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50+ greenhouse pics

Below you can view the gallery of greenhouses with an opening lid, which you can do yourself. We collected photos from all over the Internet, below we indicated the sources from which we could determine the authorship.

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Mounting Methods

How to fix the opening greenhouse cover

How to fix arches or PVC pipes of a greenhouse under a film

How to fix a film in a greenhouse

Hose lengths

The easiest PVC pipe greenhouse

Very simple greenhouse design. Easy to assemble, and just as easy to disassemble. It can be moved, increased, reduced.

It is cheap and easy to manufacture..

ADVISE this greenhouse

Step by step photos. Click on them

How to make a greenhouse from willow or cedar branches.

Such a greenhouse is suitable for those who did not expect sudden frosts.

This mini greenhouse can be done in 45 minutesaccording to the author of the photo.

For the manufacture of arcs, not PVC pipes were used, but cedar branches, but I think that willow branches will come down in our conditions. The branches are interconnected by a nylon thread (not fundamentally what) to give an arcuate shape. When arcs from branches are stuck in the ground, a bar is attached over them, to give one damage, which is also attached to each arc.
In order to transfer such a greenhouse to another place, the author advises putting two long bars along the base of the arcs, then link each arc to these bars. As a result, we get something like a stretcher. Taking such stretchers from both ends, it is quite easy to pull our greenhouse out of the ground and move it to another place.
Below you can see step-by-step photos, to enlarge, just click on them.

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Telescopic greenhouse or greenhouse

And here is a very interesting variation of a telescopic greenhouse or greenhouse. I moved the arcs and nothing interferes, below you can see the mounting mechanism, click on it to enlarge.

DIY Convertible Hotbed

See step-by-step photos of making such a greenhouse. First we make a pallet for soil, then we make a frame on which we will fix the arcs, and which will recline. Then we fasten this frame to the pallet on the hinges and cover with a film.

Step-by-step photo of the manufacture.

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A greenhouse made of straw or hay.

 As we see in the photo there is a greenhouse whose walls are made of briquettes (or bales) of straw (hay). A frame with an opening top is simply piled on the walls of straw. The film rolls onto a bar. These greenhouses are usually directed south. Such a design helps well when the slope of the soil in your area is directed to the north side, in such cases the sun weakly heats the earth. Such a greenhouse your help out in this situation.

Greenhouse to collect water

(Roots Up Dew Collector Greenhouse System)

In a day, the greenhouse condenses to 80 liters of water !!!

Thanks to such greenhouses, Ethiopia will soon flood the world with food. The greenhouse was created for arid countries to solve the problem of drought.
In the afternoon, steam accumulates in the upper part of the greenhouse. When night falls, special valves are opened for intake of cold air, thanks to which water vapor is cooled and condensed, after which the liquid enters a special tank for storage.
Excess water left after watering can be used for drinking.

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Portable greenhouse (greenhouse) from a barrel

Easy and simple to make (45 minutes)

This portable greenhouse is suitable for growing seedlings, or plants such as parsley, cilantro, etc.

• 2 photos - cut square holes with a jigsaw in 1 quarter of the circumference of the barrel.
• 3 photos - a hole with a drill so that a jigsaw could be inserted.
• 4 photos - holes in the bottom to drain water from the drainage.
• 5-6 photos - attach the handles on the sides for transfer.
• 7-12 photos fasten the film.
• 14 photos - drainage.

The greenhouse can be painted green to blend in with the landscape of the cottage

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Portable film greenhouse

As you can see from the photo, the greenhouse has a lightweight version. It does not have a massive base; it is attached to the ground by reinforcement fixed on the base. It is transported as on a stretcher with the help of two long boards pinned to the base. A gardener will come in handy when it becomes necessary to close some weak plants at the time of cooling.

Greenhouse butterfly

How to do automatic opening window leaves in a greenhouse?

