For the last week or two I've been working down in the barn; cleaning and organizing materials. More recently, I've been working on re-building a small greenhouse to help plants in the winter and to get an early start in the spring. I made one shortly after moving here:
I'll be the first to admit, it's utter crap. Just scraps of wood with screws, tape and pellet bags. Plenty of warped wood used so the end product was far crappier than what I had imagined. Added atop uneven benches... it sucked.
So with winter approaching and seeing as that I wanted to use the benches for sitting, I decided to re-do this pile of crap. I've spent the last few days on it and quite a bit of yesterday since I didn't have internet and here's what I came up with:
It may or may not be impressing to you but it sure as hell is impressing to me. Nothing was bought to build this. It's made of more scrap wood (an old deck no longer in use), bricks, deck screws, pellet bags, and some spare paint I had laying around (for water protection). I don't have power down at the barn so building was quite a task. I had to cut the wood down there by hand, align & level things down there, temporarily tack it with nails and then bring it all up to the house to properly screw together. Fortunately, it's two pieces but that was still a big task. Unlike my first attempt, this is completely level and sturdy as hell. The bricks will keep the temperature more consistent and help with water distribution. It is two-tiered with the bottom tier being enclosed (picture above isn't final). I'm going to add some old emergency thermal blankets inside (think aluminum foil) which will reflect light, keep heat in and also create an air pocket with the pellet bags. This whole thing should do damn good for the plants. I'm proud
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