Greenhouse

Do you need a greenhouse?

Frankly I think the answer to this depends on where you live. In milder climates with long growing seasons, the benefits of a green house are most likely reduced for the average back yard kitchen garden.

I myself have two distinct challenges. I live in a cold winter area, and because I live up the hill, my winter temperatures are even longer due to altitude and the small valley I live in.

I'm not a construction expert, so building a greenhouse set me a bit of a challenge. I wanted something simple and small. That even someone like myself who can barely manage a hammer could successfully put together. This was one of those projects, where I happily said. Thank god for the internet.

After hunting around a bit, I decided on an e-book. The reason being I wanted to be able to print stuff out and take it with me outside. Being that I have the memory of a goldfish some days, I straight out opted for instructions on materials and how to that I could cart to the hardware store and out to the yard.

After some rough stops and stumbles due to my not so talented construction skills, I got my greenhouse up and running last summer. At the moment I'm happily anticipating putting it through it's paces in another week or so. I passed the book onto some friends just the other day, as they are considering putting in a greenhouse on a much larger scale that I have done. I'm looking forward to seeing what they build!

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