Lookee here! We bought a greenhouse! And it was only $109 with free shipping!
I know, I know, what kinda greenhouse you think you gettin’ for a hunnert bucks woman??? Simple answer . . . one I can afford. Duh. It’s not gonna last forever, it’s not gonna be as large as I would like, it’s not gonna have the ventilation where it needs to be, etc etc etc. I repeat. ONE I CAN AFFORD. I would insert a smiley face here if I had emoticons cuz I’m not yelling. Really. And it’s not a bad little greenhouse. You can check the reviews on the link below.
Okay, seriously. We’re on a very strict budget and I need lumber for seven more raised beds. A new chipper/shredder would be nice to have this year because I need tons of wood chips and I can’t get any tree companies to deliver to me because we live at the end of nowhere. Also on the rather extensive 2017 list of purchases are lots of blueberries (established in pots, not bare root), blackberries (ditto), rasberries, honeyberries (ditto, ditto), cherry trees, peach trees, pear trees . . .
And let’s not forget more shade cloth, row cover and tomato cages for protecting all those tiny, tempting, critter attracting plants. Oh yeah, I need a washing station for the gourmet salad blend I will be selling this year along with microgreens. Enough, right?
The original plan was to build a pretty cool greenhouse based on a Youtube video we watched. But, along with the $100+ for materials, there would be a lot of time involved for The Innocent Bystander (hubby) to build said greenhouse. And, as affordable as it would be, that Youtube greenhouse wouldn’t be a permanent solution either. So, when I did a little searching through Amazon, the above greenhouse looked pretty good all in all.
You can’t tell a danged thing from the picture above, so here’s a link to the company:
I know the plastic won’t last forever but I think I can get two, perhaps three years out of it. The greenhouse will go at the very back of our little half acre. It will get a lot of sun in the fall, winter and spring, which is exactly when it’s needed. In the fierce summer sun, the greenhouse will only get about five hours. And, when the time comes, I’ll simply recover the frame with new greenhouse plastic.
Yeah, I drool when I see lovely glass greenhouses (no polycarbonate because of all the off-gassing). And I’m sure there will be some off-gassing from this plastic. And, while fiberglass greenhouses are cool, you can’t see out. But still, all in all, I will be able to grow a great variety of winter vegetables with a lot less work and hassle in my new 15′ x 7′ x 7′ ONE HUNDRED AND NINE DOLLAR greenhouse. : ) Okay, had to find someway to put a smiley face in there cuz I’m not yelling. Really. I promise.
Now. Who wants to come help me put it up? Anyone?? No???
