I built my tunnel using garden stakes and managed to get the cattle panels up all by myself. It was a chore for sure but I was quite proud of myself when I was done.
Love your tunnel! A little advice for those of you who are not seasoned homesteaders who might be building a "greenhouse" hoop house in town or new to homesteading. Those panels come in various sizes with various size openings. They make them 8' long and 16' long so be sure you order the 16' so you won't be surprised and disappointed. They make styles for hogs, cattle, horses, and generic "stock". Check out all the different types to find the least expensive one that will fit your needs.
I built my small hoop house this way - solo, no help. But I used rail road ties, so just getting one end up against the tie made it easy to do alone. I have used it for 13 years!!
For everyone being inspired by this build: saw a vid on how to attach rain gutters to the sides. You add a strip of plastic about a foot wide that lands inside the gutter. Along the bottom of the strip you lace #8 wire to weight it down and can add fishing weights (lead. no good.) or lathe steel bolts for added weight. Here in the desert a huge advantage.
If you run that plastic to hold gutter at an angle,up one side, and opposite the other side,and put cisterns at each end, you have water available to both ends of greenhouse.putting rain barrels up,elevated on cinder blocks, or strong built wood shelf for velocity flow out of hose.
Really good step by step instructional video step by step for a low cost cattle panel setup for a bean tunnel that can double for a hoop house in winter. A ratchet strap will keep the panel bent while carrying/moving if doing by yourself. Bending 2 foot rebar on the end can make a heavy duty "tent stake" for high wind areas too
Great design! I used cinder blocks w tpost>..bought a clear plastic heavy duty tarp to cover the cattle panels ..used 12x12 tarps tied on each end and had fresh greens all winter! This winter I’m expanding and adding a small wood burning stove!
I used 4 arches connected one year for our beans. It worked fantastic. You need to help the beans spread out as they are growing, so that they cover all the space. In the end we had this cool green tunnel full of beans, super easy to harvest. This year we need to plant beans again and I want to buil an arch again.
kudos to the camera person. Great work! loved the follow while the panel was being put in place and the journey through the tunnel as it was being built. nice job.
Great video guys. Just wanted to say the youngster seems like a solid worker and a big help..🙋♂️ I love the simplicity of this design. I would like it a bit taller but I'm sure I can raise it up a bit... Thanks for sharing....🍻
@@HomesteadingFamily Very much so. I've got my shopping list together and plan to get started right after this rainy weekend. New subscriber to your channel and look forwards to watching and learning from your families homesteading success. A blessed and safe upcoming weekend to you and yours brother! 🙏
FYI, There are hog panels and cow panels. Hog panels are about 34" high and cattle panels are 50" high. Cattle panels are probably best for this awesome project. Love it!
What a great garden. The kiddos are growing up so quickly. Tristan looks like a great helper. I would love to get these panels in garden soon. It will free up a lot of garden space for sure for other plants.
We plan on using them for our green house, building it this summer for fall, God willing. Didn't know/think about one side or the other side, so THANK'S for that tidbit !! Look's like your weather is alot better then our's in northern MI. 30's and 40's day time high's with snow flurries since Friday.Tell Carolyn Happy Mother's Day. Thank's for the video. Stay safe and healthy. God bless
I just hung my sunflower head for drying from my hoops. The best bean crop ever used light shade cloth and it helped with our scorching hot sun in NM. I used U shape rebab so I have no ends to watch for.
In AZ we had a 16' cattle panel hoop between centers of 2 raised boxes. (Loved them.) We had shade cloth to help with temps. Huge temp difference. 😎 Later in season high winds literally broke the 4' T-stakes. We'll use 6ft stakes after that.
Great idea... i will be using growing bags as I am just renting so nothing permanent... i will look for cattle fencing and rebar .. sounds like my garden will be more ABUNDANT... FEELING EXCITED
Have you measured the drop in temperature under the trellis once the vine crops have covered it? I saw in a harvest video last year that you grew colder crops under the shade of the tunnel. I know that there's a big difference between summer highs in your northern Idaho versus my California Central Valley, but I'm curious about the differential in temperatures. Thanks for your content, your calm, and carrying on.
