Beginner Gardening: ANY IDEAS ON HOMEMADE COMPOST TUMBLER AND/OR GREENHOUSE?, 1 by drivenbonkers

drivenbonkers wrote:
I had a 10 foot by 14 foot wooden and plastic greenhouse about 16 years ago. there was a connector kit (green plastic pieces) that would go together with 2x2 lumber to build a simple frame. Used some more 2x2's to build in the ends and the doors. Covered the thing over with plastic stapled to the wood, and had a dandy little greenhouse. heated it overnight with a kerosene heater. just enough to keep things from freezing. The heat of the day was more of a concern than freeze overnight. Of course, the day that the new plastic had to go on the greenhouse, there was ALWAYS gale force winds, lol

I used it from the beginning of April to end of June. A glorified cold frame....

Ten years ago, we built another 10 by 14 greenhouse, this one of dimension lumber and recycled windows and doors and the proper 'greenhouse roof panels' corrogated clear plastic sheets. It's 14 feet long, 10 feet wide with a simple roof. 10' tall in front, and sloped to 8' tall in the back. A couple of storm windows mounted on hinges provide the ventilation. A rope and simplified pully system enabled the windows to be closed/opened and held in that position.

Last year, I splurged and installed automatic window openers, and this year, I'm going to heat with a oil filled electric heater......

This pic is not the best, shows a front view.

It's big enough to start all the seeds I want!

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