March 3, 2018 The First Greenhouse.

The first green house is nearing completion, though probably not where it will ultimately be placed since the Garden it sits in is not in the right place either. Eventually the market garden and greenhouse will both be moved to their planned places, but this might take a year or two.

This was an ambitious project for a number of reasons. The first reason being that I had never built a greenhouse prior to this, or seen one built for that matter. The second reason was that any greenhouse of this size would likely cost around three thousand dollars, mine cost less than six hundred. If you take these two points and add my propensity and ability to build these things from my head without written plans it is a wonder that the thing got built at all.

It may be that the entire idea was poor, but as of today the thing seems solid as a rock and large as a cathedral. Now if only it handles high winds and snow, all will be well.

The ladder at the center of the picture, at the bottom, is six feet long.
This might give you a human scale to view the image.
The thing is sixteen feet wide, thirty feet long, and twelve feet tall at the center.