Cold Climate Greenhouse NEW TOUR - Plants, Fish, Rain Water Storage, Thermal Mass, and much more!

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  • Tour on October 28, 2022 of what I consider the best greenhouse design in the world for ultra cold climates and energy efficiency. I'm biased of course because I built it and designed it, but see for yourself and be sure to let me know what you think.
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Komentáře • 449

  • @feederdiaries4862
    @feederdiaries4862 Před rokem +88

    I'm extremely disappointed in youtube, I've been looking for videos of winter greenhouses for the past few years. I live on the 45th and have had trouble finding deep winter greenhouse videos until now, this is really impressive and inspiring! Liked and subbed!

    • @lukrezialaval2406
      @lukrezialaval2406 Před rokem +4

      Me too! I look for over a year for Winter Greenhouses, because I live in northern Sweden on the 66th.
      And I only found this video because I was looking for video's about composter? 🤔
      Anyhow, glad to found it!

    • @PumpernickelPele
      @PumpernickelPele Před rokem +2

      Both of you beat me here and I've been searching just as long

    • @ConcreteLand
      @ConcreteLand Před 11 měsíci

      You guys aren’t looking very hard, there are plenty of videos on line.
      Try “citrus in the snow” as a search.

    • @babbarsher2065
      @babbarsher2065 Před 7 měsíci

      Big Time. 💋💃🍑🍆🍌💋. 👁🌎👽🛸. 💋👍🏿💋

    • @user-yw5fz4gw9z
      @user-yw5fz4gw9z Před 7 měsíci +5

      I agree with ya there you tube stinks like Justin Trudy.

  • @FlinFarmer
    @FlinFarmer Před rokem +35

    No amount off federal and provincial funding of university students come close to the real world testing and experience of a down to earth guy like you. Hope to visit.

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  Před rokem +5

      ❤️ Thanks for that. 👍✌️

    • @lynngill1588
      @lynngill1588 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@ArkopiaCZcams yep mine as described above has the college grad students doing comp labor for my handicapped but so the classes can be brought threw on tours. yep experience over paper work every time . She works on & with mother natures methods. to provide me enough & then some. thanks God

    • @sixfourhim
      @sixfourhim Před měsícem

      @@ArkopiaCZcams I am in Wisconsin US and just stumbled on this as well as the other one just released. I know you have been asked a hundred times, but do you allow visitors, or do you offer any plans etc? I can make it out from watching, but we would be on an extremely fast track to close in by winter.... Terry

  • @khashayararam4437
    @khashayararam4437 Před rokem +34

    I think I speak for alot of people when I say can't wait for the next episode.

  • @601salsa
    @601salsa Před rokem +27

    Use a copper pipe coil on the stove chimney to heat the water for the bathroom. Get an insulated hot water tank to keep it warm and put that above the bathroom. Save on energy heating the water.

    • @lynngill1588
      @lynngill1588 Před 6 měsíci

      run the copper pipe as a closed loop with a thermostat controlled return valve feed the tank with rain water, this way the water will return to stove to keep tank water at constant temp very limited solar or wind jammer to run thermo. hot & cooler water will move the heat around .

    • @smileoften-ft3hq
      @smileoften-ft3hq Před 5 měsíci +1

      Heat recovery from chimneys always has value. Over cooling the chimney does have issues so of course the careful balance.

    • @avarora
      @avarora Před 2 měsíci

      He needs a masonry heater with huge thermal mass. Iron stoves are wasting energy...

  • @CopperIslandHomestead
    @CopperIslandHomestead Před rokem +35

    Genius adding the sauna and woodstove sitting area! What a dreamy greenhouse!! 😍

  • @janetjohnson998
    @janetjohnson998 Před rokem +5

    Fish. With your temperatures and humidity I would consider growing black soldier fly larvae for your fish and chickens if you have them. All eat the dead flies too.

  • @marvettebarkerthompson455

    You are a visionary. Creating an environment for your family to weather the serious winters......priceless. Keep up the good work.
    I grow bananas and sometimes it takes up to 2 years to get banana fruit and I live in the Caribbean so it's coming and will be worth the wait.

  • @tedgortemaker7711
    @tedgortemaker7711 Před rokem +45

    We’d love to come for a visit this winter. We’re in Winnipeg doing gardening, egg and meat chickens and cows. This greenhouse is very impressive! I haven’t seen anyone else who has thought of so many systems and incorporated them all into one cohesive building suitable for the cold Canadian prairie winters. Well done!

