Building Greenhouses Today

Living the green way with fresh flowers and veggies

 

Archive for August, 2009

Have you decided on building greenhouses today?

PhotobucketMany are intersted in building greenhouses today.  Now that you have decided that you would like to build a greenhouse, lots of planning needs to be done.

What type of greenhouse do you want to build and what kinds of plants do you want to grow?  There are large freestanding greenhouses, smaller lean to greenhouses, window greenhouses, and even some indoor greenhouses. In order to determine which type of greenhouse will meet your needs, you need to determine what those needs will be.

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You Have Your Plants Growing–Now What?

I have been reading up on how to arrange my garden when I get ready to put my new plants into the ground.  There are so many great sites talking about arrangements.  Because we now don’t have a great deal of space for our inground plants, I have found some great ideas at

http://gardening-qa.net/landscaping/preparing-for-garden-landscaping

If you need help in that area, I suggest you check out their site.    Here is just some of their suggestions: 

If you have a patio, this may need to be considered. Water sources and electrical outlets are other things that you may want to keep in mind when making a garden landscaping plan. Where you house faces as well as other structures currently in your present garden or yard which you do not wish to move or take down will have to be factored into the garden landscaping design.

So you want to build a greenhouse…..

GreenhouseMany have decided on building greenhouses today.  It’s difficult to know where to begin, right? It is in the planning! In the previous blog I talked about some of the things to consider when beginning your planning for your new greenhouse.

If you have decided to construct a free standing greenhouse, let’s look at the types of materials that you could consider for your framing. Depending upon your needs some are better than others.

Five basic types are galvanized steel, aluminum, pvc, wood, and fiberglass.

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