hoop house #1

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well, it's not really going to be a hoop house if you want to get technical but here's the first section of my winter garden frame--minus a collar tie--leaning up against my garage. i'm building the frame out of wood because i couldn't find a metal frame for less than $1000 ($1700 if you throw in all the goodies like doors, end walls, etc). all the wood cost me $124, the plastic $40. so, i'm way ahead at this point. i'm spacing the frames four feet apart which will overload the 2x4s if there's 40 pounds per square foot of snow on the roof, but i'm betting that's not going to happen because the roof pitch is nearly 45 degrees and the polyethelene cover is super slippery (think slip and slide).