethylene)
Here’s how you can build your own cattle panel hoop house:
1) Using the U-shaped nails, secure your cattle panels on both sides of your wooden foundation.
2) Carefully arch your cattle panels and let someone hold them down so you can secure them to your wooden frame.
3) Use your zip ties to connect your cattle panels to each other.
4) With the use of your plumb bob to make sure that the foundation of your hoop house is centered.
5) As you continue building the frame, make sure to include the pipe insulation. This serves as the protection of the plastic from the metal edges.
6) Measure your plastic and install.
7) Using the 1×2 planks of wood, you can secure the plastic to the foundation. This prevents it from tearing.
8) Once that is done, you can proceed to create your windows or door.
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Tina and Joe worked together on this project, and they were able to finish it in about two days.
You can also start upgrading your hoop house any way you want.
Watch the whole process below!
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