{"id":9818,"date":"2022-04-05T07:37:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T11:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/?p=9818"},"modified":"2022-04-05T07:38:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T11:38:51","slug":"after-20-years-our-first-hoophouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/2022\/04\/after-20-years-our-first-hoophouse\/","title":{"rendered":"After 20+ years, our first hoophouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PXL_20220404_203414112.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PXL_20220404_203414112-293x299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"299\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PXL_20220404_203414112-293x299.jpg 293w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PXL_20220404_203414112-1002x1023.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PXL_20220404_203414112-147x150.jpg 147w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PXL_20220404_203414112-768x784.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PXL_20220404_203414112-1504x1536.jpg 1504w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PXL_20220404_203414112.jpg 1855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PXL_20220404_212248663-1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PXL_20220404_212248663-1024-299x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"162\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PXL_20220404_212248663-1024-299x162.jpg 299w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PXL_20220404_212248663-1024-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PXL_20220404_212248663-1024-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PXL_20220404_212248663-1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After too many years of inadequate  cold frames, we have finally found a design that we liked and could build&#8230; a 4&#8217;x8&#8242; hoop house.  This was based on the design of: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ef_TS19TRQg&#038;list=WL&#038;index=12<\/p>\n<p>The price of materials is much more than what is suggested in the youtube video&#8230; x2-x3 more in fact.<br \/>\nSo, we will see how this one works out and then decide about building more.<\/p>\n<p>This is made from 1\/2&#8243; Schedule 40 PVC, 2&#215;4&#8217;s, two hinges, a handle and a bunch of various size screws.  Our biggest concern is the extreme wind our area has.  We will be adding eyehooks and rope to stop the lid from opening too much and will prop it open with a space short 2&#8243;x4&#8243;.<\/p>\n<p>We have also found a new supplier for composted sheep manure&#8230; this time from a real sheep farm&#8230;<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.thesheepshelf.ca\/<br \/>\ninstead of commercial 13kg bags for $5.  This stuff looks much more potent!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After too many years of inadequate cold frames, we have finally found a design that we liked and could build&#8230; a 4&#8217;x8&#8242; hoop house. This was based on the design of: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ef_TS19TRQg&#038;list=WL&#038;index=12 The price of materials is much more than what is suggested in the youtube video&#8230; x2-x3 more in fact. So, we will see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9818"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9827,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9818\/revisions\/9827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}