Since I don't have any help when I move cattle panels to make hoop tunnels, I just use 2-3 rachet straps to pull them tight into the hoop position on the ground. Much easier to get them to stand up and put them into place without whipping open, plus keeps the shape. I am in a high wind area so I will have to attach them if I put a cover on them. I use these to grow my tomatoes using tomato hooks, nylin string, and tent stakes. But I may do it with greenhouse cover this year because I need the extra weeks growong for my San Marzanos. Thanks for the tips!
I love your gardening videos! I just built my cattle panel rows last week for cukes and squash. How to you water your gardens? Drip irrigation? Sprinklers? Soaker hoses? I’d love your insight into this important part of gardening!
I ran 1x2 along the top and every other rib. Zip tied them. Ran plastic on top on the 1x2’s. Did 8 different cucumbers last year. Mine I t-posted and zip tied the panels 1.5ft off the ground. Gave me about 7.5’ inside height. Mines only 21’ long. Works great.
Thank you for your very informative tutorial. I am going to modify some of my raised beds. I have several cattle panels, but have hesitated to put them into use. My original idea was a mini greenhouse as seen on Texas Prepper's channel. Baling twine, also called Hay string, is very strong, cheap and has many uses. I have also used it to tie pieces of pipe to t-posts to extend the height for trellises. It does not degrade so fast like zip ties and is easily reusable. GOD Bless...
What does your mulch all consist of? That is such a splendid set up! Really appreciate how much care you all take to do well at what you set your hands to. Thank you for another great vid :)
I keep seeing everyone using Zipties to connect the panels. The plastic is most zipties is not UV stable and I've found it to go brittle within as few as a few months. Not to mention they are relatively expensive. A roll of bailing wire is like $10-20 and a bailing wire pliers are also fairly cheap. Not to mention a much more secure connection.
Not sure how I got into the hoop house rabbit hole of RUclips but, I’m planning one out now. Tip: first video I saw, the guy used ratchet straps to keep the hips an exact distance apart. (One strap about 1/2 way down the arch and two at the base….just ratcheted them to the exact measurement he wanted. )
I love this you can make one of these even in a city backyard(which is what I have) Just one of those cattle pannels would allow me to cover my entire veggie patch and maybe even give me time to grow two crops since I live in WNY I don't tend to be able to get both summer and fall veg I have to choose one or the other
There is a difference between cattle panels and hog panels. Hog have section on one end that’s closer together so when hogs small they can’t get through.
Thanks for this tutorial. Looks great!. I've got some salvaged 2×6s and t posts. 👍 Not sure what color zip-ties you use. My experience is the clear breaks, blk ties last 3-4 times longer.Nice work!
This tunnel is fabulous for it looks like you can optimize space to the maximum! One question though in what direction do you face the open end figuring the sun sets in the west?
Use ratchet straps in sets of 3 or 4 on the inside to help control them until you can get them stood in place. Still remain cautious. Make sure the ends of the ratchet hooks face downward.
We use hog panels to make mobile chicken coops. The best way to tie them together is with a hog ring using hog ring pliers. They are a lot stronger than zip ties.
Hog panels and cattle panels are different. Hog panels are generally shorter in height and the squares on the bottom are smaller the first few rows then open back up to regular square sizes. Cattle panels are taller and the squares are all the same from top to bottom. 😊 it drives me nuts when people use those interchangeably because they are different. Love this idea though I’ve seen several people do it. Now that we are in our forever home. I’m going to be putting a few in.
I used both hog panels for Sheep to keep lambs in and cattle panels for cattle and as you stated they are different. I don't use them for cattle because they are not going to last long with cattle.
From my Canadian perspective, the terminology depends on where you live. Asking for them by height and length works just fine and doesn't have any confusion.
Actually, there are more varieties of panel than those two but we don't judge when somebody calls them cattle panels. We just use contextual clues and give grace because we hope to receive it in return.
#Thank you so much for this information . I live in windy mountains in AZ and I am copying this build for my greenhouse/trellis/hoophouse build. Thanks for the easy inspiration! #Newsubhere I will stay tuned.
