We have enjoyed a bit of a warming trend over the past week here in Central Missouri. It snapped back to cold last night, but most of the snow has melted and the paved roads are clear and dry now. The country roads are a sloppy mess with the freeze/thaw cycles, but that happens every year so we’re used to it.
I’ve been researching greenhouses, and oh my goodness are they ever proud of those things! A high-quality 8’x12’ kit is north of $3200 before tax and shipping.
I did some ciphering this morning and figure I can build the same size, but much sturdier, greenhouse from scratch for under $1500. I’ve got a plan on paper and the materials list calculated. All that’s left to do is go to the lumberyard, place my order, and then build it. I can get the framing done while I’m waiting on the panels to arrive.
If there are no major delays getting the panels I should have it done by salad planting time this spring.
Our kit was about $2K. NOT including gravel we had to buy for a pad, because we have very few level spots of land around here.
Later we needed a replacement piece, so that was another ridiculous price for a piece of PLASTIC. We DROVE to Farm Tec in Iowa to pick it up versus the INSANE price for shipping it a few hundred miles.