A new Hoop House

Last Thursday we broke ground on a new hoop house.  It's designed to be movable to make crop rotation easier.  First we had to drive sections of PVC into the ground.  We needed to get them down one foot so we all took turns.

Once we had the posts set we needed to prepare the hoops.  The hoops are a large piece of rebar that is curved and stuck into the PVC.  The original plans called for the rebar to be sheathed with another long section of PVC.  However they no longer sell 20' lengths of PVC.  The purpose of the sheath is to protect the plastic that will be draped over the top.  Instead we used pieces of pipe insulation.

With the insulation covering the rebar it was time to place it into the posts.  This gave it a nice arch.

In the meantime I constructed a crude door frame.  We put it into position to see how it looked.

Then we checked the level on everything.

Slowly we got the rest of the posts in.  Now we wait until the plastic arrives.