Love your channel. We are looking for a small 2-5 acer lot to start homesteading. Will have to wait. Broke my heel fell off a roof. So have used this time to work on our channel. Also looking on tax registrations for open land. Again great channel.👍🏡
Hog/pig panels are not the same as cattle panels. Hop/pig panels are 16ft long X 34 inches tall usually with #4 gauge wire. Cattle panels are 16ft long X 50 inches tall and usually use #6 gauge wire. Remember the lower the # of the gauged wire, the thicker the wire is. Thus #4 wire is thicker/heavier than #6 gauge wire. For your project, you should use cattle panels; the 50 inches makes each section of the hoop 16 inches longer. In the end, you are buying fewer cattle panels than hop/pig panels and saving money. IE: It would take about 1.5 hop/pig panels to do 1 cattle panel. So if you used 100 cattle panels, you would need 150 hog/pig panels to do the same distance. At approximately the same cost for either panel, 50 hog/pig panels extra {$25 per panel X 50 panels = $1,250 Extra cost}. That is a lot of money for the initial investment of buying for the hoop tunnel or hoop house. Keep up the GREAT VIDEOS!!! May your hands always be brown from the soil and with a green thumb.
Sir, I thoroughly enjoyed your video! Excellent presentation! I'm curious as to your method of building your beds and where you acquired your mulch? Thanks a bunch!!
I built my tunnel using garden stakes and managed to get the cattle panels up all by myself. It was a chore for sure but I was quite proud of myself when I was done.
How lovely to have a strong young helper!
Love your tunnel! A little advice for those of you who are not seasoned homesteaders who might be building a "greenhouse" hoop house in town or new to homesteading. Those panels come in various sizes with various size openings. They make them 8' long and 16' long so be sure you order the 16' so you won't be surprised and disappointed. They make styles for hogs, cattle, horses, and generic "stock". Check out all the different types to find the least expensive one that will fit your needs.
Love that you do this together. Tristan seems to be a man of few words!
I don't have grandsons to help - but have a 15 year old next door neighbor who I would be glad to pay to be m helper.
I built my small hoop house this way - solo, no help. But I used rail road ties, so just getting one end up against the tie made it easy to do alone. I have used it for 13 years!!
Modern Pressure Treated Lumber is not toxic. It is pressure treated with copper, which is actually an essential nutrient for plants. Great Video!
For everyone being inspired by this build: saw a vid on how to attach rain gutters to the sides. You add a strip of plastic about a foot wide that lands inside the gutter. Along the bottom of the strip you lace #8 wire to weight it down and can add fishing weights (lead. no good.) or lathe steel bolts for added weight. Here in the desert a huge advantage.
If you run that plastic to hold gutter at an angle,up one side, and opposite the other side,and put cisterns at each end, you have water available to both ends of greenhouse.putting rain barrels up,elevated on cinder blocks, or strong built wood shelf for velocity flow out of hose.
Can birth of you explain a little more please, or tell me how to Google or RUclips this? Thanks
Really good step by step instructional video step by step for a low cost cattle panel setup for a bean tunnel that can double for a hoop house in winter. A ratchet strap will keep the panel bent while carrying/moving if doing by yourself. Bending 2 foot rebar on the end can make a heavy duty "tent stake" for high wind areas too
Enjoyed watching this. Nice to be able to train up your children to help on the farm. Makes them realize how important they are.
We just put up a 20' long trellis with the cattle panels and rebar. We're very excited to see the veggies and flowers grow up over it!
Best tutorial I’ve seen so far on cattle panel hoop house. Thank you for sharing!
Great video indeed.... wished I had seen this earlier - I went with an electrical conduit for my hoop...
..cheers....from Dan stone in Canada
Great design! I used cinder blocks w tpost>..bought a clear plastic heavy duty tarp to cover the cattle panels ..used 12x12 tarps tied on each end and had fresh greens all winter! This winter I’m expanding and adding a small wood burning stove!
How did the expansion n wood sto e ho
How did your wood stove work
I used 4 arches connected one year for our beans. It worked fantastic. You need to help the beans spread out as they are growing, so that they cover all the space. In the end we had this cool green tunnel full of beans, super easy to harvest.