    • @lynngill1588
      @lynngill1588 Před 6 měsíci

      if your on the open planes of Canada, you need to dig down at least 6' then berm up all the way around. use hay bales for insulation around inside walls (they can make great potato beds if they are aloud to rot for a couple seasons & then add 8" of top soil and plant the following season. Also place seeding trays on them as shelves in the mean time. after digging in & before building add heat ex-changers like he has they really work great. you can use pallets & plastic for semi sealed floor while still letting you grow melons & corns indoors with clean floors. no ground born issues either.

  • @LawAbidingCitizen117
    @LawAbidingCitizen117 Před rokem +10

    For the tilapia tank, I suggest building a solar water heater with thermostat and automatic pump to keep the water temperature warm.

    • @lynngill1588
      @lynngill1588 Před 6 měsíci

      as I was just talking with another viewer he should add both passive solar hot water & heat loop off fire stove to heat the hot tub sauna & talopia tanks in a zoned & thermastaticly controlled series of check valves to maintain temps. at each point of use. as well as have return heat loops to hold tank water temps with minimal power input no need for pumps when set up right hot water will rise & cooler water would be allowed to fall.

  • @theuglykwan
    @theuglykwan Před rokem +41

    When you finally harvest bananas I think it will be us collectively having a baby.

  • @rossmackintosh7683
    @rossmackintosh7683 Před rokem +5

    For your insulation I would not rely on concrete board near the fire again. My wood stove cracked the concrete board and caught the wall behind on fire, nearly burned my new shop to the ground! After working with tiles, bricks, high heat mortar etc I learned that the best insulation for me was about 8” from the back of the fireplace to a piece of sheet metal and a 3cm gap to a wall. The wall remained cool after that. Good luck!

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  Před rokem

      For sure. Steel studs, might even weld up a frame around the stove somehow. No wood. 👍

  • @tg_ny
    @tg_ny Před 17 dny +1

    This guy is my hero. I am going to determine whether or not I can do this on my property. My greenhouse wouldn’t be as large, but to be able to garden year-round would be awesome. My ground temperature hovers around 60 degF, so my winter and summer swings would probably be pretty manageable. Outstanding!

  • @clearasmud1945
    @clearasmud1945 Před rokem +12

    The banana plants are amazing! Hats off to you as you reap the rewards this winter.

  • @jujulepew
    @jujulepew Před 7 měsíci +3

    i am pretty sure everybody here enjoyed the detailed tour and absorbed a bunch of valuable knowledge from you. We hang in there for some more. Thanks so much!

  • @debrahall902
    @debrahall902 Před rokem +7

    Energy prices suck here in The Netherlands , gas prices too , $ 10 a gallon , thanks for your vids

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  Před rokem +1

      Brutal. I suppose we’re lucky that way in Canada. All the best this winter to you all.

    • @lynngill1588
      @lynngill1588 Před 6 měsíci

      you need to look into bio gas tech with those prices wow

    • @fredschuttenbeld4571
      @fredschuttenbeld4571 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@lynngill1588 they already do that there, although I don't think they have many residential systems. But (at least) one of their provinces, collectect the verge grass from their highway to produce biogas. It gets upgraded and then injected into the natural gas grid. This probably adds to the cost aswell. The Netherlands have been for a long time self-sufficient with natural gas. But recently have shut most of their wells as it causes earthquakes. Their government also wants to take all their households (8 million homes, of which the majority cooks and is heated by natural gas) off the natural gas, (and go electric for cooking, and heatpumps for heating) in the next decade or so.

  • @601salsa
    @601salsa Před rokem +7

    Bananas take 18 months to bear fruit. It will curl 9ver as it grows the banana stand. You could sell the banana pups because they are prolific. Also for stubborn weeds...get a rain barrel of water and dissolve your weeds in the water..... makes excellent fertiliser and you won't have it growing in your compost. Instead of hanging a string system from the roof... use old scaffolding instead, that way you won't put holes in the vapour barrier and it can be moved around.

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  Před rokem +1

      All great ideas. Thank you.

    • @lynngill1588
      @lynngill1588 Před 6 měsíci

      best to compost weeds in tumbler where the seeds will be killed by high temperatures.

