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Turning an old shed into a greenhouse

jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 593
in Problem solving
My plan is to remove the roof and replace with translucent material.  I also plan to add these windows to the sides?
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  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 593

  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 593
    I am clearing a site for the shed to be moved that will allow water and electricity to be acessible
  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 593
    The tree had died last year in a storm when it was pushed over.   I had hoped it would live but post oaks do not seam to do well if the roots are disturbed.  And since it had died already it makes a good spot for a greenhouse?
  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 593
    More firewood.
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  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 593
    Thank you.  I'm a recycler and am trying to use odds and ends to build a greenhouse for an attempt to save money
  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 593
    The windows I picked up from someone that was going to throw them away after remodeling their house I was hoping it would be a good way to reuse them?  Maybe not?  Maybe I should put them next to the building and see what you think?  We have on average about 240 sunny days a year.  If you think this is a bad idea let know it might save me the trouble
  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 593
    wow I did not know that!  These are double pane and may have a uv filter.  My entire plan may need to be scratched.  Thank you for keeping me from failure!  I will say though that for some reaon many of our native Texas plants keep showing up on gardners world and grow better in your climate than in my garden. I have been trying to grow joe pye weed this year with no success and recently saw monty don planting it in his garden.  Right now I have all of my tender plants in a cold dark barn and am trying to work out a solution.  I have been leaving the lights on a couple days a week but the plants are starting to show signs of stress.  Maybe I just need to buy a greenhouse.  Would it be better to have one built by a house framer or order a kit?
  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 593
    We have craigs list which is a buy sell local internet site I am looking at now.   Is the bald cypress a common tree in England today?  I see most of the ones on the internet were planted in England in the 1700s?
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Not common, though it gets planted sometimes in boggy ground.  For drier soils, Larch is grown, another deciduous conifer.  European larch isn't native to Britain either, but was introduced for timber and is widespread, and now Japanese larch is often planted as a timber tree because it grows faster.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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