This year we need to plant beans again and I want to buil an arch again.
Love this! Can’t wait to see it grown up. Great helper you have there.
You are an amazing teacher. I want to do this, this year. God bless you and your family abundantly.
Fabulous tunnel. I have room for one panel but one is sufficient. I appreciate your tutorial. Great work, Tristan. You are a terrific hand.
kudos to the camera person. Great work! loved the follow while the panel was being put in place and the journey through the tunnel as it was being built. nice job.
Great video guys.
Just wanted to say the youngster seems like a solid worker and a big help..🙋♂️ I love the simplicity of this design. I would like it a bit taller but I'm sure I can raise it up a bit...
Thanks for sharing....🍻
Brother you're my type of people! Great video and just what I was looking for! Blessings to you and your family 🙏💪
Glad it was helpful!
@@HomesteadingFamily Very much so. I've got my shopping list together and plan to get started right after this rainy weekend. New subscriber to your channel and look forwards to watching and learning from your families homesteading success. A blessed and safe upcoming weekend to you and yours brother! 🙏
FYI, There are hog panels and cow panels. Hog panels are about 34" high and cattle panels are 50" high. Cattle panels are probably best for this awesome project. Love it!
He said his are 16’. Doesn’t seem like you could walk under that
@@arvellataratuta2150 I have never known them to be longer than 16'.
Wanda Fields My mistake. I was looking at ads for the panels and I thought it said 4’ x 50’, but it is inches not feet.
He is showing hog panels here. You can tell by the small holes at the bottom, so the piglets can't get through. Cattle panels do not have that
Does anyone know how long they are to make that 6ft arch.
I love this idea. Cattle panel seems to have so many uses on the farm.
What a great garden. The kiddos are growing up so quickly. Tristan looks like a great helper. I would love to get these panels in garden soon. It will free up a lot of garden space for sure for other plants.
nothing more satisfying than the zip tie sound :) Looks great - been wanting to do this for our tomatoes and squash to prevent mildew
We plan on using them for our green house, building it this summer for fall, God willing. Didn't know/think about one side or the other side, so THANK'S for that tidbit !! Look's like your weather is alot better then our's in northern MI. 30's and 40's day time high's with snow flurries since Friday.Tell Carolyn Happy Mother's Day. Thank's for the video. Stay safe and healthy. God bless
Love this! I want to see an update when things are growing!
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I just hung my sunflower head for drying from my hoops. The best bean crop ever used light shade cloth and it helped with our scorching hot sun in NM. I used U shape rebab so I have no ends to watch for.
I just love your channel I’ve learned quite a bit from you,And your wife I can quite a bit as well thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you Josh for taking the time to show us how to put a hoop together house together! Very, very helpful!
In AZ we had a 16' cattle panel hoop between centers of 2 raised boxes. (Loved them.) We had shade cloth to help with temps. Huge temp difference. 😎 Later in season high winds literally broke the 4' T-stakes. We'll use 6ft stakes after that.
This is my fear… wind here is brutal. In BHC.
@@Jenoveryonder the 6 ft heavy duty t-stakes is what we use now. The 4 ft ones were much thinner metal.
Great idea... i will be using growing bags as I am just renting so nothing permanent... i will look for cattle fencing and rebar .. sounds like my garden will be more ABUNDANT... FEELING EXCITED
Always excited to see a new homesteading family video :)
Well, Tristan, you look exactly like your pretty Mama. Good work, you and your Dad.
Just what every boy wants to hear...ya look like your mom...lol..
Have you measured the drop in temperature under the trellis once the vine crops have covered it? I saw in a harvest video last year that you grew colder crops under the shade of the tunnel. I know that there's a big difference between summer highs in your northern Idaho versus my California Central Valley, but I'm curious about the differential in temperatures. Thanks for your content, your calm, and carrying on.
what a beautiful garden you have, we live on 5.6 acres of ROCKS, so we have raised gardens with our cattle panels... awesome video
We do the same type of thing with heavy gauge rolls of concrete mesh. Also use it for making great tomato cages.
Love this video! We made one last summer. It worked great,in fact we built another this season....Thanks so much!
