Greenhouse: Bubble Wrap the Greenhouse for Insulation, 1 by AZgrammie

AZgrammie wrote:
Yes, Jay, that's right. Works for me! The bottom layer of bottles are on a shelf placed on the steel frame of my former BBQ! Since I took that picture, I have added probably another 60 gallon bottles and now have them almost everywhere. According to the books, I should have 200 gallons for a 6x8 greenhouse. Rentman, I know my greenhouse looks like "Loving Hands from Home" compared to yours and so many others on this forum! I had been saving old discarded windows, too, but when I got that steel frame I decided to spring for the new polycarbonate. The plywood & styrofoam & roofing materials, and 8x8x16 concrete blocks for the stemwall, are all leftovers from other projects. I figure I have about $200 in new store-bought materials. The door is from my former tack room but with poly and bubblewrap on it instead of whatever I built the door out of. I took a solar greenhouse design & construction class 2 weeks ago, and the only thing I have not done according to what I learned in the class, is to insulate the outside of the stemwall but I figure the worst of the winter is past so I will get it done this summer for next year. The floor is dirt & flagstone so when I water I don't have to worry about where the drips go. Here's a picture of the south wall. Plants are bigger now! BTW, it gets VERY hot inside in the daytime unless I open the window. I won't be using it in the summer. The wife of the teacher of the class uses her greenhouse to dry peaches & apricots in in the summer!