Greenhouse Too HOT! Hoping in a $90 Fix

What is this? You've been a busy bee this morning, continuing to organize. Sunglass holder, remote control holder. I don't know if I finished— if I showed them your final work from yesterday.

I mean, you're not done done, but look at this, because I have another one of these shelves that I'm gonna put right there.

Where now is our one— we have a prop We have a problem, Rebecca.

What is our one room?

Yes, we have to have one room.

My guest room. My guest room currently is not done yet.

Okay, good. Makes me feel better. Makes everybody else feel better too. Everybody's got that one room.

But it's cleaned up. I am not— then it will be downstairs and then I'm gonna clean that up too because I can't stand this. It's driving me nuts, the disarray.

Buenos días, niños!

You are adorable.

Oh my, I don't know about these Legos in here because then you don't want to go with me. Mr. Brown, you want to go with?

No.

You going? You got to go look—

I'm going to go do my chores.

Oh good.

Yes, I am going because they're in the silo.

You are?

Yeah.

Okay, well come on, I'll get you a snack. Get your clothes while I get you a snack. Yes, he's gonna go. And you're gonna hang out with me, right?

I got my clothes from yesterday.

It's a little chilly, so grab a sweater. Guys, we had to buy new jars because we have that much milk. What's your plan today, Rebecca? You doing anything on the farm?

I'm going to be dealing with the greenhouse and making sure that, well, figuring out how we can ventilate it better. It's gonna be some research because, well, I need to measure the greenhouse because I want to buy that, what do you call it?

Shade cloth.

Shade cloth. Shade cloth, the aluminum shade cloth that reflects a lot of the sun. It's supposed to reflect the heat. At least that's what I saw online.

Yeah.

And so I've got to do that, and then I'm also going to be measuring in the greenhouse to see where else we could ventilate it. And I might, we might be getting a fan, but I feel like the fans were really expensive, like $1,200.

We had to get new jars because we used all our jars. When you get 4 gallons plus a day—

well, and then also though, we use the jars for—

it's 8 jars a day.

We use the jars for bulk and everything. And yeah, out there we have probably 10 or 12 jars.

Yeah, full. And we make it last a week because we only cream separate once a week. So 8 times 7— of course you drink some along the way, but that's like 40-something jars. Hey, you did get dressed. You're missing some socks and a sweater though. Let me tie them up. Are you growing? Are you growing? Right here, socks. And you're gonna go help me milk?

What, you're milking?

Are you doing— are you doing—

we can go do the— we can go do the chicken tractor. Yeah, you want to go do that? Yeah, this is the— hey, come back here, put on your sweater. Hey, okay, okay, come on, come on, Lily, you gotta hurry, your chickens are gonna want out. All right, let's go get in. Come on, Teddy, look at that egg, goose egg. Hey, come on, let's go, everybody go. Let's find your shoes, Mr. Brown. Oh, I know where, I think I put some up yesterday. Yes, you want to wear your snow boots? Come on, Teddy. Uh-oh, oh, I just remembered, is it gonna rain today? I'm gonna water your gardens. We gotta give them a drink because, as Casey Auschwitz would say, they don't— plants can't walk to water. Hey, did you guys feed my, uh, chicken tractor chickens? Thank you. All right, the hose is hooked up. Get in, let's turn it on. Oh, watch, watch, Ted. Daddy, you better get out of there. Here, here, let's do this. Teddy's in the garden. Let's turn the hose on, on it. I'll teach him. Actually, we have cats and dogs getting in these gardens. We just ordered some motion sensor sprinklers. Hopefully that'll catch their motion and get— it's not— oh, oh no, it's not gonna work for him. He doesn't seem to mind too much. Oh, oh, that just sprayed me! That reached real far. Okay, is it reaching over there though? Yeah, I think so. All right, watch out, get in. See if it comes that far. Oh no, this is backfiring! How my chickens do, they flourish. Holy smokes, look at this! Big difference. Oh look, 2 eggs!

This way, this way!

You do these chicken crates, you gotta come out the water.

Other way, other way!

Well, it's supposed to keep him out. I know it'll keep cats out, and I guess that's what we're worried about because Teddy's really never unsupervised. Guarantee he's trying to go inside. Yep. All right, we're going this way, buddy. Come on. What'd you say?

