admin May 7th, 2008
I got a late start this year but I finally managed to clean the old plants form my greenhouse tipi yesterday and I’ll be planting tomatoes and peppers in the next day or two. Last year, I planted a bit too close and I had tomatoes growing out of the tipis smoke flaps. !3 ft tall tomatoes producing 20oz fruit in an organic environment ain’t too bad. I This year I’ll only be planting two tomato plants in the tipi and a bunch of hot peppers, and a few herbs. .I may even put an artichoke or two in just for fun. Last year the tipi was filled with marigolds so this year the volunteer marigolds will have to be thinned or they’ll overrun the greenhouse tipi.
It’s cold and raining today sI have the tipi closed up but I’ll snap a few pictures and post them as things get growing.
For more info in tipis and the greenhouse tipi, visit www.reesetipis.com
Richard
admin January 28th, 2008
I’ll admit - the last two years I’ve spent more time in the tipis that I have in my back yard than I have camping in the mountains in one of my tipis. With this in mind, I thought I’d show you a few tipi exterior pictures of my customer’s tipis. But they have to be in the yard ;-).
OK - Tipi #1 in in Cascade, Colorado, tipi #2 is in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, tipi #3 in my good friends in Estes Park, Colorado, tipi #4 is in Franktown, Colorado, tipi #5 is in Hamilton, Montana, tipi #6 is in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, tipi #7 is near Taus, New Mexico, tipis #8 are in Malibu, California, tipi #9 is in Phoenix, Arizona, tipi #10 is in the Trinity Alps of Northern California, tipi #11 is in my daughter’s back yard in Neunkirchen Germany (we made snow angels in front of her tipi to protect it), tipi #12 is in Aspen , Colorado, Tipi # 13 is in Denver, Colorado, Tipi # 14 (pictures 14, 15, and 16) is in San Francisco , California.
Well thous are just a few of the thousands of Reese Tipis that are in folks back yards scattered across the country. Email me a picture of you backyard tipi and I’ll post it here. richard(put the at thingy here)reesetipis(put the dot thingy here)com
admin January 23rd, 2008
Here are a few pics I took on one of the “Commanche Moon” sets. We setup about 45 tipis in the cold and wind - sunrise to sunset but we had fun. Worked with most of the same set-dec crew that I worked with on “Into The West” so we got the tipis up pretty quickly. After working all day on my last day, I realized that I had forgotten to take any pictures so I grabbed a camera, and shot about 30 tipi pictures just as the sun was going down. As I was taking the last picture on the river, I was squatting on a rock in the middle of the Rio Grande, I had one camera on the tripod and the other over my shoulder. As I pulled the camera off my shoulder, the strap caught my glasses and my glasses flew off into the river.Now I’m pretty blind without my glasses but I did manage to drive the 260 miles home without hitting anybody. Anyway - this is a sample of the tipi pictures I took on the Commanche Moon set - not sure if they used any footage from this set in the final movie - guess I’ll have to go see it.
All of the tipis on this set were Reese Tipis - most left over from previous movies. The tipis shown were all painted by the Commanche Moon set-dec crew in Sante Fe, NM. I love visiting New Mexico and I had a great time visiting with Kathy Smith during that trip.
Hope you all like the tipi pictures. Richard
Tags: Commanche Moon, Rio Grande, Tipi Pictures, tipis
admin January 23rd, 2008
I was talking with a friend today on the best way to haul tipi poles - it used to be a lot simpler when cars were larger and more rigid. I’m spoiled, I have a couple of trucks with racks but with rising gas prices I’m leaning more towards a smaller car and a small trailer to transport my tipi poles. I’ll attach a few pictures of some of the rigs I’ve used over the years.
The first two pictures are of a customer’s tipi pole trailer - I really like the idea and this is what I think I’ll be building - now to find a small boat trailer to start with. The third picture is of me and old blue hauling poles in Wyoming - wish I still had that one-ton Chevy! Picture 4 is of old blue near Pikes Peak, Colorado with a load for a photo shoot (you can see many of the pics we took on my screen-saver). Pic 5 is of my Duramax near Cora Wyoming, Pic 6 was taken in Missouri. I think we had 6 tipis and 3 tipi decks on that load - started in Colorado and ended up in New York. Pictures 7 and 8 were taken near Walsenberg, Colorado on a tipi setup in December.
If I get time in the next few weeks (or months) I’ll post more tipi transport pictures. If you have pictures that you would like to post, register here and let me know and I’ll add you to the authors list.
Tags: teepee poles, tepee poles, tipi pole transport, tipi poles
admin January 3rd, 2008
I started this project two years ago and have had very good success. Like an idiot, I didn’t take any pictures of my new greenhouse tipi this year - had 13′ tall tomato plants with fruit the size of softballs. Attached are a few pictures from last year. This year I moves the greenhouse tipi (teepee) to behind the garage and setup my 19.5 tipi in it’s normal place.
Last year I planted everything in pots because the greenhouse was setup on the tipi deck I use for my 19.5′ tipi. This year, I nade a special basefor the tipi and filled it with top soil. The new greenhouse tipi is where the trampoline is now (see the last pic.)
I start all of my plants in the greenhouse tipi then move most of them into the garden as soon as the weather is nice enough. I leave a few tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse for the summer and then try to keep then a few weeks after the first frost.
Tags: greenhouse, greenhouse tipis, tipis
RT January 3rd, 2008
Hello all! I wanted to share a few photos of teepees with you!!! Gotta love a teepee!!
Tags: photos, teepee
RT December 28th, 2007
Tipi painting is a wonderful art. There is a lot more that goes into it than people think. I have been painting for many years, and started to paint tipis with Reese Tipis Inc. a few years ago. I have learned a great deal and discovered much more through trial and error. Reese Tipis offers a full service paint department and can assist you with any questions you may have while in the process of painting your own tipi!
Tags: art, paint, tipi
admin December 27th, 2007
My love for tipis started over 35 years ago after My father purchased a small tent and awning company in Salt Lake City. I was put to work helping around the shop and I was soon helping make and setup tipis (tepees, teepees) with the family. My father sold the business when I was 18 but he and my mother continued to make tipis while I took a leave of absence from the family business to join the Air Force. After a successful career in the Air Force, I decided it was time to settle down and since mom was not getting any younger, and was having difficulty making tipis, I decided I would help. I soon moved the business from Salt Lake to Colorado Springs and have been making Reese Tipis here since 1998.
I still camp in my tipis and spend a fair bit of time in the ones in my back yard. With this blog, I hope to be able to share my tipi experiences with tipi lovers around the world.
