My Mini Greenhouse [View all]

[Woodwizard]

3 years ago I made this small greenhouse, It was going to be for starter plants to get a jump on the season but I decided as fall was coming to try to grow over the winter.

I did not want a complicated and energy expensive heating system so I select plants that tolerate the cold.

Lettuce, arugula, beets, mustard greens, sorrel, and this year I have some snap peas and fennel.

The local school was redoing part of the roof and put the old expanded foam panels out for people to take for free, I lined the lower part and up the north wall with it I have a heavy tarp I pull over it at night to conserve heat.

The frame is made from 3/4 electrical metal conduit it is available at most building supply stores, I used a bender made for it to shape the pipe

To make sure the plants do not freeze a thermostat hooked to some incandescent lights kick on at 38 degrees.

For the summer I have solar powered fans to kick on when it gets hot I grow hot peppers in the summer got a big batch of ghost peppers last year.

I live in the Catskills NY so winters are not too cold a few days below zero on average this winter has been very warm.

I love being able to have fresh salad greens in the middle of winter.

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