Thanks for the demonstration and explanation. I did look up, BLACK ZIPTIES have the most UV resistance. GREAT JOB!
Since I don't have any help when I move cattle panels to make hoop tunnels, I just use 2-3 rachet straps to pull them tight into the hoop position on the ground. Much easier to get them to stand up and put them into place without whipping open, plus keeps the shape. I am in a high wind area so I will have to attach them if I put a cover on them. I use these to grow my tomatoes using tomato hooks, nylin string, and tent stakes. But I may do it with greenhouse cover this year because I need the extra weeks growong for my San Marzanos. Thanks for the tips!
I have done that with beans and luffa gourds. Works great !
Thank y’all so much for this, what a big help! Luv it “Cattle 🐄 Panel Garden 🪴 Tunnel”!
I love your gardening videos! I just built my cattle panel rows last week for cukes and squash. How to you water your gardens? Drip irrigation? Sprinklers? Soaker hoses? I’d love your insight into this important part of gardening!
Hog paneling is shorter and the steel squares are closer together. You have cattle panels.
Super video.
I have watched loads of these videos. By far, your video is the best! Thank you!
I ran 1x2 along the top and every other rib. Zip tied them. Ran plastic on top on the 1x2’s. Did 8 different cucumbers last year. Mine I t-posted and zip tied the panels 1.5ft off the ground. Gave me about 7.5’ inside height. Mines only 21’ long. Works great.
I really like the way you did them , give me a lot of ideas to use cattle panels
Great vid buddy ❤❤❤
We did it!! One afternoon!! So excited 😍. Thanks for the video!!
Thank you for your very informative tutorial. I am going to modify some of my raised beds. I have several cattle panels, but have hesitated to put them into use. My original idea was a mini greenhouse as seen on Texas Prepper's channel. Baling twine, also called Hay string, is very strong, cheap and has many uses. I have also used it to tie pieces of pipe to t-posts to extend the height for trellises. It does not degrade so fast like zip ties and is easily reusable. GOD Bless...
What does your mulch all consist of?
That is such a splendid set up! Really appreciate how much care you all take to do well at what you set your hands to. Thank you for another great vid :)
Love your high fence. People don't realize how high a deer can jump.
7 at least, or 8 feet in the Cascade foothills in Oregon. 🙁
I can't wait to try this for next year!!
Merci from Montreal, Canada.
We made a 20 foot cattle panel beam tunnel today for our garden. It was my Mother’s Day present from my family. Great video! Thank you!
Thank you so much for the idea and the details. One of your best videos
Thank you for making and sharing this great information.
I keep seeing everyone using Zipties to connect the panels.
The plastic is most zipties is not UV stable and I've found it to go brittle within as few as a few months. Not to mention they are relatively expensive.
A roll of bailing wire is like $10-20 and a bailing wire pliers are also fairly cheap. Not to mention a much more secure connection.
Came over from WHOTH they mention your channel with this video. Subbed. Cheers.
Very inspiring, can't wait to get started. 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱💚💚💚
Not sure how I got into the hoop house rabbit hole of RUclips but, I’m planning one out now.
Tip: first video I saw, the guy used ratchet straps to keep the hips an exact distance apart. (One strap about 1/2 way down the arch and two at the base….just ratcheted them to the exact measurement he wanted. )
What a great idea! I will be using cattle panels for a tomato trellis this year but I might give this a try too!
thanks for sharing this.
Ready to see the updates on these
Great video, thanks for the share! Can also be used as a portable or static chicken coop.
I love this you can make one of these even in a city backyard(which is what I have) Just one of those cattle pannels would allow me to cover my entire veggie patch and maybe even give me time to grow two crops since I live in WNY I don't tend to be able to get both summer and fall veg I have to choose one or the other
Nice 👍
Nice work. I'm going to build using this as a guide. Thanks!
This is a cool project! Very good instruction. I feel like I could do this.
I love seeing your son helping. Being a homeschooling, are there any activities away from home that they participate in? Sports, 4H, scouting, etc ?
