Yes, it will double as a storm cellar. Of course we have a basement in our home that is “finished” so that’s where we go for tornadoes/stormy weather.
However, we have floor plans that could convert the shed to a guest house/ 1 bedroom home, if we ever needed to - we could do that for rental income. Like you, I believe that a storm shelter/basement is a necessity for anyone living in our area.
I hope you get your screened in porch.
All this time, I thought you already had one.
I’d like something similar to a greenhouse but that would be too expensive if it was made of glass.
Our neighbors had the largest greenhouse you can buy from Harbor Freight. I think it was around $400.00 when they got it around ten years ago.
My husband helped them build it and someone else trenched the concrete patio it was built on so they could install taps and irrigation.
That thing was nice.
It had vents you could open in summer and it was warm in winter.
They bought those big self watering rubbermaid style planters and put them on furniture dollies so they would be easy to move and the irrigation was set up on all four sides. They had tubes that fed water into a reservoir at the bottom. Every few weeks someone would dump a spoonful of miracle gro down the tube.
There was a big table with a shelf for potting plants, storing supplies and housing seedling flats.
They grew tomatoes, squash and green beans mostly.
They were older, so I “rented” a corner by helping them with little odd jobs. I put some 5 gallon buckets in there and planted okra in them.
They used to sit in there everyday when it was cold outside.
The Mister was very good at gardening, but then he was pretty good at everything.
He grew beautiful onions.