Building a Polytunnel | Our First tunnels 40ft completed | Ready for winter
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2021
- Finally our @polytunnels is complete and ready for some winter growing. Over all very happy and although we had to battle the elements it was a lot of fun especially getting the polythene over the top.
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We are- a family of four,
Mum- Annie,
Dad-Bruce
Two children Elsie and Betsy
One dog - Doug
and we decided to trade our busy life as home and business owners to chase the dream we’ve harboured for 10years.
How did we get here
After years of saying one day, we finally realised that these opportunities don’t just land in your lap and if we seriously wanted to make a difference to the Earth then we were going to have to stop talking about it and do it!
We sold all our stuff, got rid of the mortgage, sold our camper conversion business and landed in a dream come true. After traveling in our van we settled here in the west of Ireland. A place that has always been special to us. Annie is half Irish and since we met 12 years ago and she took me to meet her family i fell in love with Ireland too.
Now we’ve made this dream a reality there is no stopping us! our plan is to work hard, meet new people and learn new skills that will guide us on our journey of permaculture and creating a way of life that sings to us. One where we aren’t bound to the banks, working every hour and outsourcing all of our needs. A simple way of life, with connection to ourselves, each other, the earth and our community.
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Made that look easy...Great blog
Lot of work your doing ! But it’s coming along . Good Job !
Having out up a number of tunnels I can say hand on heart you've done a great job on that one..interesting you've got the end timber cross rails very low..maybe FT instructions have changed..yes the inserts for the base rails are hard work we found a blunt wallpaper type scraper and warming them all up before starting was a great help!!
Thanks Peter. Appreciate the tip for the base rail. I will remember that for when I have to recover. I think the timbers are in the right place 😂 I have been known to read things wrong with instructions
Were waiting for paperwork for our dream. Were in Scotland so your channel giving us inspiration as we wait for legal stuff to get through. It helps weather is so similar.
Ah good luck with it all. I can’t remember who’s said it to me but I like the phrase if you don’t like the weather in Ireland give it 5 minutes 😂
Well done, a fantastic job - sorry about the missing P Clips :)
No worries! Super happy with it. Looking forward to growing :) thanks for sending some spares 🙏
Great video, great content. 💯👍💯👍💯👍
Thank you 🙏
A lot of work your putting in. ! Your doing a good Job ! Wish you well -
Thank you 🙏
Rock on! You're doing fantastic!
Thanks Colin
Well done guys. Very inspiring.
great job, looks like it is done really well,ive got a feeling like your family are going to thrive out there, your well on with it already
Thanks, I’m really pleased with it
Great job, you made it look easy, I am sure wasn't.
Thanks. It wasn’t too bad but definitely had its moments
You make it look so easy!
Too easy 😂
Great video, great teamwork, great music. Loved the time lapse also ..... 💚❤️💚🙏✨✨✨
Thanks. Got the seedlings on the way now :)
Awesome! Well done 👍✅😻
Thanks 🙏
Great job really professional,
Thanks very much
Well done a great job I know what you went through, as I just recovered mine a few months ago, the poly will be of great use to your family.
Thanks Jimmy, was a slog but got there in the end :)
Really enjoy your videos, you did a fantastic job!. Looking forward to seeing more projects. Cheers 🍻
Thanks. I really appreciate it. Makes me want to make more vids :)
That was great watching the poly tunnel build!! 🎉
yup bruce!
Well done that was a great job 👏🏻
Thanks 🙏
Hang a washing line in there and keep both ends open. Really good job by the way.
That’s a good idea for now :)
It looks absolutely awesome.. you have all done an amazing job.. ❤. Keep living the dream buddy. Much love.
Thanks mate! How’s the truck life going?
@@OffGridBruce Trucklife is still awesome. We are still really enjoying it. You all look happy in your new home..
Amazing
Wow! Well done!
Thank you 🙏
I have put a few up in last few years around my allotment site, we dug a trench to tuck the polythene in, hard work but they are so useful
I helped a friend dig one in a couple of months ago and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be
@@OffGridBruce yes if you have at least two digging it's not so bad, yours's looks fantastic and you all did a great job.'
Awesome build guys. You did a great job tensioning that! We know from experience it can get a bit tense when you are losing the light with the polythene not yet secured!! Seriously love the video. Amazing!
Tell me about it! I was lucky there was no wind over night. 🙏
@@OffGridBruce last February at short notice we built a new tunnel, it was honestly one of the toughest things I ever did. It was the fifth tunnel that we built but building in Feb was grim! I remember trying to nail down the timber base rails as the snow starting falling, in the dark one Sunday evening!
Seriously loving the video guys great effort, you got the tension really good!
@@AndyGrowsFood thanks, I am happy with it. Definitely helped having the aluminium base rails for tension. Definitely don’t want to build another anytime soon. If I do I will wait till the spring.
Fantastic job
Thank you very much!
Grand job that..
Thanks very much 😊
Nice. Enjoyed the Celtic Music. Best
Not only did you do a Fantastic build but what a great video.
Thanks Colin 🙏
Well done you two.
Thanks 🙏
👍
Well done guys! What was the cost and where did you buy the whole thing, if you don’t mind sharing the details?
We got it from first tunnels. I think it was about £1800. They had a discount once you went past a certain amount. It has just survived storm barra :)
Nice job who supplied the pollly tunnel ? Are you still doing conversion s ?
Thanks. The tunnel was from first tunnels. I haven’t done any conversions for a year or so but would do one if someone wanted
How big is the poly tunnel?
It’s 40ft x 14ft
Its looking good man. Brilliant to have organic veg in that for next year
Very excited to get sowing :)
Where did you get the poly tunnel from?
I got it from first tunnels
@@OffGridBruce actually looks a really good tunnel
I’m pretty pleased with it so far
@@OffGridBruce it looks a good poly tunnel
We are on the west coast of Scotland, just north of Portpatrick across the sea from Belfast so we need something substantial! The wind wrecks everything here…
@@livingoffgridinscotland well I can’t say for definite but one of the things that drew me to this one was the storm stays. I think mossy bottom lives in quite a windy exposed place and his has lasted a winter so far
whats the ultimate aim? living truly off-grid? because it seems, as of now, that you are firmly plucked into the grid. all the electricity gotta come from somewhere. nowhere do i see or hear a generator or solar or windturbine. off-grid also means, using what the land grants you, so a metal framed greenhouse seems a bit off. but maybe i am totally wrong and dont understand any of it.
No that’s totally fair. Currently off Grid for heating and water supply but we still have a grid connection for electricity but I use my van for power when to far from the house. I have an inverter that is capable of running all my tools etc. long term I want to unplug completely but I’m not sure which way I want to go. Been hugely inspired by Mark Boyle who lives with no electricity at all. In the new year I’m going to go a week without tech or electricity and see what I learn and how I feel afterwards
I can tell you there are money behind those guys. No way they could effort to achieve that if they ere coming from a public estate and the guy he was working in Sainsburys
Hi Dimitrios. I was brought up on a council estate and started life as an apprentice mechanic. I’m not sure what your trying to get at. Are you assuming I come from a privileged background