Greenhouse
Construction from a Kit
Photos
by Stan Schaap and Susan Kramer
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Greenhouse dimensions: 2 meters wide; 2.5 meters long; 2 meters high.
This is a project that Susan really wanted, almost a lifetime dream
fulfilled! Thanks go mostly to Stan for the patience in laying a concrete
foundation in each corner and putting the kit together. A
labor of love. Note there is one roof window and it automatically opens
at 66 degrees F. and closes when the temp. goes down
that low. Stan removed the top glass pane on the door to aid in air flow and keep the indoor temp. down. I've
seen it at 100 F. inside during a sunny afternoon. Susan is now working on
scooting the path pavers away from that side glass wall so bike handle bars
don't hit it while walking by. Susan put in 3 ivy trees to act as a visual
barrier to stay away from the side wall. And, now that Stan has completed the
construction Susan is busy planting in the ground and seeds in pots on the
table. Even under the table Swiss Chard will be
growing, ha, ha. Susan has started zucchini and pumpkin seeds indoors and will
move those to the outside garden area when they are about a foot high.
1.
Newly completed greenhouse, wooly bully (the palm tree) at right along back
fence.
2. Greenhouse foundation. The 3 poles spaced the length of the greenhouse are a
visual barrier to keep bikes from getting too close to the glass wall.
3. Greenhouse aluminum framing.
4. Susan raking soil, sliding door is at right short side, roof is plexiglass, side walls are glass.
5. Stan by sliding glass door.
6. Inside greenhouse.
7. Greenhouse showing ivy trees - ivy planted to go up poles.
8. Greenhouse showing shadecloth in summer on
side sun shines in directly. Also notice that heavy chicken wire was placed
along the poles outside greenhouse to prevent bike handlebars from hitting
glass. Also pavers on path were move a foot away from glass and a narrow band
of plants sown in the bed. Tomatoes growing along far wall.
9. February 2011 - Yes, it is a gray winter day! Stan just built these
wood borders for a raised bed to grow mainly tomatoes. We left the ground under
the bench clear to place large pots. The ground has been double dug for 3 years
now and I am filling the beds with potting soil from the garden center. The
tomatoes should love it. If you look through the glass to outside you'll see
the raised beds put in last summer which worked out nicely, as I didn't have so
far to bend over to tend them. The new borders could be extended even higher in
the future, as Stan used tongue and grove floor boards to constuct
so far.
10. Tomatoes thriving
11. June 14, 2015 - 3 big boy tomato plants
have been in a month now. Plants L. to R. Arugula (rocket) lettuce, tomato, bok choy, potatoes, 2 tomato plants
copyright Susan Kramer 2008-2015
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