Greenhouse: My New Greenhouse, 1 by MollyMc

MollyMc wrote:
Some may know that my DS and I built an orchid house last June. It butts up to the house but is not attached. Post and beam structure with 1/3 of the roof having clear plastic. Screens up for the walls. I also put some patio furniture in there so it ends up being multi-purpose.

Well, since we do get some temps for short periods in the 20's and 30's, we needed a greenhouse. I bought 4 ml plastic on a 100 foot roll, lattice strips and screen moulding. We started off by just securing each plastic panel to the top of the outer walls. The plan was to staple a piece of moulding to the bottom edge so the plastic could be rolled up during the day when it was too warm.

The idea was pretty good but not realistic. We did the plastic on Wednesday expecting cold weather last night and tonight.

This is what we did on Wed. Frankly, I didn't expect the wind that we had last night.

This message was edited Dec 8, 2006 10:58 AM