Greenhouse: Researching for a kit, 1 by Happenstance

Happenstance wrote:
Afternoon Badseed -

DH and I are also good at building things and before he bought me my dream greenhouse, we constructed a leanto type temporary setup that worked really well. We used redwood lumber and the twin wall solid polywhatever. It only took a few hours to build (well it took more than a few hours in total because of design issues and whose ideas would work better. The gardener (me) won out and the builder (DH) agreed in the end.) It was located on the patio with one side being the house wall, one side a 6' slider that adjoins the sunroom (the sunroom adjoins the house with french doors and sliders making up the other 3 walls). So it was about 8' x 8' x 10' at the peak.

It worked really well, was meant to be temporary and I took it down that Spring in about 30 minutes. It was built in sections, so could have been reinstalled in probably an hour. We anchored it to the house with lag bolts and into the ground with rebar. It never moved an inch in our high winds, did its job and taught me a lot.

I didn't heat it at all here in 9b, also didn't vent it and should have. I had meant to use the slider as ventilation and I did part of the time, but would forget and did have some mildew problems on some of the succulents, but that was my error not the greenhouse itself.

If you are just looking for a cozy spot for your tropicals during the cold months you might consider something like this.

I should have mentioned that the reason I didn't use the sunroom as a greenhouse as I had for the prior two years is because I'm very messy gardening inside....so move forward to this year and my Charlie's greenhouse is packed full and I've decided to be messy, so the sunroom is packed full too! LOL

This message was edited Nov 21, 2003 4:17 PM