Very interesting and simple design to automatically open the window, depending on weather conditions. The principle is as follows. A tube in the form of a communicating vessel passes between the large (3l) and small (0.5l) cans. A large jar is suspended from the base of the greenhouse, and a small one from the window. Moreover, the small one must be balanced with the window in such a way that, with a minimum amount of water in it, the window must be closed. In a hermetically sealed large jar with increasing temperature in the greenhouse. water due to atmospheric pressure moves into a small can, opening the window

A simple version of the greenhouse side opening. 

As you can see, a very simple design of the film greenhouse. Such a greenhouse can be easily moved and put into a new place.

Dome greenhouse from scraps of pipes

it's ugly but it works

The authors of the blog booth555.com moved to a new home, and they had to independently sew themselves. As a result, they left a lot of pipe scraps, and they were used by an enterprising young family to create this greenhouse. The advantages of these pipes are that they are easy to bend and at the same time they are stable and easy to pin.

See step-by-step photos of creating a greenhouse.

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As I understood from the translation of the article from English, the pipes are attached to the wooden cross-pieces using tape. I didn’t really understand about the film, somehow the film scraps were fastened together, the cord was most likely threaded into the holes, and there is also a hint for 6 photos.

The film below is pressed to the ground by bricks, this makes it possible to pull the film up on hot days.

I could not translate the purpose of the star (in 4 photos), but suggested that it was attached to the dome to make the structure more stable.

Write your star assignment options in the comments.

 Greenhouse from a double-glazed window or frames

The author of the doorgarden.com blog made here such a recumbent greenhouse from a glass door (double-glazed window), into which a stone from under a lawn mower accidentally fell.
According to the author, such a hotbed allows him to collect greens for salads in January, well, America, I can’t say exactly what kind of staff it is.

See the drawing of this greenhouse. Everything is very simple. As we see from the photo, the double-glazed window is not attached to any hinges, it just lies, resting against the side board from slipping.
The double-glazed window can be replaced with any large glass or window frame.

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In summer, in hot weather, when there is no need for such a greenhouse, you can throw it on strawberries to protect the berries from birds.

Attention!!! An important point about greenhouses from window frames

Whatever frames you have at your disposal, you need to make the transparent roof folding (lifting up), and not hinged or folding, as on the right in Fig. Through any vertical gap, all the warm air will instantly disappear and the plants will strike cold, and the horizontal one can be adjusted with props according to the weather and local conditions.

What should be the inclination of the greenhouse cover ???

Note: the optimal slope of the roof slope of a single-pitch greenhouse from the vertical (90 degrees) –φ, where φ is the geographical latitude of the place; and (90 degrees) –φ is the angular height of the Sun at noon of the spring / autumn equinox. See below for a greenhouse with a heat accumulator.

Cold greenhouse. (drawing diagram)

Do it yourself

The greenhouse consists of a wooden frame and a glass lid. The glass of the lid should always be inclined to catch as many rays of the weak winter sun as possible.

The author claims that even in winter in sunny weather, this greenhouse can heat up to very high temperatures, so the lid must be able to open upward. In order to regulate the temperature, a thermometer must be placed in the greenhouse (see photo 5), and it should also be a mechanism for fixing the open cover at different angles was made (see photo 4).

Vegetables that can be grown in the early winter in a cold greenhouse

BUT, nevertheless, the main secret of such a greenhouse is not in its arrangement, but in the plants grown in it. These should be plants that easily tolerate cold. According to the author's research, five crops: spinach, green onions, mache, claytonia, and carrots can be successfully grown in the northern states of the USA. As well as arugula, Escarole, Mizuna, parsley, sorrel, European salad, mustard, spinach and turnips.

The author sows vegetables usually from mid-August to mid-September.

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My advice: make a cardboard sheet glued on one side with foil. At night, you can cover the greenhouse with this foil, which will reflect the heat coming from the earth back into the greenhouse.

Window frame and hay greenhouse

Greenhouse (greenhouse) IN plastic bottle

or "How to grow seedlings if the apartment is cold"

It often happens in our domestic apartments that for growing seedlings the room is not warm enough. Such a greenhouse in a plastic bottle can serve as a way out of this situation.

