I bought a 1600 sq ft hoophouse this afternoon. When I called about it a few days ago I missed it by a couple of hours. The seller kept my name and number just in case and fortunately for me, just in case happened. It will be delivered in a few hours! This brings our covered space up to 2,800 sq ft (not counting the seedling house). I think that might be enough. I’ll spend part of next week planning what to plant, the layout and crunching some numbers to see what I might be able to come up with for a true profit in the first year. It will pay for itself easily. Here’s the ad:
Greenhouse is all disassembled at this time. Included in this package are the hoops, purlins, drive legs, Poly covering, poly pipe with watering drops, several wire top benches and an amount of concrete blocks for support of the benches.
With delivery included, $1,400. I was expecting to pay $3,500 for 1,000 sq ft. As soon as the broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage are done I’ll pull the plants and we’ll start building. It will go up as two houses rather than its original 88′ house. I’ll fill the houses with cold weather greens for the winter and tomatoes and eggplant next summer.
We secured financing for a tractor right after it was sold yesterday. It was sold pending financing. Being able to say “I have cash” helped me get the hoophouse today. I’m hoping the same sentence lands the tractor in a few days!
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Congrats on the new hoophouse! Should you need another I know of a large gothic arch hoophouse in the Augusta area that is for sale.
I am loving my hoophouse, with all this rain I wish I had made it bigger!
Ali
Good to see your plans coming together so nicely, Robin!