Indoor Grow Space & Greenhouses

Simply Sol is currently working on an indoor grow space designed to cultivate hemp at different stages of growth, in order to maintain year-round crops and a stable supply of plants, seeds, juice, and products for our customers. Their plans also include several greenhouses, complete with light deprivation systems, providing warmth, protection, and efficiency for early and late season crops. They are confident that this infrastructure improvement will substantially increase productivity. It will also allow them access to a wider range of clientele via a shorter and more regular turn-over, as well as the ability to test genetics at a faster rate.

The indoor building currently underway (see short work-in-progress video) is designed to closely follow sustainability principles in a true effort to minimize the ecological footprint inherent with indoor grows. The shell of the structure is four repurposed 40ft. long, high cube containers arranged in a horseshoe shape with one “double wide” segment and a timber framed clean room in the center, adjacent to all the containers. The exterior will be insulated using a creative installation of Reflectix, then wrapped in repurposed billboard vinyl for ideal weatherproofing and stability. As you can see in the diagram (see documents tab), this layout maximizes the usable space available while also minimizes the risks of cross contamination.

This layout also will greatly improve our flow of operations, enabling all stages of plant life and types of finished product to be cultivated simultaneously within the same facility as opposed to several costly installations cutting into usable farmable space. Upon its completion, they will be looking at around 1,400 sq. ft. of cultivation space with an additional 500 sq. ft. of valuable shaded processing space, vital for happy and efficient workers during the dramatically shifting seasons of the Pacific Northwest.

As a part of their pledge towards regenerative & sustainable practices, they plan to utilize only energy efficient LED lighting and H-Vac systems in their grow spaces, which has the potential to cut energy needs by more then half the standard indoor grow space requirements. Their phase two plan is to install solar panels on the roof of the structure to take the building off-the-grid entirely, as well as support most all of the farm's electrical infrastructure.

The plan for their light deprivation greenhouses is simple: they hope to build several 50ft. to 100ft. greenhouses that are truly versatile in their ability to be full- or short-season grow structures. By building them with light deprivation capabilities, they will then be able to harvest a mature crop several months before the market is flooded with competitively priced hemp, while also giving us the capabilities to install LED supplemental lighting for late season extension.





Use of Funds

There are several ways Simply Sol intends to use their loan from Steard to complete these projects:

• The shipping container building is currently underway, so the funds will be applied to purchase and install the LED lights and control systems, HVAC, electrica,l and water outlets on the interior of the buildings.

• They have already completed the insulation and framing for the interiors of the building as well as exterior electrical paneling. They also plan to use this loan to finalize the flooring and source the last of their shelving/table/equipment needs (e.g., hoses, aerators, 50 gallon mixing tanks, etc.) to begin growing.

• Some funding will be allotted to sealing and completing the clean room via hiring additional hands and the purchasing of the last of their timber needs to finish the interior. Funds will also be used to purchase several greenhouses for light deprivation purposes. This will include light blocking and clear greenhouse plastic, industrial fans, greenhouse frames, installation labor, timber for end walls, fansm and supplemental lighting.

• Finally, loan funds will be used for soil preparation required for full greenhouse operation, which they plan to achieve by using an excavator to build with a relatively new regenerative German technique called Hugelkulture. Hugelkulture involves burying mycelium rich logs under varying degrees of organic material which would then be covered in compost and top soil. This creates a biodiverse, nutrient-rich deep bed with the capability to self-water while never requiring tilling in the future. Any remaining funds will be applied to worker wages, overall farm operations, and future equipment maintenance or acquisition.

Lender Incentives

Simply Sol is hoping to accelerate their lending campaign to allow them the chance at a competitive start this February (2021); therefore, they’ve created some fun incentives to share a little bit of what they grow/make at Simply Sol with generous supporters that have already contributed and to inspire new participating lenders to join in on the fun:

$10,000+: 1 lb. of high quality organic hemp product, their tried-and-true CBD pain relief salve “Problem Salved”, medicinal Ashwagandha, CBD tinctures, and 10% off all of their products for life.

$5,000+: ½ lb. of high quality organic hemp product, CBD pain relief salve “Problem Salved”, and a medicinal tincture of your choice.

$1000+: ¼ lb. of high quality organic hemp product, CBD pain relief salve “Problem Salved. and a medicinal Ashwagandha tincture.

$500+: Your choice of either a medicinal Ashwagandha tincture or CBD pain relief salve “Problem Salved”.

Ashwagandha is our Ayurvedic super herb rhey home grow and harvest to create our highly sought after tincture. This herb is an incredible apoptogenic, meaning it working wonders wherever you need it, but most evident on the nervous system, (e.g., depression, anxiety, pain, and overactive neuro activity to name a few.