My email box is full of requests for affordable greenhouses. I guess that is a sure sign of Spring! So, I will do yet another overview of small greenhouses for the home owner. The Little Greenhouse is a sure winner for most back yard fun.
He also includes an exhaust fan in the kit because manufacturers are growers and growers know you must have a good air exchange for a healthy greenhouse plants. There are larger greenhouses available as well, but what they offer for under $500 is truly a good deal
Now, for the do-it-yourself advocates. You can start by going to Hot House 2 and browse all over the sight. There are many plans you can purchase for a variety of greenhouses, cheap to elegant. They have one set of plans online, which I must say is a very inexpensive to build. You point your browser to A Small Backyard Greenhouse for the Home Gardener Even the plans are free! As one continues to browse the plans page, there are a lot of very good and reasonably priced plans and designs to make anyone happy I think. I want to try the Waterboy Garden Trellis. I will be making several custard pies to get other half to build this one for me.
Now, thanks to this wonderful informative site, we can click on kits I could not believe my eyes when I clicked on Hobby Gardens A 12′ x 10′ greenhouse kit for $210 plus $40 shipping. That is a deal folks! He also has some very nice and well thought out accessories to round out your greenhouse growing needs. I am quite impressed with the variety of sizes and applications they offer. They need to give a bit more information on their web page. If you are like me, since they have an email address, I would write all my questions down and send it to them. Oh the joys of correspondence without additional cost!
There are sources of potting sheds and greenhouses at your local mass marketers, like Home Depot. They are now carrying kits and plans for several versions.
If you fall in love with one of these designs, be it plans or a kit, do not despair if you are not able to put it together yourself. Most of your local handymen can assemble these easily.
By: Nancy Maltais
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