I'm gonna go move Lucha Dust.

Oh, here, will you take the vlog fan? Because we got the tires pumped up yesterday. Let's see if it's easier to move. Actually, it is on a— I think it is still bottoming out, but just see how it goes.

Okay, me and Josiah are going to show you if these pumped up tires work really good today. He says it's good for your microbiomes.

Hey, where'd Gideon go?

With the phone.

With my phone. The deal was audiobook if you're down here helping me milking, not take the audiobook up into the house. We might have a record-breaking morning. 2 gallons in here, 3/4 a gallon in here from Flossie. Spring is here. She's like, so maybe we should do it to the mark so we can know exactly how much she gave. What do you think? What, 2 gallons and a quarter? And that's from a cow who's still got a calf on her. That's that rich grass they're on there, guys. The sheep are happy too. They didn't touch their hay till— I think they ate some of it last night, but not for hours.

I'll get in there and you'll open it.

Oh, okay.

So I can see your face.

All right. All right, what is this you guys want to show?

Look!

The cream is right there!

Oh my gosh!

There's more cream than there is milk!

But this one isn't as high, but this thing is just full of like cream!

Wow! Oh my word, that is crazy.

This is like, it's full of cream.

This is like here, the cream line is here.

That's crazy.

Who is that? It must be Phillip.

We're not gonna drink that.

Oh, is that your cream dance?

It is.

That's more than a half a gallon.

So let's see your cream dance. All right, we're gonna have ice cream again this weekend then.

Yay!

Yay!

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

That should be our reward on cream separation.

Yeah, I like it.

What do you think?

I love this loft. I'm wondering if we should put like a big table here.

Do you have a clean loft dance too? That's a lot like the cream dance.

It's the same one basically. I only have one dance.

Oh, there's one.

Okay, good.

That's your clean loft dance. Gideon!

You don't know who Steve is.

I need my phone, bro. Hey, where's my phone? You sneaker! You're supposed to have it out there with me. Where's my phone, bro?

Right here.

What?

Did you switch the sprinklers?

No, I'm— uh, thank you for the reminder. I'll go do that now. What's going on?

I can't find the phone.

Are you serious?

I was right here.

What? You were right here.

Lucky day we had reception. All right, please. Please don't run off with my phone. Let's show these guys some love too. I'm glad I remembered. Here, we can leave this here because we're just coming right back up with it. We had to order sprinklers anyway because we've only got one, so why not try some— why not try some with motion sensors? Of course, I'll let you guys know how it works. Just, uh, will you get her alfalfa and I'll start cleaning her up? Well, you got to milk her for all she's worth because she doesn't have a calf, so you've got to get it all or she'll get mastitis. I'm gonna let them milk for a second. Rebecca's doing some measuring.

My idea is to measure all of these, okay? And then I'll know what to buy, what size to buy.

The problem is this greenhouse gets way too hot. The plans we used didn't account for any ventilation. What we have done is installed these solar vents. They're awesome. Look how it's— it's the sun's heating up this black trap, I guess, and, and it's opening this window.

I can maybe get a 20 by 20 in there.

You're gonna get another vent, uh, solar vent right there? You could probably get another one of those in each. So Rebecca's measuring for a possible shade cloth that lets in the sun. Yeah, but not the heat.

Yes, it's a reflective shade cloth. Well, I saw it on the website and then I went and I Googled it and there was a lot of YouTube videos.

This is— the greenhouse is great for the spring for when it's still cold outside, for spinaches, Swiss chard, kale, lettuces, stuff like that. But in the summer when you're wanting to start tomatoes or cucumbers and it's In the summer, June, July, or the fall when we want to start our fall garden, or when we want to start our fall, and like July, August, it's hot in here. And so you need the opposite effect of a greenhouse, you need a cool house. Option number 1 is a shade cloth, which seems to be the most affordable. Option 2, which we're doing some, is put 2 vents in And option 3 could maybe be to hinge these, this bottom, every one, or even put solar in there. But that would cost like $2,000.

Well, the solar, the solar vents, like those would cost $1,000. But if we hinged it, I don't think it would cost that much.

We just have to frame, just add frames.

We have to frame. Well, no, I'm thinking if we hinged the whole thing.