  • @thegreengoddess4147
    @thegreengoddess4147 Před rokem +6

    “Mangos hate my guts and I can’t grow a mango” 😂 The gardener never stops the learning journey!! Bravo to what you’ve accomplished so far - it must be the best feeling on Earth to be self reliant. I’m taking my PDC right now with Verge Permaculture and learning so much. Permaculture rocks!!!

  • @allmedcom
    @allmedcom Před rokem +31

    Thanks Dean for another great and update video. Your humility in reading, responding and benefiting from the comments is greatly appreciated. Many of these new and nice revisions were raised by commentators including myself and were nicely executed by a professional DIYer 👌.
    You may consider:
    1- Chaining the rainwater tanks to the back wall/ ceiling as an extra support for more safety specially with the risk of rust and weakening iron support.
    2- Upgrading the aquaponic to Sandponic ( IAVS) system for better results, wider range of plants, safer for the fish, eliminating the need for filters ...etc.
    3- Add Moringa to use yourself and utilize it for fish feeding.
    4- You may consider adding honey bees for pollination and honey 🍯.
    Looking forward for more updates , blueprints and measurements soon 😀
    Please keep up the good work 👏 and Good luck 👍

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  Před rokem +13

      Thanks so much. And I do appreciate all comments and ideas. I’ve never even heard of sandponics; I guess I’ll have to dive down that rabbit hole. 😂 Maybe we will put a bee hive in there as a test one of these days. And we’ll try Moringa. Thanks so much. 👍✌️

    • @simonesmit6708
      @simonesmit6708 Před rokem +1

      I'm interested in the sandponic idea as well. Do you recommend any specific videos or websites?

    • @GMC-qo9xi
      @GMC-qo9xi Před rokem +1

      Rust? Like on his water support racks? I think you’re jumping the shark on that one.

    • @allmedcom
      @allmedcom Před rokem +1

      @G MC Why?
      What do you get when you expose unprotected iron to water in the presence of oxygen/ air ?
      Even G MC cars can rust!

    • @GMC-qo9xi
      @GMC-qo9xi Před rokem +1

      @@allmedcom If it is a potential issue, we’re talking in about 20-30 years from now?
      As it’s painted (protected) metal. Nor is it driving through rain, snow, sea air, dirt, gravel (to cause knicks/damage or to hold onto the moisture). It’s thick metal, unlike the like body parts of a gmc vehicle... whereas the frame that rots out takes long time, and requires salts, dirt and a lot of moisture (ie. wetness).
      Seems like an extra expense and an extra amount of work for absolutely nothing.

  • @kevinrowbotham545
    @kevinrowbotham545 Před rokem +7

    What a tour! No stone left not turned over. Speaking of stones, a pan full of stones on the rear of your sauna stove will work nicely to make steam. So many good ideas at work. Your problem is you need a production team like Saul had. "High cost of building got you down? Better call Dean!" Haha.
    Thanks for sharing what you're doing.

  • @BrianProsser
    @BrianProsser Před rokem +10

    Thanks so much for taking the time to share. This was well worth the watch!

  • @jkissist
    @jkissist Před 4 měsíci +2

    One of those most inspiring videos. I am out in Alberta and hope to have something that's even a fraction of this amazing greenhouse one day.

  • @NotoriousEgg89
    @NotoriousEgg89 Před rokem +3

    This set up is a dream to reality!! Love it! Don't stop innovating!

  • @identifying.as.asovereignhuman
    @identifying.as.asovereignhuman Před 5 měsíci +2

    Genius setup... great use of space, materials, building practices, plant and fish set up, sauna and wood stove. Just excellent!

  • @Ratchety
    @Ratchety Před rokem +12

    Your greenhouse is next level! I like the vertical climber panels, basically increasing the calories per square foot . Thanks for the tour.

  • @johnforrest8042
    @johnforrest8042 Před rokem +10

    Congratulations on making an idea happen.
    An outdoor wood fired boiler would really tie into your system nicely. Small circulation pump moves hot water through your floor or fish tanks. A radiator and fan for cold night supplement The boiler combustion air control regulates the fire to save wood use when not needed. If you have a cabinet shop or wood flooring manufacturer in your area, their waste is really easy to process for fuel. It's all kiln dried, no splitting or stacking, I feed boiler from the same trailer I pick the wood up from in.
    Also once you get a hot tub you will use it every night. They are cheep used.