@Karrie Dee Ya, my mind just goes in strange directions. 🤪
There is a difference between cattle panels and hog panels. Hog have section on one end that’s closer together so when hogs small they can’t get through.
Love this idea.
Great content. Try a ratchet strap or two on your cattle panels to keep them in place in the arch shape. Just a thought that might help.
Thanks for this tutorial. Looks great!. I've got some salvaged 2×6s and t posts. 👍 Not sure what color zip-ties you use. My experience is the clear breaks, blk ties last 3-4 times longer.Nice work!
Love your video, thank you for the idea. Definitely trying this in the summer.
This tunnel is fabulous for it looks like you can optimize space to the maximum!
One question though in what direction do you face the open end figuring the sun sets in the west?
Thank you I found you on RUclips and I will copy you exactly 😀
You have some great soil!
Would like be to see how you put the plastic on and keep it in place.
Next video...Really organised too.
Here in Nova Scotia, that rebar would have hit bedrock granite on about the third hammer blow! 😂
Wonderful tutorial!
Great job!
Wow! This was so helpful!
Well done sir! Thank you.
Great instruction video!
Use ratchet straps in sets of 3 or 4 on the inside to help control them until you can get them stood in place. Still remain cautious. Make sure the ends of the ratchet hooks face downward.
Tristan rocks
I cant wait to move so we can do this!! I guess 2 or 3 is better than none though right now, lol.
thank you
This is great, thank you.
Good video, thank you!
We use hog panels to make mobile chicken coops. The best way to tie them together is with a hog ring using hog ring pliers. They are a lot stronger than zip ties.
Hog panels and cattle panels are different. Hog panels are generally shorter in height and the squares on the bottom are smaller the first few rows then open back up to regular square sizes. Cattle panels are taller and the squares are all the same from top to bottom. 😊 it drives me nuts when people use those interchangeably because they are different. Love this idea though I’ve seen several people do it. Now that we are in our forever home. I’m going to be putting a few in.
I used both hog panels for Sheep to keep lambs in and cattle panels for cattle and as you stated they are different. I don't use them for cattle because they are not going to last long with cattle.
From my Canadian perspective, the terminology depends on where you live. Asking for them by height and length works just fine and doesn't have any confusion.
Actually, there are more varieties of panel than those two but we don't judge when somebody calls them cattle panels. We just use contextual clues and give grace because we hope to receive it in return.
very clear. thank you!
#Thank you so much for this information . I live in windy mountains in AZ and I am copying this build for my greenhouse/trellis/hoophouse build. Thanks for the easy inspiration! #Newsubhere I will stay tuned.
Love your channel. We are looking for a small 2-5 acer lot to start homesteading. Will have to wait. Broke my heel fell off a roof. So have used this time to work on our channel. Also looking on tax registrations for open land. Again great channel.👍🏡
Hog/pig panels are not the same as cattle panels. Hop/pig panels are 16ft long X 34 inches tall usually with #4 gauge wire. Cattle panels are 16ft long X 50 inches tall and usually use #6 gauge wire. Remember the lower the # of the gauged wire, the thicker the wire is. Thus #4 wire is thicker/heavier than #6 gauge wire. For your project, you should use cattle panels; the 50 inches makes each section of the hoop 16 inches longer. In the end, you are buying fewer cattle panels than hop/pig panels and saving money. IE: It would take about 1.5 hop/pig panels to do 1 cattle panel. So if you used 100 cattle panels, you would need 150 hog/pig panels to do the same distance. At approximately the same cost for either panel, 50 hog/pig panels extra {$25 per panel X 50 panels = $1,250 Extra cost}. That is a lot of money for the initial investment of buying for the hoop tunnel or hoop house. Keep up the GREAT VIDEOS!!! May your hands always be brown from the soil and with a green thumb.
Sir, I thoroughly enjoyed your video! Excellent presentation! I'm curious as to your method of building your beds and where you acquired your mulch? Thanks a bunch!!
I use these also. Use T post 2 on each side to hold in place.
That's how mine r done 👍
16'x52" hog panels are $100 each at farm supply here. A 60' trellis bed would cost $1400 in trellis alone. 😞
Thanks!
you can also use a metal fence post to help stabilize the panels