Oh, that would be good, because if we could open it up easy, if that could somehow be propped up, it'd be kind of like a high tunnel. Yeah, it would be a high tunnel. Exactly. Let's talk to Randolph about that. The third thing would be a fan.

Well, let's talk— let's— let me try the shade cloth. Yeah, and two more vents. Yeah, okay, that works.

That's a good idea. What happened?

She pooped.

Well, it happened.

It got on the side of the pail though, on the way bottom part.

Can you say poop happens?

Poop happens.

Probably another 2 gallons and a quarter. Your zinnias have popped up, the Swiss chard, spinaches. This is for the instant garden and it's going good. It's cool how the chickens are out there tilling, prepping it while these are in here growing. How's your summer crops coming up? Good.

I just got a zucchini and have another one starting there. My basil's come up, my thyme has come up, my cukes have come up, my marigolds. These smell so good. Lemon Gem marigolds. Oh, just— it's so delightful.

That also keeps bugs away, doesn't it?

It does, it does help with the bugs.

2.5 gallons of milk from Phyllis. All right, there we go. The question, Jonah, is did that water trough get filled up this time?

What?

We did it, Jonah!

Yeah, but it's really lean against the tree.

It is so full, and that's not going anywhere. That lid keeps Crush from getting in there. I don't know if we'll see her. Let's at least get the water hose off.

Out of here?

Yeah, get the water hose out of here so they don't chew on it. Okay, they're good. They're good for a week, 10, 12 days. They're so crazy. I'm gonna feed them way up here. We'll spread them out. Water down there, feed up here, encourage them to kill the whole area. Oh my, that's a lot of food. One thing I want to do before breakfast Yes, we're going to get pigs Saturday. Eee, wee little pigs, wee little pigs, 6 weeks old Idaho pasture pigs, so they're not necessarily as big as these guys at that age. So what am I looking for? I'm looking for the, the crate. I forgot where we put it, it's been a while. If I was a cat crate Well, it's a small dog crate. Where would I be? Okay, that's where I'd be if I was a big one. Where would I be if I was a smaller one? Oh, I think I saw it. That's where I would be. Oh yes, we live in a house barn. Yes, that's our house right there. That's my bedroom. That's the kids' bedroom. Isn't this great? Shop down here. Animals. Okay, so this— oh, that's definitely big enough. This small one is big enough. I think that one is maybe too big for the Suburban, but this one would be nice because I could put a plastic crate in it, not have to— I'm gonna have to build a box for this one. Let's grab the measuring tape and see if that would fit in our Suburban. Let's go look at the Suburban. Tell you what's going on here. We're getting these Idaho pasture pigs. They're mixed between a slow-growing smaller pig and a fast-growing big pig like I have out there. And we want pigs all year round for our skim milk and food waste. Would it make sense to get a breeding pair? We're gonna try feeders first. Oh wow, yeah, that seat's gonna have to come up. But yeah, that big one is not gonna fit in here. We're gonna have to go with the little one. I think this would be perfect. All right, they didn't need me. I was on a roll. I was on a roll. Excited about this. Excited as a niño about this project.

All right, here we go.

I think I can convert that box, make it shorter, and make that work to go inside.

Okay, okay, come here, come here.

Teddy just got his first shock.

He wants mama.

You touch that fence, he might not do that again.

Come here, come here. It's okay, it's okay.

He must have—

it's okay.

Yeah, he ain't going anywhere. This big bad world out here, huh?

You poor thing.

Come here.

Oh, I don't like it when the doggies get the electric fence used, but you'll live a long time now.

And you'll stay— that you'll stay out of that goose and pigs. Could have saved his life back All right, come on, come on, Teddy. So Rebecca, yes, I've helped you move some furniture. Now I think this is the perfect width, and we're going to cut it and make a new side. We're thinking about getting these guys as breeders eventually. Yes, we want to try them out first. Yes, ultimately what I want to know is, will they till? Because I think these have been bred— I think they've been bred to eat grass.

Yeah.

They're Idaho pasture pigs, which is a good thing, but not in our— not necessarily.

Well, I'll say this, that guinea pigs—

guinea pigs, yeah, they—

guinea hogs have also— some of them don't till and some of them do. And with our experience of our two guinea hogs, they were excellent tillers. We had one that was a better tiller than the other.

