Finding Free Greenhouse Glass
These are few places we have used to get free glass for greenhouses. Usually its best to get your windows first, then design your greenhouse around the windows you can get. When it comes to free glass,...
View ArticleMiles Better than Pots: It’s Soilblocks!
We used to spend hours making little newspaper pots with the Pot Maker for seedlings. It was fun the first time but real old after cranking out the thousandth pot with dried out newsprint stained...
View ArticleSoil Blocks Soil Mix
This is the soil mix recipe we use to make a soil that holds together well enough to be used for soil cubes. Bucket used is 10 quart, or 2.5 gallon. 3 buckets peat and 1/2 cup lime pre-mixed together 2...
View ArticleGreenhouse Construction Pictures
These are some construction photos from our recent construction of a 5×8 greenhouse. First, we modeled the greenhouse in Sketchup based on the sizes of windows that we had. You can see that all the...
View ArticleEasy Foldable Greenhouse
This foldable greenhouse pops up and down whenever you need it to. Need to plant something? Pop it up. Need to protect your plants on a cold windy day? Pop it back down again! It’s the murphy bed of...
View ArticleThe Chicken Coop Greenhouse
Thanks Rhonda for sending in this great combination greenhouse/chicken coop design from zumbrun.net The designer has built a greenhouse and a chicken coop side-by-side into the same building, with a...
View ArticleGrowing Microgreens
Microgreens are any plant eaten in its sprouting stage. It’s like the veal of the plant kingdom, free of the obvious cruelty. Sprouting grains, nuts or seeds is actually a great way to make them easier...
View ArticleGreenhouse Shade Cloth
Hot sunny days are a good thing – but too much of a good thing can likely to cause havoc for plants inside a greenhouse. It’s just like the earth as a system – we love the greenhouse effect of our...
View ArticlePop-up Greenhouse
A GreenhouseFarming.net reader sent in her favorite greenhouse. Sharon says “After a few times setting it up and putting it down I am able to set it up in about 5 minutes!” I think this greenhouse...
View ArticleA Cheap and Sturdy Greenhouse for just 50$!
This great hoophouse was made completely from scratch by David LaFerny on DoorGarden.com. A greenhouse this size would cost many hundreds of dollars as a kit or manufactured. Starting with the design...
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