Guest guest Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Here are a couple of links for a simple PVC greenhouse. If you do a google for " PVC greenhouse " you will get lots more, but these are some of the best. http://www.hydroponictech.com/bkyd/green.html http://www.pvcplans.com/ http://www.pvcplans.com/pvc-suppliers.htm http://www.sherrysgreenhouse.com/TomUhll.html http://www.rarebotanicals.com/greenhouse/ I have a couple of greenhouses we built from stuff from the junk yard. Pic here. http://knapps-fresh-vegies.netfirms.com/pepper-gh.jpg A 30 x 96 cost about $100 in pipe, $200 in lumber and about $600 for the plastic. Of course that was several years ago. But anyone that's handy can innovate something fairly cheap. Here's is a pic of a commercial one we bought used http://knapps-fresh-vegies.netfirms.com/tomatoplants.html The biggest tip I can give you is to not use hardware store plastic sheeting. Find a greenhouse supply in your area to get real greenhouse plastic. It costs an arm and a leg compared to the cheap stuff, but it will last 3 - 5 years instead of 6 mts. Getting the plastic on is a job you don't want to have to do any more often than you have to. The book " Four Season Harvest " by Eliot has lots of good info, especially about greens. Carol K >Message: 21 > Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 16:35:59 -0500 > From: katja <katja@...> >Subject: who we are, was:Re: Re: Nutrition 101/the sustainability of our culture at large > >where are you? >our summers are short too. but i've seen some farmers put up some mighty >cheap greenhouses with a bit of creativity and they seem to work! >now that i think about it, ya know, i bet i could design a small one for 50 >bucks! wanna chat about it offline? > > >At 11:44 AM 1/9/2004, you wrote: > > > >>My goal is to grow greens and potatoes at some point, >>but the summers are so darn short around here. What >>I REALLY want is a greenhouse. Our local farmer >>has a greenhouse and grows lettuce/greens year >>round, and greens are really my favorite vegie. >> >> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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