Hey friends welcome to Gardeing with Creekside and a very very fun day here up at production um in
fact we we've had a very busy day I just filmed uh being up at the chicken coop so if you missed that
video check that out I did that yesterday and then uh so here we are same day I just came up here to
the production there is a ton going on Andrew is working here you saw him moving some stuff around
okay you ready here look at all this see those boards that's where the concrete is being formed
we've got machine going we've got the little Bobcat we've got Jackson on the skid steer um
they are just working these sweet folks were here at gosh 7:30 this morning uh there is Jerry no he
is not miked up because he's the overseer and he's going in a million different directions so he kind
of walked me through just a little bit here so I will walk you through poor Justin is getting
uh a great red clay dust bath over there um all right so let's let's recap in case you're new to
the whole uh shenanigans that are going on here at Creekside Nursery we are installing a 90 by
96 gutter connected Greenhouse from our friends at Atlas green houses this is where we get all
of our green houses from Fantastic folks out in Georgia so if you're interested in a greenhouse
whether it is a small one for your home or a big production one they have everything in between
Roger and the crew were here last week and they got the post in the ground they are concreted in
the ground so then The Parkers so The Parkers so we've got Ernest dad he's in the grve back
here with the hat on and then we've got Justin over here that is on the little Bob cap they
are folks who install um and oversee all of our concrete that is being poured they too are a uh
small family business here in Dallas great great folks we just enjoy them as people but they do
a great work um so that is why they've been here uh multiple times laying concrete for us so they
are here forming out the concrete today because of course as you know when you lay concrete you
have to have forms otherwise it just flows everywhere so they're forming it today and
getting everything nice and level we're going to go through all of that tomorrow is going to
be the big poure so this entire Greenhouse right here is this whole is going to so 30 by 96 will
be a solid concrete floor this is where we're going to house uh for the vast majority of the
time the um potty machine so this entire thing will be concrete now uh a couple of things you
will notice that there is not rebar down there is just good old North Carolina red clay because we
do live in North Carolina and we are blessed with this lovely red clay it extremely compacted um
and we do not have major freeze and yeah freezes and THS we do not have to lay rebar this is not
going to hold a structure this is not a highrise plants are going to be on there people are going
to be on there um the potting machine is going to be on there there's not this massive heavy
load therefore there is no need to have rebar and reinforcements in the ground to prove my point we
had the concrete truck back up on here do you see any ruts do you see any divots no you do not it
is extremely compacted down so this entire pad is going to be concrete now moving over here you
will see let's talk about what the boys are doing um Jackson is actually scraping away soil because
this side was a little bit high and so they need to level it out so Jackson is in there um
scraping up breaking up to the soil and then just Justin is coming in behind him and leveling it out
and getting it nice and scooped out so they are working in Tandon together um and I tell you that
is one of the great things reasons that we love Justin and Ernest working with us is that they
are wonderful teachers and um work with Jackson a lot and allow him to do a ton of things here
and really value what he has to offer and so great great learning experience and anytime you can have
other men that you respect pour into your young Sons it is a beautiful beautiful thing so that is
what they're doing is trying to get this whole Corner nice and level because here we have the
forms and so like I said this corner was a little high so they're just having to rework that area a
little bit and if you know know anything about my son you know that he is really hating that he has
to be in the excavator having to you know work really really hard in the excavator today this
is absolute Joy he loves doing that all right now all right concrete here so the concrete is
going we're going to have sidewalks so they're still forming that so right here down the center
will be concrete on the sides of these two bays right here will be um it will not be it will be
probably washed Stone um we're going back and forth we have a dear sweet friend of ours who
uh Brian who say hi Brian um is a genius and he too is in the same industry that we are over there
at panoramic farms and um so he and Jerry were talking back and forth about what would be the
best um material to use in here so that is still to be determined but we appreciate and value our
friends who are in this industry kind of pouring in and you know you just bounce ideas off of each
other right and so that is what um Jerry and Brian have been doing so they're working their way over
to that area still trying to get all of this um level so we'll be back here in just a second
now let me tell you let's go over here because not only were the Parker's working uh Jerry and Andrew
were working as well this morning so you can see right here we have the retaining wall of course up
to the form the form over will be concrete we have nice uh fresh gravel laid down so Jerry and Andrew
got a French drain installed here uh this morning and then went ahead got it buried got the gravel
down and so it is good to go there is already a French drain on this side of the wall and and
now we have one here because nothing is flat here at Creekside and when we get rain we get rain and
we know how to move some water so that is what all these French drains are for and then as far
as this back corner and shooting out um I'll have to talk to Jerry about that but I am assuming that
he's going to come in here and do the same thing and this pipe here will go ahead and carry out so
when you're doing that French drain right so you have that corrugated black pipe that has the slits
in it that that water can then get into and then out it goes and it will shoot out the back I also
know I just have to find it where it is is that he Jerry went ahead and installed some nice big
conduits in here to go under the concrete I'm assuming that this is going to be somewhere in
here I'll have to ask yes here we go okay so you can see in these holes right here there is a uh
you see the yellow and the white so the yellow is nothing but duct tape it's just it's protecting
it's covering the end so this is a massive PBC pipe right here so we're going to use that as
conduit and so it goes through and then it will go out the back so that can then get electrical
in here um all whatever it is that we need in here we can have so he's got two different lines he's
got one here you can just see the yellow right here and then it just shoots straight out um
because we're going to have the concrete sidewalk we were just on the other end right so this is
concrete right here and then I believe there will be concrete coming through here see how they've
got this formed right here that's what's going to happen on the other side they just haven't gotten
it yet and so Jerry has gone through in multiple areas and you can see the bright yellow probably
down there on the ends so that way we can go underneath those concrete sidewalks um in all
