A simple and inexpensive greenhouse

When I couched the idea of purchasing a greenhouse kit someone said that I really wanted to build one.

That person was correct. Since my fabrication skills are humble and I needed to get a greenhouse in place I opted for a low cost and low tech option which may be suitable for some suburban backyard situations.

This is a simple hoop style greenhouse which can be built for <$350. Anyways here are a couple of pictures and a link to the plans which of course I deviated from. My deviations are pretty easy to see in the pictures.

Here is a link to the plan which has been used successfully throughout the world.

http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/programs/extension/publicat/postharv/green/small_greenhouse.pdf

Here are some pictures of the greenhouse in various stages of construction.





Thanks to all who provided inputs on the greenhouse. I'll be using this greenhouse as part of my backyard food production complex. Visit Voting (no not a thing to do with the election) if you would like to learn more about my backyard agriculture ideas and maybe make a couple of recommendations.

Also consider visiting the barrelponics group (no not mine ) on yahoo if interested in incorporating auqaculture and hydroponics in a greenhouse (or basement, desktop or countertop). Visit the group at barrelponics : Barrel-Ponics . Lots of interesting ideas there.

So, now that I saved all that money buy building the greenhouse myself I have a little extra money for seeds, barrels, pumps and maybe even a solar power system. Cool.

 

You were right.

I did a full circle on this one. I got stuck on a harbor freight Chinese 8 X 12 model for a while but ended up returning to my orignial plan with a slight detour which ended when I relized how expensive chain length fence toprails are. Schedule 80 PVC, despite its shortcomings, won first place for this experiment based solely on price.

Anyways this simple greenhouse will do for now. If I have any luck with my greenhouse efforts then I might go bigger in the future.