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    Home » Articles » DIY

    A Simple Way To Insulate Your Hoop House With This Curtis Stone Video

    by Eric · This post may contain affiliate links, its one way we pay the bills. · Leave a Comment

    Rick and I were talking on the GF Radio podcast about the success of his mini greenhouse, and how using 2 layers of  plastic, separated by some wood supports, had added an insulation layer. I immediately thought of a video I saw on Curtis Stone's YouTube channel about how he uses a double layer of plastic in his very successful market garden operation. Here is the video:

    Curtis uses a fan to force air between the two layers of greenhouse plastic, which reduces heat loss through the plastic. Think of it as air as insulation. I think you can do this on a small scale, but the key is to pick a fan that works for your size greenhouse. Here is a good starting point for fans you can connect to your greenhouse plastic.

    I'm wondering if you have a small greenhouse, could you hook up a bathroom fan you've pulled out of a dumpster? I've got a few from some renovation projects sitting here looking at me. One of them worked really well on the homemade sap evaporator, but we have more to put to use.

    I have built several what I call mini-greenhouses, aka hoop houses, to cover our raised beds. And of course, we have videos about all of them here. Considering the size of my raised beds, 4' wide x 12', I'm not sure using a fan to insulate the layers of plastic would be a good use of electricity. Maybe we could go solar with the fan?

    I am a big fan of Curtis Stone, and how he shares so much info on his YouTube channel. He also has in-person classes if you are serious about becoming a market gardener. I've learned better methods on how to grow carrots and salad greens from Curtis.

    He has turned his yard, and those of a few of his neighbors, into farmland, basically. Gone is the grass and instead there are rows of vegetables. This doesn't go over well with everyone, but I'm all about a smaller lawn.

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