of the bays and have access to it so once the concrete is poured we you don't have to worry
about you know trying to dig a hole underneath the concrete and blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah right so trying to do a little thinking in the head right now but man everything is going
great so as far as I know the the plan is that tomorrow only is going to be this pad because
that's a pretty good siiz pad I'll have to talk to the fellas to see what the amount of concrete
is going to be required to go in this this pad and then they're going to come back on Wednesday
the next day cuz today's Monday Tuesday is this pad and then Wednesday we'll come back and do all
of like the sidewalks and the little inet all the way around so we have got um just a great
crew out here they're happy they got their music going they're in sweatshirts and long sleeves I
can tell that they love this weather as much as do nobody is sweating it is absolutely glorious
all right so I'm going to go check with Jerry to make sure that I havn't missed anything um
and then maybe we'll let them form some more and then we'll come back here in a in a little bit
once they've got everything kind of formed up and we'll give you an update from there all right my
friends it's about a little bit before 5:00 in the afternoon and the fellas are done for today
the concrete truck will be here around first one at least will be here around 8:00 tomorrow morning
so let me show you what they got done today um at the end of the day of course the main focus for
tomorrow is this first Greenhouse the 30 by 96 um this will be a solid concrete floor it's the only
Bay that will be a solid concrete floor um so it is framed completely out on all three sides and
then you'll notice coming down the center is um a metal expansion joint so this guy is going to
stay here permanently the concrete will come right up to it um and this also helps keep the concrete
when they're pouring it level so basically this is the center right center of the greenhouse and
from this the water the concrete is going to shed off to the sides so there'll be an Ever So slight
slope so that the center this expansion joint will be the highest point and then there will
be a gradual grade off to each side so when we're in here watering or working um the water will Shed
off to the side again it helps keep grade for them as far as the levelness through the whole thing
and it does stay permanently now you may notice that there three sides have been formed on this
Bay but the front side is left open and you may be like why in the world is it left open well very
very simple explanation for the mere fact that the concrete trucks when they come tomorrow they're
going to pull they're going to back in right here and go all the way to the back so let's walk over
there um they're going to walk all the drive all the way back here to the back and they're going
to begin pouring here in the back and then as the concrete trucks are here and filling in um
so they'll start all the way back here they'll be able to um that one truck comes back and they'll
be able to go both to the um right and to the left fill all that in get it all scraped up nice
and next to the wood frames and then as the trucks come they just come in uh less and less because of
course the concrete will be there Justin estimates that it will be about four or five trucks to fill
in this greenhouse um and so that is the goal for tomorrow so with the very last truck that
comes tomorrow as they make their way up here so before that last truck begins pouring then they're
going to go ahead and um form in the front side so of course they'll bring it from Post all the
way across the center all the way to the next post and that will be that so tomorrow is the big day
for this pour so of course if you've seen um our videos where we've covered the concrete pouring um
in previous green houses so of course they have to pour it there's the whole I call it an art because
it's very much an art of how these guys work how they move the concrete how they work together as a
team um how they smooth it how they finish it the whole nine yards so it will actually take them all
day tomorrow to take this from beginning pouring the concrete to completion because of course you
have to let it sit and and begin to cure enough um they will put expansion they will actually cut
with saws um some Expansion Joints Justin said probably it'll be every 12 feet because that's
where the post are so they'll go from post to post across so every these posts are 12T apart
so they'll go go down with the saw and just cut here to the center on each side um of course we do
that because concrete will contract and expand and you put those cuts in there so that your
concrete will not um crack and have big old cracks in it then while they are also waiting on the um
concrete to cure tomorrow and hard enough just so that they can brush it and and put the cuts
in and do all the other things they will also go ahead and come in and finish forming what they're
going to pour the next day which is the um the sidewalks and the paths so we've already talked
about how coming down here um down the center of the next two green houses this all right here will
be concrete uh this will be growing pads that we will have onto the sides we're doing this concrete
because in production houses you in order to move these plants efficiently and effectively you have
carts and carts typically they don't roll really well on gravel so to have them on concrete just
makes it so so much easier now the reason that they did not form right here makes perfect sense
I didn't even think about it but Justin told me because I asked him um they will form this side in
once they remove this form right here so because this form obviously has to be in place because
of this concrete pad once that's uh cured enough they'll probably do it on the morning that they
pour this they'll remove this board so therefore the sidewalk right here the can come and it'll be
buted straight up to the concrete so concrete on concrete there you go so that's why this is not
formed in right here and then pretty much kind of the same thing um everywhere else as well
so just trying to look and see what's going to be happening um it will be the same thing up here on
the top because the front here is not framed in yet so it'll be kind of that same scenario that
once the trucks finish coming in once they finish um this over here cures then they'll finish over
here Jerry's getting all the equipment ready for them for tomorrow but yeah so oh let me
show you what Jackson and Justin did over here they got all of that scraped up looks good so
it's all nice and level right there um so all of that nice and framed in they work together quite
well uh we've got some extra soil here that I think they'll just probably dispose of when I
say dispose of I just mean off to the side um and so yeah it's nice to see the kind of the
whole thing starting to come together it is uh quite a beautiful Beast of a project but hey yeah
lots of fun so stay tuned for tomorrow's video probably because that will probably be the whole
concrete pouring uh this is going to be really fast and furious once all the concrete is poured
then Roger and the Gang will come back um we're thinking probably next week because it doesn't
make a whole lot of sense for them to come for one or two days before the weekend they may who knows
um and then they will start putting everything else up together up there so it's always fun
around here as always friends we appreciate you have a great day we'll see you the next video
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