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  Před rokem +8

      The more I build the more an outdoor boiler is making sense. 👍👍

    • @johnforrest8042
      @johnforrest8042 Před rokem +5

      @@ArkopiaCZcams the way I have it worked out, I only touch the wood with my hands when I throw it in the boiler door. Can also heat domestic hot water and hot tub.

    • @lynngill1588
      @lynngill1588 Před 6 měsíci

      why add pumps that cost to opperate & are prone to to failure. hot water rises cooler (not cold ) water falls & or is pushed downward as it is displaced by hotter rising water moving up. Build a closed loop system off the wood stove's chimney with pipes feeding a hot water tank above the bath rm, as well as line that run through some if not all of the rain water tanks & then run it into his in ground pipe system. with proper heat levels he can get water to move as needed & with the ground heated there will be little if any more heating needed. no pumps needed or risking your crop when they fail. Sorry pumps are a touchy point with me from a couple times when they failed in my hydroponic systems. that is the main reason I use the system designed by Professor B.A. Kratki from Hawaii who has several doctorates in horticulture. trust me I've done my share of trial & errors to reach a point now where,my local horticultural proffer brings his classes to tour my GH. in exchange for his lending me manual labor in the form of grad students. As I am wheelchair bound & in my 10' deep x 45' long x 21' tall at the roofs peak GH I am able to grow fish ( I use channel cat fish as they can tolerate colder non moving water so no pumps ) as well as 1500 plus plants ( including various mellons squashes & corns ) with all natural automated watering, fertilizing, composting, heating, & cooling systems. as well as having semi porous flooring that keeps mud & dirt to a minimum for my chairs sake. I love this video because it's a rich guys vertion of what I've had to build on a much smaller budget. great job boss. please cross brace the bottom of the water box stand it looks scary

  • @Tsuchimursu
    @Tsuchimursu Před rokem +6

    Getting more awesome by the day. Keep working but don't forget to take an evening off to relax now and then!

  • @Ian_Christensen
    @Ian_Christensen Před 5 měsíci +1

    If you want a free dehumidifier, just stick a steelplate halfway through the roof and have a fan blowing on the inside part and place a drip bucket.

  • @davidwright5580
    @davidwright5580 Před rokem +11

    Your greenhouse looks awesome I wish I had one like yours

  • @dragonslayer7587
    @dragonslayer7587 Před rokem +12

    WOW! What a huge difference in this greenhouse! I love the idea of the fish, as well as the plants. Your figs & banana trees look great, as well as the Veggies! Everything looks well organized and the kids able to go "outside" to ride bikes without freezing is wonderful!

  • @davidwright5580
    @davidwright5580 Před rokem +3

    Can't wait for new videos

  • @RushHourRealityCheck
    @RushHourRealityCheck Před 7 měsíci +3

    I love what you have done and can't wait to see all of your videos. I dream of adding a greenhouse to my home in Manitoba. You are very inspiring and thanks so much for sharing!

  • @MyAlaska12
    @MyAlaska12 Před rokem +6

    I can't wait to start building my greenhouse here in Willow Alaska next summer. I'm definiately going to model mine after yours. Thanks for sharing.

  • @wisenber
    @wisenber Před rokem +5

    That's an inspirational set up you've made there.
    Now you just need some fly traps so those brook trout can get more natural food sources.

    • @simonesmit6708
      @simonesmit6708 Před rokem

      Maybe start a mealworm setup and feed them a combination of mealworms and adult flies?

  • @opcn18
    @opcn18 Před rokem +4

    You and your family enjoy spending time in this greenhouse, so the mango that keeps dying is doing you a huge favor. I used to live in the caribbean and for 4 months of the year the mango trees just smelled like stale cat urine.

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  Před rokem +2

      Oh really? Haha. Glad that mango is toast then. 😂

  • @dansmonjardin_ca
    @dansmonjardin_ca Před rokem +3

    Glad to have found you and your video. Most certainly, I will borrow a few ideas from you. Thx for the effort to share your experience in addition of all the rest.

  • @thermionic1234567
    @thermionic1234567 Před měsícem +1

    You sir are a genius!

