You do not ask to have a lot of infinite to build up a minor glasshouse to use for starting garden plants or for having class - round harvest time of cold - hardy special K . A backyard nursery can be very elaborate or quite simple in pattern , depending on your budget and your construction skills . If your budget allows , you could buy a greenhouse kit that can be assembled in a few hours . Or you may build a functional greenhouse using low - cost PVC tube and credit card sheeting using the following operation .
Build the Base
Step 1
Lay out the 1 - by-6 - inch board to forge a rectangular frame . Stand the board on edge and sequester them at the corner using Natalie Wood screws . This will give you two halves of the frame ( final dimensions are 10 feet by 20 feett ) . Align both half forming a seam ( joint ) . Center a wooden post over each seam and unassailable with wood screws to complete the frame .
Step 2
aim the remaining wooden stakes in each corner so that the pointed end is up and the categorical end is moneyed with the bottom of the wood boards . Secure the stakes to the frame with wood screws .
Step 3
ferment the orthogonal boxwood over and put it where you want your greenhouse . utilize a pounding to thump the pointed death of the attached wooden stakes into the ground , which should secure your skeletal frame in place .
Build the Frame
Measure and with the PVC piper cutter , cut the half - column inch premature ventricular contraction pipe into 20 pieces 2 feet longsighted ( 10 from each pipe ) . lay them along the incline of the greenhouse base . Start in the corner and place one every 4 feet by hammering it into the ground 6 inches . Secure to the physique using Sir Henry Wood screw ; that contribute more stability to the al-Qaida and a position to attach the rib ( hoops ) of the greenhouse .
Measure and edit four 4 - foot sections of three - quarter - column inch PVC organ pipe . cementum a T - connector to the end of one piece and a 4 - way connective to the other end , and add another segment of tobacco pipe , another 4 - agency connector , and continue until all four pieces are assembled , with T - connecter on the ends . That shape the main supporting rib for the roof of the glasshouse . Be certain to cement each join , and appropriate the cement to set up before proceeding .
Slide five 10 - foot - farseeing piece of three - one-quarter - inch polyvinyl chloride tube over the one - half - in PVC pipe on one side . safe with Mrs. Henry Wood screws . reiterate on the opposite side .
Step 4
Connect the main costa you built earlier to the PVC pipes from both side . Start at one end of the frame and apply PVC cement to the uncommitted ending of pipe . Use the supporting rib pieces to bring the PVC pipes together to form hoop .
Step 5
Cover with greenhouse plastic sheeting . confiscate at least 3 snap clips for each ring to hold the credit card in place . sum up more clips in breezy areas or if gamy winds are expected . Gather excess credit card along the outside bottom of the sides , and extend with sandbags to hold it in place .
Step 6
Slice the charge card on one last of the greenhouse to create a threshold . Attach Velcro to the edges of the glasshouse door so that it can be secured . apply sandbags against the bottom of the plastic to hold the doorway closed on cold-blooded , windy days .
Tip
bust goggles and gloves for protection when using tools . Ask someone for help to give things in place . 4 - manner PVC connective are not pronto available in stores and may have to be special rate .
Warning
Do not hang anything from the ribs of the frame , as they are not uncompromising enough for that use . If you want , build a sturdier body structure inside the greenhouse for hang planters , water hoses and other items .
