Making a greenhouse with your own hands from simple materials

In the modern market of gardening goods, a large assortment of ready-made greenhouses for personal subsidiary plots is offered.

However, their cost is quite high, and the installation of a stationary shelter is not always justified.

But to build a small economical greenhouse with your own hands even at home is quite easy, and for this it is quite possible to use the simplest materials.

Why do we need a greenhouse?

Growing plants under the film allows you to cultivate heat-loving crops, even in inappropriate cool climate. Due to this, the duration of the warm period increases, in the greenhouse the earth heats up to the desired temperature earlier and does not cool longer in the fall. Many use the greenhouse method for growing seedlings.

After planting it in a permanent place, the free space can be used for planting other undersized thermophilic plants, such as pumpkins or cucumbers.

Necessary materials

It’s easy to make a greenhouse with your own hands, drawings of this building can be easily found in any literature or on the Internet. It can be made, for example, from outdated window frames.

In addition to them, you will also need:

• wood screws of various lengths;
• screwdriver;
• loops.

To build a greenhouse frame, you just need to fasten the frames together with the help of long screws. If there are no glasses in the openings, they can be replaced with a plastic film, polycarbonate or non-woven material.

The upper frame needs to be made openable, so it’s best to connect it to the frame using door or window hinges. A positive feature of such a structure is its mobility. In autumn, it can be easily disassembled and folded, and in the spring it can be reassembled in a new place.

For growing seedlings a self-made low greenhouse with solid walls is quite suitable. You can make its frame from a wide board. The top needs to be made removable or opening. They usually make it the same way as a regular frame, using wooden blocks of the right size. The frame is covered with a plastic film or acrylic fiber. The latter material not only holds heat well, but also allows moisture to pass through. Therefore, all rainwater is guaranteed to fall into the beds.

You can also build a small greenhouse from thick wirebent in the form of an arc and stuck with its ends into the ground. The number of such arcs can be different and depends on the length of the beds. On top of such an impromptu design is closed with a plastic film. For ventilation and access of insect pollinators, from time to time the film leans back to one side.

Stationary greenhouses

You can make not only small greenhouses with your own hands, but also stationary greenhouses. The simplest version of this is a frame made of polyethylene water pipes, covered with a film, which is removed for the winter.

For the construction of more massive structures using a metal profile pipe. A strong steel frame is welded from it, which is closed by polycarbonate. Install such structures on a foundation of brick or sleepers.

For the manufacture of stationary greenhouses, you can use a wooden beam. With its help, the frame of the structure is assembled. It is covered with a thick polyethylene film or more durable polycarbonate.

A wooden frame is less susceptible to corrosion, however, to protect such a device from a fungus, it is advisable to treat it with protective impregnation.

Large stationary greenhouses can be equipped with auxiliary systems:

• heating;
• lighting;
• drip irrigation.

They can also be made independently, although this will require time and considerable material costs. But you can grow your own vegetables in such a facility year-round.