We built a passive solar GREENHOUSE | Here’s what happened

We replaced our old polytunnel with a passive solar greenhouse and then spent the first growing season monitoring how the new conditions impacted on plants and crops. Our organic garden is on a steep hillside in the Upper Severn Valley near Llanidloes in Mid Wales in the UK where we enjoy a temperate climate.

0.00 Intro
0.30 Planning the greenhouse
2.26 Building the greenhouse
4.44 March
5.36 April
6.39 May
7.27 June
8.20 July
9.06 August
9.53 September
10.31 October
10.56 November
11.16 December
11.53 Temperatures
13.12 Ventilation
14.12 Irrigation
14.47 Pests
15.20 Conclusion

Tunes
Siege of Delhi - Graham Brand on cittern
Harvest Home - Jackie Newey on tin whistle

[pamwilliams]

What a brilliant piece of work, in terms of designing, planting, filming month by month and assessing the outcomes of this huge but clearly successful project. Thank you so much for sharing! 💚❤💚

[sailingviking]

Great and very useful information. However, here is a piece of advice for future videos. The music from the banjo is quite disturbing when you have both birds chirping and someone talking at the same time. For those with impaired hearing, it is almost impossible to distinguish words from all other sounds. Other than that, the video was really worth watching.

[AntoniaLister]

It's pretty cool how you just left the wasps to do their thing and weren't bothered by them!

[ykrtonj]

Came for the greenhouse and stayed for the birds. A well done video!

[waykeeperfarmandnerdery]

Thank you for sharing the highs and the lows of your new greenhouse, it is so fun to see a full year in the life of your plants and greenhouse too!

[smallgirlsailing]

What abundance! Such an inspiration for someone who lives in the city and dreams of growing such a variety of fresh food

[blessingsfromthegarden]

This is EXCELLENT! Watching from Jamaica 🇯🇲 😌 😍

[ChristinaWhiteWolfe]

wow thank you for your time in making this. Such a wonderful video so inspiring and beautiful!

[todd]

One of the best commentary I have ever heard on YT. It was a pleasure watching the entire video. It was a ton of work and can't wait to watch more!!

[copic]

What a beautiful greenhouse. And what a lovely couple. Thank you for the great video.

[mynciee]

Wow! I'm still dreaming of my greenhouse and am "collecting" ideas from other people's plans - thank you for showing yours!

[Gallivantinggriffiths]

what a fab youtube video, superb balance of speed, detail and editing, well done both, , , and the greenhouse is awesome too!

[stephaniestanley]

Hello from California. Thanks for sharing this lovely video. Congratulations on your fantastic greenhouse upgrade! Joy to you.

[FT__Home__Plants__etc___-gorv]

Wow, that's a luxurious greenhouse. You two are cool

[happyglampers]

Wonderful, helpful video, thank you. Great idea with cutting the hoops for extended window openers👍 The birdsong hit the exact frequency where it turned the sound down and activated sub titles (a minor irritation). Thanks again for your efforts and time taken to edit and share this 👌👏

[yndr]

This was a well put together video. My only complaint is that his voice was often drowned out by the bird song.
Also, the only wasp I've heard of that will kill aphids is the parasitic wasp which is only about 1/10 inch long, very tiny. I've heard people say that common wasps kill aphids, I just haven't seen anything from a University that says that.
Good work and I'm glad the new greenhouse got things all sorted out.

[BeFree-BeFrugal]

That was really interesting, a great set up you have there.

[UPalooza]

You two are geniuses. It's so well designed. A nice mix of practical and artful. So many ideas I want in my own greenhouse, someday.

[pamelawagner]

Wow! You did such a wonderful job documenting your beautiful greenhouse. The photography and the simple explanations were a delight to experience. We live in a similar climate, also on a hillside and you have me dreaming of the possibilities! Thank you for sharing!

[fayito]

I really enjoyed watching. Thank you for sharing!