Building Your Own GreenhouseThe fundamentals of assembling a greenhouse and custom designing it to the gardener's needs, from simple cold frames to large free-standing and attached-to-the-house structures. |
Contents
Background | 3 |
Principles and Types of Greenhouses | 5 |
Basics of Greenhouse Construction | 13 |
Site Selection and Foundation | 15 |
Framing | 27 |
Glazing | 47 |
Ventilation | 59 |
Supplemental Heating Insulation and Heat Sinks | 63 |
Petes Plant Playhouse | 127 |
Pauls Little Grass Shack | 133 |
Kathys Perennial Palace | 141 |
Examples of Attached Greenhouses | 149 |
Bay Windows and Wardian Windows | 151 |
Dorothys Glorified Basement Window | 155 |
Marians Solar Addition | 161 |
Marys Madhouse | 165 |
Plumbing Wiring and Other Amenities | 79 |
Shutters and Shades | 95 |
Examples of Freestanding Greenhouses | 103 |
Cold Frames and Hotbeds | 105 |
Dicks Handy Hoop Houses | 111 |
Alwins Plumbers Friend | 117 |
Allens Ledge Lodge | 123 |
Alices Argon Addition | 171 |
The Sunspace at Fiddlers Green | 179 |
Manufacturers Distributors and Suppliers | 191 |
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