About Greenhouse Kits
November 26, 2009
Establishing and utilizing a home greenhouse is a very good way to save money on food, follow a better diet, save energy, and help the environment at the same time. But greenhouses don’t grow on trees – they have to be built. Not all of us have a trained builder in the family, and we don’t all have the budget to hire a specialist.
This is where greenhouse kits come in handy. If you aren’t looking for a fancy design but you need a simple and basic greenhouse for home use, this is a great way to get one set up without a huge investment of time or money.
Greenhouse kits vary widely in their cost and their design. A simple and economical type of greenhouse can be found for under $40.00 or $50.00. This small structure might consist of nothing more than a two-foot square tent of fabric where one can house a few plants and extend their growing season.
In this price-range, you can also find a basic enclosure system for a greenhouse, which will provide a framework and support that can then be covered in the material of your choice.
Moving up the line, you can find more serious setups for anywhere between $400 and $900, which would include either fabric or glass walls, and provide sufficient space for growing a full set of vegetables or other plants. Larege greenhouses, from 10 to 20 square feet in size, cost a few thousand dollars. But this may still be far simpler than building the entire structure on your own.
Once you’ve found and purchased your greenhouse kit, you will need to assemble it yourself. (It is, after all, a kit.) But you will have step-by-step instructions, and all the parts you need, sized to fit, and previously tested by the manufacturers.
While setting up a greenhouse does require an investment of time and money, you should be able to gradually recoup your investment, providing that you actually utilize your greenhouse. The amount of money that can be saved by growing one’s own food is easy to underestimate – particularly where large families are concerned.
Growing food inside a greenhouse can be invigorating, fun, and educational. It can also make it possible for you to grow foods at all times of year, instead of being limited to certain seasons. It can be very frustrating to go out and buy gardening equipment and seeds, only to get so busy with work that by the time you’re ready to work on your garden, it is too late in the year.
A greenhouse can give you the extra leeway you need, and make it possible to have fresh home-grown vegetables year-round. It might also make it possible for you to grow those plants which normally wouldn’t grow in your climate at all. Such as – who knows, jalapenos in Maine?
About the author: Megan Barlow helps others understand how they can live cleaner and healthier lives with green living techniques. For more information, visit her blogs on Green Building for the Home and Sustainable Living.
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