Yesterday my son in law Kyle came up to help me with the greenhouse again. We got all the rest of the ribs up secured inside and out AND got the Shell on , oh my what a job, it seemed easy enough cut a piece of plastic 20x 25 and pull it over the top. Sure that worked but now how do you keep it from coming off??? We first tried staples but realized after a VERY SHORT while that staples were just going to come out. Even though Kyle was really enjoying using my stapler on the compressor. ( Boys, they just like tools eh?)
Anyhow after much debate we finally came up with securing the bottoms by screwing a row of 2x4's to the bottom which would catch the plastic with the screws but also hold it tight with the 2x4's we worked from 10:30AM til 3:30PM with a short break for lunch!
Wow it was really looking like a greenhouse now! I still wasn't totally sure how I was going to do the ends but I would tackle that tomorrow!
So how would I tackle this tomorrow..hmmm
I felt really good , it was really coming together.
So I slept on it and thing I had an idea about how to put the ends on. Lets see how it turns out.
So the east side had enough plastic over hanging that I just wrapped it over and tacked it down with the plywood I finished it off with on the bottoms since we do get SNOW here in the winter.
I built a door for the west side and I was pretty pleased that indeed it did fit! I put the hinges on thought hmm maybe I'll be done for the day.
Our dog Bandit found a nice spot in one of the raised beds to keep cool.
One side all done!
Heck the door even works..:) Oh I am happy! I decided to not be fancy with the door latch, I just stuck a 2x4 up on the corner , wanna open it? Just slide the 2x4 up..:) works for me!
I was thinking I was going to be "done for the day" but after I had dinner I thought , hmm its still light out maybe I could get the other door finish if I get started now. So the boys and I went back outside to do some more work.
Oh I was more happy! Yes another door finished , the main construction was finally finished!
Yep that door works too..:)
The humidity was already going up.
Now all that is left to do is make some shelving to start our seedlings on. I need a couple steel barrels, I'm going to fill them with water and surround them with big stones in hopes to help hold the heat in, I also have a compost pile in there between two of the raised beds. Then I'll line the lower part with plastic inside and top it with with crushed stone. That will be something my husband can help me with I'm sure!
so I"m done working on it for a few days, My back can use the rest! Tomorrow I need to weed the gardens, make some pickles and mow the lawn!
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