still thinking about a greenhouse...

habitat_gardener · January 20, 2015

OK enablers: we're thinking about getting a small greenhouse. I'd love to grow tons of seedlings to sell for a community garden fund-raiser, along with the 50 or so I have room to plant. I'm sort of leaning toward a couple of those Big Lots plastic-covered frames (because I want to use it for my seedlings THIS year), and my partner is leaning toward a kit for a larger one (we have space for a 6x8, at least).

The weather has been wonderful for working outdoors, so far, and if we were to get the larger greenhouse, we'd have to do a bunch of projects first:
1. dig a couple of swales to redirect rainwater away from the house and garage
2. move 3 compost bins
3. create a solid, level foundation for the greenhose
4. build the thing, preferably in an afternoon (or at most a weekend)

So I'm looking for reasons to go one way or another. Have you successfully used the plastic-covered frames outdoors? The place they'd go is in bright shade most of the day, rather than seedling-roasting full sun. Do you have a kit greenhouse that you built in an afternoon and that you can recommend?

January 20, 2015	#1
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,540	still thinking about a greenhouse... OK enablers: we're thinking about getting a small greenhouse. I'd love to grow tons of seedlings to sell for a community garden fund-raiser, along with the 50 or so I have room to plant. I'm sort of leaning toward a couple of those Big Lots plastic-covered frames (because I want to use it for my seedlings THIS year), and my partner is leaning toward a kit for a larger one (we have space for a 6x8, at least). The weather has been wonderful for working outdoors, so far, and if we were to get the larger greenhouse, we'd have to do a bunch of projects first: 1. dig a couple of swales to redirect rainwater away from the house and garage 2. move 3 compost bins 3. create a solid, level foundation for the greenhose 4. build the thing, preferably in an afternoon (or at most a weekend) So I'm looking for reasons to go one way or another. Have you successfully used the plastic-covered frames outdoors? The place they'd go is in bright shade most of the day, rather than seedling-roasting full sun. Do you have a kit greenhouse that you built in an afternoon and that you can recommend?