Rural Gardening: Homestead High Tunnel, 1 by Jayryunen

Jayryunen wrote:
At this point, I'm getting religion as they say. I've started praying the wind doesn't come up at this point and test the strength of this frame. =0)

The next step is to put up what's called the ribbon board. It's a board that runs the length of the structure that the channel which will hold the topper is attached to. It also makes the frame much more rigid. We put ours 4' high... the instructions said from 4-5'. It just depends on how high you want your sides to roll.

Here's a shot of the ribbon board up with the channel on it. We plumbed the rafters as we screwed on board to them... don't forget that part, it makes for a stronger structure when snow comes.

After I got this done, it was lunch time! Things were moving quickly! The excitement builds...