  • @jp34604
    @jp34604 Před rokem +4

    Amazing job fantastic work I suggest you add potatoes in bags which can be placed anywhere or suspended or against the wall also garlic is a good in ground crop and mushrooms on the walls in the corners you can get very creative with mushrooms in the space good luck God bless

  • @jvin248
    @jvin248 Před rokem +3

    The weeds are telling you the soil is more bacteria-based and less fungal-based. Add compost of oak/maple/etc leaves to get the fungal percentages up. Look up soil-food-web Elaine Ingham, johnson-su bioreactor, and christine jones. Your banana trees are amazing. So are the design improvements to the water system. You've done a huge amount of work on this as well as experimenting to try new things and keep what works.

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  Před rokem +2

      I’ll look into that. We have mushrooms 🍄 popping up all over the place now. And they are edible ones, so bonus. 👍✌️

  • @kristentaylor7051
    @kristentaylor7051 Před rokem +2

    Gold fist tolerate cold , cold water

  • @w5mav
    @w5mav Před rokem +6

    AWESOME. You have done an exceptional piece of artwork. Totally impressed. Did I miss the sweet potato bed?

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  Před rokem +3

      If you missed it I also missed it. That’s the wife’s department. 😂

  • @OldesouthFarm
    @OldesouthFarm Před rokem +3

    Really nice greenhouse!!

  • @truthymchurtsalot7188
    @truthymchurtsalot7188 Před rokem +13

    Amazing systems you’re developing! Can’t wait to see patio furniture this winter and your family enjoying summer temps!

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  Před rokem +6

      Take me a month to get used to just sitting down for once. 😂

  • @chrismullin8304
    @chrismullin8304 Před rokem +5

    Fantastic work and ideas! You have inspired me!
    Possibly a little more cross bracing on the pallet racking, to prevent catastrophe. Add a 1/2” Simpson Titen Concrete Screw to the front feet.

  • @acanadianineurope814
    @acanadianineurope814 Před rokem +6

    just gets better and better... love the sauna idea cant wait to see it happen

  • @2005HemiMagnum
    @2005HemiMagnum Před rokem +1

    If you could grow a Soursop tree in there, I'd totally buy some soursop! It was one of my favorite fruits when I was in Costa Rica

  • @morgan0598
    @morgan0598 Před rokem +11

    Your systems look amazing. If you are ever able to you should sell the plans so that other people could try to mimic your greenhouse. You have truly thought through so much and your work looks amazing. I hope that everything just gets better for you from here out.

  • @MsPackman4
    @MsPackman4 Před rokem +22

    This is truly remarkable! You’ve made so much progress since the last video, congratulations on an amazing accomplishment! If you ever decide to write a book or create a video instructions series on everything from figuring out the greenhouse angles based on location in the world to lessons learned from the fish/plants/rainwater etc, I’ll be first in line to buy it. I’d love to make a set up like this in Wisconsin.

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  Před rokem +3

      Thanks so much. 🙏

    • @lynngill1588
      @lynngill1588 Před 6 měsíci

      what would it be worth to you for a version of this kind of GH build that could cost less while providing more crops in less space? I allow local college horticulture professor to bring his classes through for tours in exchange for his grad students helping my crippled but do more manual labor . And mine is most all above ground level so I can work it from my wheelchair. So very minimal mud if any. oh & if you were to build that water tank rack. anchor the feet into concrete as well as tie the bottom of the legs together. I've been around that type scaffolding and it is usually used with more lower cross bracing. the idea is great but from what i saw I worry for his safety.

  • @TheChiliPrepper
    @TheChiliPrepper Před rokem +19

    Beautiful! I absolutely love watching the progression, very inspiring!

  • @darkartsleather5586
    @darkartsleather5586 Před rokem +3

    Your kids are gonna have stories about all the things you are doing, now. This is amazing!!!

  • @_SunRa_
    @_SunRa_ Před rokem +4

    Wow you're building the full works in there, awesome !

  • @SamsLiberty
    @SamsLiberty Před rokem +9

    Really good to see the improvements! Can't wait to build one.

  • @bigmothertrucker4514
    @bigmothertrucker4514 Před rokem +3

    I watched both your videos I am from Alberta and I am gonna build what you have going on man. I have been planning it for years and with the price of everything in the store. this summer I am gonna get it done so I can use it next winter. And pre grow stuff for the outdoor garden. Good job man you did a really good job. I might buy a spray foam insulation machine to cut my insulation costs down.

