Are you drooling over garden magazines? Are you daydreaming of starting plants inside next spring? Do you wish there was a way to extend the growing season, to save money on fresh vegetables or be more self-sustainable?
If you said “yes” to any of the above questions, then you are ready to build your own greenhouse. Take the time now to think about it again – nothing smells the same as freshly watered tomato plants inside a greenhouse especially when there is still snow on the ground outside.
I love my greenhouse and the best advice I can give you so you enjoy your greenhouse too is before you start construction buy the right building materials. For example, do not use ordinary plastic to construct a greenhouse or unfortunately you will be replacing it before the next growing season. Using 6 mil specially treated greenhouse plastic is the most effective, affordable and durable way to build a greenhouse.
The Benefits of using 6 Mil Greenhouse Plastic are:
- It is less money to build a greenhouse with plastic than with glass
- When you are building your greenhouse you can use two layers of poly and an air blower as an inexpensive way to heat your greenhouse
- 6 mil greenhouse plastic is rated from 1 year to 4 years (or 1 to 4 growing seasons)
- Greenhouse plastic is treated to resist ultraviolet breakdown and reduce heat loss
Backyard Greenhouse covered with 6 Mil Greenhouse Plastic
Construction plastic does not contain the inhibitors to block ultraviolet rays. It will probably deteriorate in about eight months.
This weekend is the perfect time to build a greenhouse! There are so many e-books now offering DIY advice on how to build a greenhouse. It is not as crazy as it sounds. You can do it!
If you start building right now in the fall, you will be enjoying fresh vegetables before anyone else next spring. And if you are the type that can’t wait for winter to end you won’t care anymore when you are standing in your nice warm greenhouse in February. Can’t you smell the wet dirt and new plants now? Just remember to build your greenhouse with the right materials, like 6 mil greenhouse plastic so your daydream doesn’t become a do-over again nightmare. Have fun!
Sunflowers (my favorite) started by seed