Do you think this will fit in our Suburban?

I think so.

Okay, so my idea is to— it's cardboard, but it's just the right width. Okay, maybe it's too tight fit. Do you know how I can get it in there? I guess I can just cram it. Yeah, it's too long, so I'm gonna cut it, make a new side.

Not too long to put it back up to it.

Oh yeah, it's too long. I know this, I already know this. Okay, so I'm just gonna cut it and make it a new size.

Okay, just cut this off. Just cut this off because then you'll fold it in. Does that make sense?

This needs to flap up.

Hold on.

It needs to flap up and I need a side.

Just take off this and then you'll bend it here to flap it in.

Okay. What would I do without you, babe?

We would have a box that didn't fit.

I know you want to put it together in there and that's fine.

That's fine. You can test it out out here.

But I'm just testing it out. Okay, that needs to be cut. Tape it in there like that and we can—

we can use that.

We can use that.

Well, should we make sure this fits in our car?

Oh yeah, let's go make sure it fits.

That's a good idea.

Well, we've done made the box. And we're like, oh well, let's go make sure it fits first. Whoops, it's fitting sideways. All right, she's gonna hose it down. We'll have to wait then for it to dry out before we put the box in. It'll be interesting to squeeze it in there, but otherwise I think we're good. Okay, it's gonna work. You happy about that? No trailer. We have a trailer, we could take the trailer, but that's, that's crazy, kind of, for probably 2 15-pound pigs, 20 pounds maybe, 25 pounds. A few updates for you guys real quick. We are getting pigs Saturday. We're gonna put up a real quick video Saturday. Yeah, we'll, like, we'll make a whole movie about it. It'll come out on Monday as a vlog, but we'll give you guys a little tease Saturday when we get the pigs. And then Sunday I got a bonus video for you. It's the 12— I'll give you 12 gardening hacks. Human urine is completely sterile coming out of the body. It's a fertilizer, but it is salty, so dilute it 10 to 20, 10 or as much as 20:1 water to urine. Interesting stuff to help you improve your garden hacks. So that'd be fun. 2 bonus videos for you guys this weekend, plus another bonus video in our Grow Your Own Groceries. Today it's out. From here on, how to grow a year's worth of chicken in 58 days. If you can get them out at 3 weeks old Josiah, when I move the wheelbarrow, can you kind of hold them on? Hey, I'm gonna turn. Ready? Okay, you know you need to hold it on there. You make sure it doesn't fall off the wheelbarrow.

There you go.

Come on, guys.

Look, already pecking at the grass. Check that out, info in the description. Hey, did you get your greenhouse stuff?

I did.

So how much was that shade covering?

It was only— let's see, here it is. Oh yeah, it was $62.

Oh sweet.

But then I got it, I got—

yeah, what's the total of all with grommets and everything?

It was $82. $90.

Okay, so that's gonna beat— and what were your solars? Your solar vents?

I haven't gotten those yet.

Okay, so that's gonna be like possibly having to open up that bottom.

So that's like, I don't know, it's gonna be a couple hundred bucks for my shades. Yeah, my fence.

And then now we just need a solar-powered mister.

Jonas says he wants me to buy all the parts and he'll put it together.

Oh, is there such a thing?

Well, I don't know about solar-powered, but you would— you would— we would hang the mister up there and over there and over there, and then we would have it hooked to a hose.

Yeah, and you could do a timer at least.

Have a timer on it.

Yeah. See how these open? These opened automatic. We were inside working or out on the farm, or who knows. Is your tomato seeds germinating, Rebecca, in these jars?

I had some peppers. Okay, it takes a while. They're not super fast germinators.

It's the next day. Just had to show you guys this though. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and a quart. 15 gallons of milk cream separating day. Incidentally, my apron dried out. It had gotten some fuel on it, but just Just letting it air out, I guess. Help, it doesn't stink anymore. I also forgot yesterday, go ahead and put up, put together my pig fort. Let's hope this— let's hope I can get it in here. All right, we got it filled up. We got shavings in there, we got the box in there. We're ready. You ready to get some pigs tomorrow, Josiah? Yeah. It's like a bomb went off, but look what came from it.

How many—

how much is that?

It's a pint and a half over a gallon.

Nice. That means cultured cream, butter, and ice cream.

Ice cream first.