  • @Whistlewalk
    @Whistlewalk Před rokem +5

    Great greenhouse!! We need more of these in the "great white north". It will be nice to see when someone takes your ideas and turn this greenhouse into a suburban back yard size. I think we're going to need them across Canada. I'm on Vancouver Island so a sheet of plastic & season appropriate planting works well, but most of Canada isn't so lucky. Great ideas!!!

  • @treetopace
    @treetopace Před 10 měsíci +3

    Probably one of the best builds i've seen. I was really curious about moisture when I first saw those engineered stringers. I can't wait to see more videos about this building as you grow.

  • @ChrisBeckPortableLogMill

    I ran a test aquaponics system for 6 years with tilapia, pacu ( warm H20) and rainbow trout (cold H20). Heat i learned was instead of planning to eat my pets i will be going with koi due to the temperature range they will stand and sell the large ones to the pond guys.
    Have wood heater, solar tubes, and buried old C3 tanks for the solar hot water as a battery with heat exchangers and truck radiator with fan . Your greenhouse looks great. Good job

  • @user-id7ut4yf2g
    @user-id7ut4yf2g Před 6 měsíci +1

    Surprising that humidity isn’t too high in there… Thanks so much for sharing, what a great system!

  • @dlcarbonneau3750
    @dlcarbonneau3750 Před rokem +5

    Absolutely amazing tour. I'd love to know how you build your soil and fertilize but I guess that's your wife's department. 😄You are an inspiration, especially to those of us with 6 months of winter.

  • @maryhornbostel6959
    @maryhornbostel6959 Před rokem +2

    You should try lemons or oranges more pounds per square meter than banana or other tropicals. Also banana bears once and needs to be replaced. Fig is good for passive system. You could store more solar in walkways during winter by using black cover on them, maybe hard black rubber mat. A bio-gas digester could be a good source of fertilizer and extra heating fuel. It could be tucked in at back wall. A manifold to heat your water in storage could be set up in the sun outside with freeze proof liquid pumped around tanks and in floor. Or save on the liquid by just heating tanks and run the water from them through the floor. A coil of 1inch copper pipe could harvest some heat from stovepipe and be pumped into floor with water and/or be used in your shower.

  • @paulmaxwell8851
    @paulmaxwell8851 Před rokem +3

    Excellent project! You've done a great job on this beautiful, bright greenhouse.

  • @GimmeADream
    @GimmeADream Před rokem +4

    This was awesome! Thanks! I have been watching your progress since CP did an interview with you.

  • @eclairtreo
    @eclairtreo Před rokem +4

    Hugely impressive! I want to move there.

  • @TheNewMediaoftheDawn
    @TheNewMediaoftheDawn Před rokem +2

    Wow, that’s quite the creative multi purpose system, almost literally 1000 uses…. Brook trout are cool and rarely used in aquaponics and not even much in aquaculture. Watering with fish water will be incredible free fertilizer forever, those plants will thrive. Love to see the system in a year or two.

  • @chucklaizure1442
    @chucklaizure1442 Před rokem +2

    Wonderful build! One note from my experience, however. I harvested rain/snow melt from a roof with a wood stove chimney through it for a third bedroom hydroponics system experiment with both Tilapia (Summer, and high Chlorine content in city tap water) and Trout (Winter) and found the water had a distinct creosote smell and even a dark tint sometimes. It came from the ash and tar like drippings from the chimney. Had to burn hotter fires, clean chimney more often, and change which side of the roof I collected water from. The trout hated it. You have the option to make the chimney penetration through the wall to allow the junk from the chimney to fall outside your roof catchment system, which I did not. Just a thought. Thanks for the great tour!!!!!!!

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  Před rokem

      Good thought. I can’t see me bothering with snow melt, so just the fair-weather rain. I’ll have a couple of first flush filters as well is the plan. 🙏✌️

  • @danthemans
    @danthemans Před rokem +1

    dream home, i could sleep in there... lol. well detailed video, excellent...
    here cuz of canadian pepper lol...

