 For
years we have dreamed of having a green house. Every possible design was
up for study. There was the half-dug out, the very large, and the very
tiny. Some were built shaped like an octagon, another was nothing more
than a shed covered in plastic.
When we received the first issue of
Countryside magazine, there it was. The article, "Build Your own
Greenhouse for less than $100.00." What an eye catcher!.
The material and costs were:
10, 10 foot, 3/4 PVC
pipe.................................................12.68
6, 3/4 PVC
tee's................................................................
1.16
2. 3/4 PVC
ell's................................................................
.30
12, 3/4 metal tubing
straps.................................................. 1.92
Eight Landscape timbers, cut to fit 61/2'
x 15' floor........... 12.00
1, 10x25' clear plastic, 6 mil (for
Oklahoma weather)...........10.97
4 1x4x8 wood
framing........................................................ 9.40
2, 1x4x10 wood
framing...................................................... 5.94
Assorted nails, screws,
......................................................... 3.00
10, 6'' pole barn
nails............................................................. .70
Total....................................................................................58.07
 This
is not full size but a lean to, or attached to the south side eves of
our house. We used an old door on one side. The landscape timbers on the
bottom have a 1'' hole drilled, 3" deep for the PVC pipe to fit
there. The holes were two feet apart. The PVC was inserted into these
holes, bent in a semi-circle where a PVC pipe was attached to the other
end of the pipe with the 6 tees and 2 ell's which gives you eight bent
PVC pipes.
The PVC pipe was attached to the eves
with the 3/4 metal tubing straps over the plastic PVC pipes. The plastic
rolls back over the pipe and down to the ground.
 The
plastic is attached to the landscape timbers at the bottom with a wood
lathe over the plastic. The plastic is pulled around the lathe at the
bottom but is one piece over the PVC pipes.
We will be doing cool weather crop there,
a broccoli, cool weather lettuce, carrots, culinary herbs, turnips and
whatever else that does not require a heated Green house.
Maybe next month I can send along a
picture of some growing things. |
