Build A Greenhouse In Your Backyard or Anywhere

Build a greenhouse and save yourself lots of money and grow vegetables, fruits, and flowers year round. A greenhouse means freedom for the gardener.

You can build a greenhouse from plans or a kit, but as simple as they are - a simple frame and plastic covering you might as well save even more and use plans. In these small sizes construction will take anywhere from a couple of hours to a day depending on the size and detail of your choices. Your greenhouse, like the larger models should have a screen door and a screen vent that allows air to circulate and allows for cooling when it is hot. You can also let outside air in to prepare plants that you have started in the winter to acclimate themselves for transplanting outdoors. When the vents close you can increase the humidity if you want to help plants that need it. Otherwise you can keep possibly damaging wind and rain out.

Most commercial kits make use of UV resistant material that resists rips and tears; Velcro, snaps, or zippers are used for fasteners on the openings. If you decide to go with plans you might do the same or actually use a hung door. Either way, your greenhouse will keep you gardening year round.

You can use polycarbonate or polyethylene plastic for any or all the greenhouse covering. Some people use it for both the walls and roof while others use aluminum sheets for the roof. Usually kits will use an aluminum frame while construction using plans would use a wooden frame.

Grow Year Round With A Portable Backyard Greenhouse

The benefits of a backyard greenhouse couldn't be easier to see. You will be able to grow year-round, protecting your plants in the winter, being able to grow your own seedlings. In summer you can give a stable environment for the plants, and in fall you can continue even though the days have begun to grow shorter and the nights get colder.

Portable greenhouses are inexpensive compared to a permanent structure. These flexible greenhouses can also be fitted into the smallest backyards. And you know, there are even portable greenhouses as big as 50 by 100 feet. They are portable because they are assembled quickly by 2 people and easily moved with partial dis-assembly. These larger portable greenhouses are mostly used commercially because the 8x10' and smaller are usually bought by backyard greenhouse enthusiasts.

Build a greenhouse and gain the freedom and satisfaction that it brings.