When sunlight enters such a greenhouse, the air in the greenhouse begins to heat up and remains warm for a very long time, even after sunset.

An important plus will be high humidity inside the bottleand, which will be created by heating pre-moistened soil. Such humidity significantly accelerates the process of seedling maturation.

The manufacturing process is simple.: Cut the bottle, rinse, place the soil with the seeds inside and seal it tightly with tape.

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How to do quick DIY greenhouse

Greenhouse made of wooden trellises

Advantages of such a greenhouse:

• - quickly build
• - is steady
• - easy to manufacture

Minuses:

- not suitable for tall plants, you can use for growing early greens and seedlings.

Russian in-depth greenhouse on biofuel

About Russian pits

The simplest greenhouse is a single-pitch greenhouse, recessed into the ground, with biological heating. For its construction choose a dry, well-lit and sheltered from the winds place. It is desirable that this was a low slope with a direction to the south. To protect the greenhouse from the wind, green spaces, fences or special reflective screens that are arranged on the north side can serve. Particularly convenient swivel flatscreens painted with white paint, which allow the maximum use of solar energy. Illumination with reflected light increases the temperature in the beds by 2-3 °, which is equivalent to transferring your site, for example, from the Moscow region to the black earth regions of the country: Lipetsk or Voronezh.

Note: you can use any flat panels glued with aluminum foil for baking.

Construction begins with a strapping device around the perimeter of the greenhouse of four sanded logs with a diameter of 10-14 cm. The north side of the strapping should be slightly higher than the south. On the south side in the harness, a groove (quarter) is selected to support the frames.

At one time, the Russian greenhouse was a revelation to European farmers. It was from the “Russian pits” that the nobility of the time received in the winter a green onion, lettuce, dill, parsley, radish, and strawberry.

The foundation pit is dug to a depth of 70 cm. In cross section, it has the shape of a trapezoid. In dense soils, the walls can not be fastened, and in loose and floating soils, fastening with horizontal boards is used. To ensure that the greenhouse is not washed away by rain, a drainage groove is arranged around it, which can be closed with wooden shields that facilitate approaches.

Frames for the greenhouse are most convenient in the size of 160x105 cm. They are made of 6x6cm bars, joined for strength with wooden studs, and then properly stained with weather-resistant varnish PF-166 (“6 = s”). Glass reinforced with putty or glazing bead. To drain rainwater in the lower bindings, grooves are cut.

Biofuel in greenhouses is horse or cow dung.. Horse is considered the best, it gives more heat. Harvest it in the fall. Manure is collected in piles and carefully insulated on all sides with straw, sawdust, peat and covered so that the manure does not freeze. In the spring, before stuffing the greenhouse, it is transferred to another, more loose pile and warmed up. To do this, make several holes in it and pour a bucket of hot water into each, after which the stack is covered with burlap or matting. In two to four days, when the manure warms up to a temperature of 50-60 °, they fill a greenhouse. It is laid colder at the bottom, and hot from above and from the sides. After precipitation, after two to three days, a new portion is added. The manure must lie loose, and only at the walls it is necessary to slightly compact it so that voids do not form.

Greenhouses - pits were usually made 3-4, which ensured year-round use: while 1 pit was heated after refueling, the rest gave production. An indispensable condition for the successful operation of the Russian greenhouse is the stroke of the entire complex with a clay castle with a drainage ditch, otherwise the biofuel will become acidic.

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After stuffing, the greenhouse is covered with frames and mats made of matting, straw or burlap. From above, on heated manure, soil is poured - garden or sod soil, compost or fertilized peat. An average of 0.2 cc per frame. m of land. Exceeding this amount is not recommended, since under the weight of the earth manure is compacted, air flow is hindered to it, and it ceases to burn. For the same reason, do not over-moisten the soil.

A greenhouse of even such a simple design will make it possible to grow vegetables much earlier than expected.

Greenhouse layout

where it is better to put a greenhouse on the site