  • @internetidentity
    @internetidentity Před rokem +3

    What an incredible set up, great design implementation and use of "waste" materials.
    Regarding the banana plants 23:00, you basically want 4 generations of banana growing at any one time, so you have a great grandmother, a grandmother, a mother and a daughter plant. You should remove all but one of the pups from each generation. You will eventually get fruit from the great grandmother, but it will only fruit once, then you will have to cut it down and use it for compost. The 4 generation system means you will have a steady supply of fruiting plants.

  • @mc-zy7ju
    @mc-zy7ju Před rokem +2

    Looks great! Being a greenhouse should keep a eye out for rust damage on the pallet racking.

  • @mirkopg69
    @mirkopg69 Před rokem +3

    Very efficient greenhouse, next project solar energy 👌

  • @ThatBritishHomestead
    @ThatBritishHomestead Před rokem +2

    This is just amazing

  • @laurieedeburn2449
    @laurieedeburn2449 Před rokem +1

    right on

  • @valeriemckay7064
    @valeriemckay7064 Před rokem +1

    I saw boiler wood stoves when looking online a few weeks ago, was excited to see them, I may need to go that way.
    HEEHEE, lots to do but get the weeding done before next projects, if they go to seed you will never be rid of them! If I was a neighbor I could weed for food ... LOL.
    For some reason blueberries can be a bugger, not sure why.
    Pretty awesome!!! I live in a cold area also so am collecting ideas, thanks. Glad something good is going on in Canada.

  • @FreeCanadian76
    @FreeCanadian76 Před rokem +2

    I have seen a lot of people use floating grow containers in the fish tanks for leafy greens - no need to add any nutrients as the fish do that for you! Something to think about to maximize space in the summer!

  • @bartbley1269
    @bartbley1269 Před rokem +5

    Your 10 totes if they are275 gallons each you have about 10 tons of weight on what might be very flimsy looking supports not braced in both directions . Are you sure that there could not be a total collapse domino style if one support was compromised. As a retired welder over engineering never hurts. Other than that well done

    • @lynngill1588
      @lynngill1588 Před 6 měsíci

      you too ? What do you think of this? How abouts if he was to as another commenter said he should use heavy anchor bolts into the concreat. but I'd say go all in & anchor to thr concrete as well as tie across between all the legs at bottom to prevent spreading out of the legs under that much weight .

  • @xmozzazx
    @xmozzazx Před rokem +2

    Wow, just wow. Incredible, amazing and intelligent, but so simple really. You have it figured out man. There's a learning curve, but you are writing the book. I want a fricking banana tree.

  • @ashleylovepace1941
    @ashleylovepace1941 Před rokem +5

    Thanks for the tour! So inspiring

  • @123hoddie
    @123hoddie Před rokem +2

    Im Jealous , so Jealous, i love that set up. You have done a great job.

  • @tonyshepherd39
    @tonyshepherd39 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Looks like you done a very nice job !.. thanks for sharing 👍😁

  • @johnkillen588
    @johnkillen588 Před rokem +2

    my hats off to you as a greenhouse owner and two holes in the ground to be walipini and about 1 acre gardner. YOU DONE GOOD!

  • @adammackinnon4850
    @adammackinnon4850 Před rokem +6

    Beautiful, thank you for the update, can't wait to build my own.👍

  • @lonnieatk9120
    @lonnieatk9120 Před rokem +3

    Consider growing the vine plants and tomatoes along the concrete path from the front of the green house to the back in the planting bed. You could connect the twine at the top but use ladders or rolling ladders on the concrete vs dealing with soil in the middle of the planting bed when you let the twine down to lower the plants so the fruit is easier to pick like they do in commercial greenhouses. That also means tall large plants like bananas can't be along concrete like you have the one in the corner-ish along one of the paths. Plant them in front of the roof support beams that are already creating a little shade. Also keep the shorter plants away from those paths so vines have the space. Have you pondered screening the windows and doors? Preventing pests from entering when they are open for cross breeze may be helpful in the future. Love the build, I could spend all day in a greenhouse like that one.

  • @patricklyons7683
    @patricklyons7683 Před rokem +3

    Love the system, l'd suggest an air-lock or porch entry system. Because if the entrance door is accidentally left open the plants will all die off from shock. Would be interesting to have another one for sheep/cows & chickens to come in in the evening. Through lots of flapping drapped plastic vertical slates like you get at large building that are regularly worked in & out of. The racking system does look dodgy & l'd say add more upright stantions!

