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I'm thinking about buying a green house this spring. But I don't Know alot about them.
Should i have rock or grass as a base?
Can I use a space heater in the winter?
When am I suppose to open the vents?
How Do I ancor it down with 60mph winds?
Please Help Me!!!!!

What price range are you looking at????

Weezie

Well most greenhouses , atleast the good ones, come well prepared for high windgusts and just anyother weather you can think of. Its really all in how well you put it together.

As for the base thats up to what your prefer. If you are planning to plant spring crops in it during the winter then id go with just a grass base, but if your just going to use in for starting plants id go with rock, concrete, or some black plastic as the floor.

Ive been wanting a greenhouse for a long time, but i dont want to pay the bill that comes with it. I hopw you enjoy it !!

~ Cory ~

As weezie states it really does depend on your budget. Most quality greenhouses come with self-opening vents which open and close the vents according to temperature. In some cases these can be added to existing greenhouses.
Happy gardening!

I've been looking for a green house too...thinking about just making one now.

Belinda,
I have looked into ALOT of greenhouse's...
What price range are you looking into and
maybe I can steer you towards something!!!

Weezie

oh thanks look for some think in price range of 100-200 dollars

Belinda,
I'm going to start off with the beautiful little
number I got for a
Mommy's Day/Birthday/Christmas gift I got last spring...
And you tell me if you like that size, or
a littler one or a bigger one...

Harbor Freights/Greenhouse
**and there's free shipping and handling too!!!
*on orders' over $50.00..

Here's another one there, I"ve got my eyeballs on too...
Portable Greenhouse/Habor Freights

Whatchya think???

Up or down in size/cost???

Weezie

Oh, just found another there too...
Another Portable greenhouse/ Harbor Freights

I saw those and found this, so thinking about doing my own now. I think will come out cheaper in long run.
http://www.pvcplans.com/

I like those alot...

But I might have one problem with them with my
home, we jokingly call my house/property....
"WIND ALLEY"..........
There seems to be a JET STREAM that
goes right thru mine and my mom's backyards
and takes things with it...we can laugh,
but sometimes it's not funny..
We lost a car port thingie one storm....
It was like a kite in the back yard..

Weezie

we have alot of wind here too. But I think if I sew the cover myself and double (maybe trible sticth the seams then it should work.

Looking right now at other PVC plans. I typed in PVC greenhouse plans in the search box and came up with a lot more to look at.

did you see my pvc green house in the frugal gardening section? made it for under $30... and it worked fine till it got scavanged for a well cover

I guess I missed it.

I'm going tomorrow to do a price list of everythign I'll need.

belinda, one thing you might want to consider if wind is really a factor, go up one size on all your pvc... will add a little to the cost, but will be a little sturdier.

Weezie

Thought Nikkal's greenhouse construction might help you along.
Nikkal\'s greenhouse link....click on construction of greenhouse!
Catlover