Best small greenhouse?

Fire-Man · #21 05/26/13, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by PrettyPaisley

I have no building skills at all. It about killed me using a miter box to frame a large mirror on the wall.

Any idea how I can learn to do that Ana White one? I've drooled over that in the past but oh my goodness it is nothing I could do alone!

PP that one has the Building directions on the page. Being you have "No Building Skills" and if you do not have a friend to come help like the Lady in the pictures or you can not hire a retire person just looking for a little side job to build it for you----I would Say----stay away from that one and just build a Hoop house--green house for now.

Big Dave · #22 05/26/13, 08:20 AM

PP go to this site. KERR Center for Sustainable Agriculture. I went to the seminar on how to build a hoop house they had. Interesting subject. I did not build what they suggested but think you may find it interesting. They give detailed plans. Took the class with two ladies one being in her eighties who did put one up. You can make it as long as you want or short as you want. Hope this helps. kerrcenter.com

SolarGary · #23 05/26/13, 09:33 AM

Hi,
The Univ of Missouri developed this solar design for a four season GH:
http://aes.missouri.edu/swcenter/res...greenhouse.pdf

I modeled ours after it and will see how it does this next winter.

Gary

oz in SC V2.0 · #24 05/28/13, 06:29 AM

We had never built one,it was an ''interesting'' experience but it is up and hasn't blown away in some of the bad storms we have had this year.

michiganfarmer · #25 05/28/13, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by oz in SC V2.0

We had never built one,it was an ''interesting'' experience but it is up and hasn't blown away in some of the bad storms we have had this year.

WOW. OZ, whew, I thought you fell off the face of the planet. I havent seen a post from you in a coupel years. Are you two finally living on your land?

djberg · #26 05/28/13, 02:56 PM

If it's of any help, I put together a list of free greenhouse and cold frame building plans. They are all different designs, materials and sizes.

Free Greenhouse and Cold Frame Plans

I hope that there's a plan that works for you.

Don

ronbre · #27 05/28/13, 05:18 PM

i have a tiny corrugated polycarbonite greenhouse with extruded aluminum frame, it is really old and works well for me..could be larger but it does fine.

it has stood up to extremely high wind and very heavy snow and ice storms, it has a vent that opens when it gets too warm..I have it attached to a 4x4 treated lumber frame with rebar ancoring it thru the boards..into the ground..i've moved it a half dozen times and it come thru like a trooper..here is a photo I took a few weeks ago when I planted some baby tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse, they are blooming now..a few weeks later