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If you want to build your own greenhouse you may do as I did and type “build your own greenhouse” into a search engine only to find pages of websites selling books on how to build your own greenhouse.
I don’t want a book, it really isn’t that hard to build a greenhouse. I am a girlie with long finger nails and built my own so I don’t think we need a whole book for it, if I can do it then I am sure you can too.
Luckily I have an engineer for a father so plans for building a greenhouse are easy to come by, although he does tend to go overboard and design The Crystal Palace all over again.
However I thought it would be useful if I spent some time researching where to get free online plans and instructions for building your own. From 28 foot pvc tunnels to wooden framed glass structures you should find something in here that suits your needs and save you the frustration of digging through the ‘selling a book’ websites.
Got a bit of land spare and want to get serious about growing? Las Pilitas give you step by step instructions on building your own 28 foot pvc greenhouse. Now that is serious gardening!
If you are a diy fanatic and good with tools there are excellent plans for building a wood framed greenhouse at Build Eazy with the materials list on the second page.
Here is an inexpensive plan for building your own pvc backyard greenhouse and has a paragraph at the bottom about heating your greenhouse.
Mother Earth News has a good plan for building a lean-to greenhouse and the enlarged image even details how to use recycled glass. It is a little long winded on the waffle but does go through each step in detail.
Runner Duck provides excellent instructions for a wood and glass or plastic panel lean to greenhouse with a dutch door.
There should be something to suit everyone there but if not then a tip for searching on the internet is to type into search engines “plans for greenhouses”, “plans for a glass greenhouse” or “greenhouse plans”, this way you largely avoid the book sellers who tend to go for titles like “how to build a greenhouse”.
August 19th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Amazing that you could build a 28ft greenhouse with PVC pipe. Amazing what you can do with that stuff. It’s great the way greenhouses are popping up all.
Thanks for the search tip too.
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December 17th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Thats an interesting way. I find that a good greenhouse can usually be built using recycled materiels if you dont care too much for looks. This is great on saving money and of course reusing what might otherwise end up in whole or part in the tip.
The lazier person could also find a whole greenhouse sometimes crop up on http://www.freecycle.org/ so its worth a look there.
Its a good tip for plan searching. I find it quite hard wading through the many plans and ebooks for sale to get the information you want without buying something. Filtering out the word buy usually narrows things down a little more so you would search for:
“greenhouse plans” -buy
Thanks,
Shane
December 23rd, 2010 at 12:29 am
There are some good sources listed there for those of us without an engineer for a father
A lean-to greenhouse is probably the easiest type to build if you are new to diy. PVC can be good too, but they need to be in a sheltered area because they don’t usually stand up to very much wind.
July 23rd, 2011 at 9:31 am
Dear Sir
Hello
I built a greenhouse in a cold country the size of one acre for planting cucumbers and tomatoes
I wanted to ask you
I can build a greenhouse in 1.5 or 2 m below ground
Savings in fuel consumption?
Please help me
July 27th, 2011 at 11:08 am
Hi Mehdi
I am sorry but I live in a cold country so I am unable to give you an answer. Do you have an agricultural university in your country? Perhaps someone there could give you an answer.