September in America is National Preparedness Month culminating in National Preparedness Day on the 30th. We’ll get into particulars of this important holiday shortly but first a personal note. To my mind, some year it would be great for the government to call a spade a spade and put forth […]
Daily Archives: September 30, 2023
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As you get into this project and are watching the obligatory hundreds of do-it-yourself internet videos, you’ll see a lot of people filling up raised beds inside the wood frame before the greenhouse is done. You might think, as I did, ‘That’s a good idea. This way I don’t have […]
Picking the greenhouse up at the shipping dock: The 20 foot long Sungrow is designed for compact shipping. All fits comfortably in the back of a Tacoma pickup truck. As with most expensive things sent to Alaska, the company you buy it from wants you to inspect it before you […]
For connecting the greenhouse to the ground there are 3 options: T-shape metal feet you dig down a foot or so and back fill, or pour a concrete pad and bolt the greenhouse frame to it, or build a wooden base and secure the frame to that. I didn’t trust […]
This post and the rest of the series applies mostly to the Planta Sungrow Greenhouses since that’s the company I chose. Most Important Thing–Attitude: Be Cool. You can do this. Assembling components, like an arch for example, may take a while to figure out. That can be frustrating but once […]
‘Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too. Unconscious of a less propitious clime, There blooms exotic beauty, warm and snug, While the winds whistle and the snows descend. William Cooper, The Garden Got a Greenhouse in this year. Before I start I should point out that a lot of […]