Greenhouse Project

I've been working on a greenhouse for several years. Most of it has been in this condition for the past two years. This was a result of over buying for fence repair and plans to make a greenhouse with leftover and salvaged material. In the background (to the right of the greenhouse) is the produce from planting spinach and snow peas this past February.

I stopped by a garage sale two years ago that had windows for FREE. I picked up four windows. I've been using them on 'lean-to' boxes until yesterday.

I began attaching the windows to the frame of the green house. I will likely have to finally purchase some material for the greenhouse to put on a roof and door. 

Yesterday, I was able to get the southeast and southwest facing windows in place. There are several things I'll need to work on to make it a functioning greenhouse.

More updates to come as the project continues. Thus far, I've used only leftover and salvaged material and hardware.

Spring Blooming

A few warm days have produced some blooming action in the garden. Here are some close ups.

Pallet Garden

I'm currently working on various versions of 'alternative' gardening. This project is made from old shipping pallets. There are old shipping pallets everywhere and most of them can be claimed completely free. This is a first attempt of a raised garden. I finished the frame work tonight. I'll begin working on the inner components later this week.

This is made from two different sized pallets. One large and one small (this is why it is rectangular).
I started by cutting the large pallet in half and taking the small pallet apart for the two smaller ends

I pre-drilled holes (because pallet wood is hard and tends to split easily) and then screw the pieces together for a 20 inch high raised garden. I then lined the inside lower half with plywood (this too was salvaged plywood). I will eventually make this raised garden into a self watering garden. Similar in theory to the 5 gallon bucket planter I made last month. Then, after all parts were screwed into place I covered the entire raised garden box with linseed oil.

***NOTE***
only use pallets marked with HT (Heat Treated). Never use a pallet for gardening marked with CT (Chemical Treated).

I'll let the pictures tell the story.