I hoping to get a greenhouse built by snowfall. I love that you painted it white. I’m in the UP Michigan and need a nice sturdy greenhouse. I love this one... plus I can take it with me if I move. Thanks for sharing.
It’s definitely sturdy! In VA we have more winter mix than actual snow so that’s why we put the metal near the tree line to take impact if one falls. I will say it’s so heavy I’m not sure you would ever want to move it. Thanks for watching!
Looks awesome... I would recommend you put something between the wood walls and the compost. Those untreated boards WILL get termites and dry rot. Some kind of vapor barrier. You went to the trouble to put stones under the walls to prevent rot, but that compost is even worse because of the frequent watering. Just a thought.
Great stuff. Thanks for sharing. Just curious, why not all the way around with the transparent plastic, meaning why some metal on one side? I was thinking of building one with plastic all around. Would appreciate your insights. Thanks!
Good question! In the original plans there is metal at the bottom but we wanted as much light as possible so we did plastic all the way in that side. The side with metal is pretty much in the trees and there would be no light and the cost of metal was a fraction of the cost of the plastic.
I see you have the dirt in the raised beds touching the wood around the bottom inside. Don't be surprised if that wood begins to rot from the moisture in the raised bed. I would have put in concrete blocks without mortar on the backside of your beds so no soil touches the wood of the bottom outside.
Been researching greenhouse and if ventilation is needed for my area. I live on the west coast near Oregon where most days in summer 70 to 80 degrees and 50-60 degrees give or take some 40 and below in the cold winter months. Does your greenhouse get too hot to where you need vents to cool down? I have the 10x12 build going and was trying to determine if I should add solar vents at each end or just leave be and run all paneling like build shows. Appreciate any feedback
Scott B we definitely need ventilation that is why we left the ends open through the summer. We have solar vents on order and plan on putting those in in the fall when we close the ends. Also we will have a good size fan when we go geothermal.
You can get a really nice fig tree in there. There are some really specialized/rare fig trees like Italian 258, Smith, or Black Madiera. I'd skip the more common ones like Chicago Hardy.
We only had the greenhouse one year, the outside box if we don’t take it down we add several small loads of compost and mix it in to make sure the plants get plenty of nutrients.
We made ours double the size and added extra support that was not in the original plans plus paint. Also we already have the materials to close the sides and the vents. But total we are around the $2,000 mark.
Looks great! Have fun planting.
Haha. The kids are such a fun aspect to the video.
What a great building.
Thank you it was a really fun build
I hoping to get a greenhouse built by snowfall. I love that you painted it white. I’m in the UP Michigan and need a nice sturdy greenhouse. I love this one... plus I can take it with me if I move. Thanks for sharing.
It’s definitely sturdy! In VA we have more winter mix than actual snow so that’s why we put the metal near the tree line to take impact if one falls. I will say it’s so heavy I’m not sure you would ever want to move it. Thanks for watching!
@@sriddle4 Could take it apart and move it one piece at a time if ever needed.
Good to see another Anna White build. We are going to build this in Texas later this year or early next year. Great job!
Darrin Dziergowski thanks! It was hard work but soo worth it.
Looks awesome... I would recommend you put something between the wood walls and the compost. Those untreated boards WILL get termites and dry rot. Some kind of vapor barrier. You went to the trouble to put stones under the walls to prevent rot, but that compost is even worse because of the frequent watering. Just a thought.
If you get any temps below 32F you'll need a heater on such cold nights, and summer temps may require shade cloth to keep from COOKING your plants.
Great stuff. Thanks for sharing. Just curious, why not all the way around with the transparent plastic, meaning why some metal on one side? I was thinking of building one with plastic all around. Would appreciate your insights. Thanks!
Good question! In the original plans there is metal at the bottom but we wanted as much light as possible so we did plastic all the way in that side. The side with metal is pretty much in the trees and there would be no light and the cost of metal was a fraction of the cost of the plastic.
I see you have the dirt in the raised beds touching the wood around the bottom inside. Don't be surprised if that wood begins to rot from the moisture in the raised bed. I would have put in concrete blocks without mortar on the backside of your beds so no soil touches the wood of the bottom outside.
Ooops: I just saw the next comment.
Been researching greenhouse and if ventilation is needed for my area. I live on the west coast near Oregon where most days in summer 70 to 80 degrees and 50-60 degrees give or take some 40 and below in the cold winter months. Does your greenhouse get too hot to where you need vents to cool down? I have the 10x12 build going and was trying to determine if I should add solar vents at each end or just leave be and run all paneling like build shows. Appreciate any feedback
Scott B we definitely need ventilation that is why we left the ends open through the summer. We have solar vents on order and plan on putting those in in the fall when we close the ends. Also we will have a good size fan when we go geothermal.
You can get a really nice fig tree in there. There are some really specialized/rare fig trees like Italian 258, Smith, or Black Madiera. I'd skip the more common ones like Chicago Hardy.
I’ll have to look into that, hadn’t thought about figs
How often do you maintain your box
We only had the greenhouse one year, the outside box if we don’t take it down we add several small loads of compost and mix it in to make sure the plants get plenty of nutrients.
is this size from original plans or did you make it bigger?
We doubled it
What did the total project cost? Thanks
We made ours double the size and added extra support that was not in the original plans plus paint. Also we already have the materials to close the sides and the vents. But total we are around the $2,000 mark.
@@sriddle4 great thanks again