  • @billirogers3206
    @billirogers3206 Před rokem +4

    Fantastic. I want one just like it!

  • @laquicha8159
    @laquicha8159 Před rokem +1

    Wow, this is a dream greenhouse!! 🪴

  • @winsonboss1240
    @winsonboss1240 Před rokem +3

    Great tour! amazing job!

  • @melissamiew4056
    @melissamiew4056 Před rokem +3

    Hey neighbor. I was looking for something like this. Great job on the sustainability.

  • @paulcormier7036
    @paulcormier7036 Před rokem +4

    Thanks for sharing 👍 I'm going to build one in spring

  • @j.k4825
    @j.k4825 Před rokem +2

    This looks very professional and well thought out. Guess I found a new Channel...
    I like that you also include the things you removed.

  • @sebastienloyer9471
    @sebastienloyer9471 Před rokem +2

    Allô allô from Alberta Canada

  • @mrb3135
    @mrb3135 Před rokem +4

    I would either get shungite, or some other type of harmonizer, in order to reorient the radiation from the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 5G, etc. This will protect you and your family, as well as lead to a likely significant increase in fish and plant productivity. A hydrogen and oxygen generating machine, discharged into the water, could lead to an EXTREMELY significant increase in fish and plant yield.

  • @The-Mad-Taoist
    @The-Mad-Taoist Před rokem +3

    Looking forward to the other videos

  • @MDiAngelo
    @MDiAngelo Před rokem +7

    I absolutely love all of the thought and consideration for summer and winter solstices and how that plays a role in the different colors of concrete and how much light is coming at different times of the year. I'm truly fascinated about all of this. Is there a reference source of information where you learn this? Maybe a book or a website?

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  Před rokem +6

      I don’t even have a specific reference; lots of other CZcams videos, and just me paying attention through years of building structures. It works. 👍✌️

  • @joannekeith9430
    @joannekeith9430 Před rokem +2

    "Mango hates my guts"....lol Everything looks fantastic!

  • @unifyhumanity9733
    @unifyhumanity9733 Před rokem +1

    👌 AWESOME!!!

  • @sherlockstu
    @sherlockstu Před rokem +2

    Wow. Another level. I have similar on a smaller scale in the uk. If only your house was attached to the water tank system side.

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  Před rokem +2

      That sure would have been nice to have it attached to the house.

  • @branchingoutpermaculturewi4766

    absolutely love this greenhouse and alot of your ideas are now becoming mine so thank you

  • @sebastienloyer9471
    @sebastienloyer9471 Před rokem +4

    Great set up.

  • @joesomebody3365
    @joesomebody3365 Před rokem +3

    Pretty cool system, I haven't heard of the layer of air being used as an insulator before.
    You mentioned a "thermal blanket", I remember once when I worked at a pool briefly they had tarps that they would roll up or roll out on a chain winch; the only problem is that sometimes they would jam and get really hard to move using the winch.
    Anyway, great video, thanks for making the information available.

  • @mondavou9408
    @mondavou9408 Před rokem +3

    Its been a while since I've seen your green house. I always remember it because of its size and design and that you did all the work by yourself. Its weird to see it "shrink" with all the plants in it because it seemed so massive but looks great. I enjoyed hearing about all your Macgyver projects. Regarding Nat Gas, its ALWAYS a good idea to be thinking about alternative fail back solutions. I suspect (or just hope) your proximity to North Dakota should mean you'll have access to Nat Gas for decades to come.

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  Před rokem

      We have an excellent gas resource here, and even backup storage gas caverns. So convenient.

  • @antoinechasse65
    @antoinechasse65 Před rokem +5

    I really appreciate the viewpoint you bring! Thanks for giving us all the work you Do!
    I was wondering if you Will be able to make time to go hunting this fall...still need some red meat with the veggies!

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  Před rokem +4

      Have herds of deer coming to the pond, so I’ll likely hunt from the greenhouse this year. 😂

  • @nathantonning
    @nathantonning Před rokem +2

    Wow, just wow! This tour was amazing. Thank you.

  • @ericamundson4700
    @ericamundson4700 Před rokem +3

    I have a small homestead in northwest Minnesota so not too far away. Wondering if I could drive up there one day maybe next summer and buy a transplant off the banana and other tropical plants so I could start growing them in my own greenhouse. Liking the design of your greenhouse.