Mini greenhouses are smaller than full-size greenhouses, but big in usefulness! The term mini greenhouse can refer to several styles of greenhouse: A set of shelves for plants, with a plastic cover fitted over the top to protect them A very small conventional-shaped greenhouse, with a plastic sheet cover or rigid plastic glazing A lean [...]
So, you’re thinking you might build a greenhouse for your garden, or you already have a greenhouse, and you’re looking for some information. You’re in the right place! Garden greenhouses can be very satisfying or very frustrating, depending on whether the greenhouse you build is a good fit for what you need – or not. [...]
Among the many different styles of greenhouses, the lean-to greenhouse can range from a quickly-built temporary lath-and-poly shelter for hardening off seedlings, to a solidly-built extension to the house with a foundation, heating, etc etc. Between those extremes, many people find that a kit-built or ready made lean-to greenhouse is easy to build and extremely [...]
If you use your garden greenhouse to overwinter plants which can’t stand frost, then you’ll need some method of heating it – usually a greenhouse heater. If it’s attached to the house you may be able to hook in to the home heating system or simply leave a door open between the house and the [...]
