Greenhouse ? * HELP *?

Question

I would like to build a {small} green house can any one give me any advise, on this ? I dont know if any of you noticed to price of flowers and veg. more than double the price than they did last year. I would like to work on it this year so I could start on it early next year. and start out easy with cutting and seeds. it start planting in the ground early. can anyone tell what would be the best to start off with ? I know there is times you leave it open and shut it down though part of the year. any advise would HELP.......
with building it myself, so my husband dont half to help with it

Answer 1

Instead of buying vegs and flowers from a greenhouse, you can always grow your own. That is what we are doing.
Just buy some Jiffy pots. $3.00-$4.00 dollars for 26 cups. Buy a bag of good potting soil for veg and flowers and some seeds. We raised the the seeds indoors until they got a few inches tall and transplanted them outside.
We dont have a great big yard, but we built a raised garden bed. 8 feet by 4 feet. We just used plastic sheeting that you would use to cover your house when you are painting to cover the plants. You can use 2X4's and nail the plastic to it. Something simple. But I wouln't recommend this if you plan on growing in the winter.
We have a half-ton truck and we went to our local greenhouse and bought a truck load of dirt for $15.00.
Just a few ideas. We live in Alaska by the way. Our summers are short here, but we have 20 hours of daylight here, right now.

Answer 2

I just built one last year. Open when its too hot and insulate and close when its too cold. When i found out a freeze was coming i dug up my entire outside garden and put it in pots in the greenhouse. The next morning everything was dead. If it freezes, hang blankets, whatever everywhere, put plants on the ground, cover w blankets or just invest in a heater. Make sure you have sun from the south if building on to your house, and a thermostat controlled fan will save you lots of grief

Answer 3

Good for you. You may need to research a little--Free plants says that you need to plan carefully. Consider where you place it, water drainage, how much sun during all months, and so on. My mother harvests food from the small lot that she lives on in town 9 months out of the year. Good luck, green thumb!

Answer 4

there's quite a bit to it. we have one that's 50 feet long now for four years. If you'd like to chat about it on messenger send me an email with your yahoo messenger ID. The cost of all the plastic materials went up as a function of petroleum prices doing the same. PS...we had to charge a little more just to break even.

Answer 5

The temperature became so cool this spring that a number of them are actually asserting that "greenhouse" gases unquestionably reason worldwide cooling. there is not any evidence that issues are starting to be to be warmer. even although, Al Gore became a gazillionaire while he bought his organisation to important oil. of course, he desires the money to get massages in lodges.

Answer 6

8 pvc pipes bent 16 ft lenghts as support poles and secured in pipes 6 inche lenghts stuck in the ground and covered with plastic
shade cloth can be used to reduce sunlight and ends can be opened and tied back on hot days. buy a book at lowes hardware to get designs.

Answer 7

"Rough Brother Greenhouse", in Cincinnati, OH has been in the business of manufacturing and constructing greenhouses for many years. In addition to large commercial greenhouses, they also manufacture a line of greenhouse kits for the homeowner. Both freestanding and attached greenhouse plans are available. Here is a link to their website:

http://www.roughbros.com/

I know this company well since I worked summers for them while I was in college.

Good luck with your greenhouse project.