What are the best tips for building DIY Greenhouse?

DIY (do it yourself) greenhouses

DIY Greenhouse can be so rewarding and fulfilling, yet strenuous and frustrating at the same time! In order to get the fullest experience, follow these simple rules, and you will grow prize winning flowers in no time!

Tips for home greenhouses


  1. Plan ahead

    - Just like any other project, especially something that includes construction, one must plan ahead to the details. This means, you need to find the best location for the greenhouse, so that it would get the optimal conditions in terms of sunlight, water supply, air circulation, and also decorative value. After that, you must prepare some blueprints that will be a preliminary sketch for the greenhouse structure. Without it, the greenhouse might cause serious damage to you and to the plants.
  2. Gather as many seasonal seeds as possible-

    farmers often get frustrated with seeds not yielding viable crops, since the land doesn't always suit the genetic structure of the seeds, causing them to lose time and money. To avoid that, you need to plan your seasons by which seeds are fit the most to be planted, so that you would benefit your efforts the most. Sometimes, it is hard to find a particular seed off season, or sometimes they are sold out at the stores, so planning and stocking seeds would help you build up a rich habitat in your greenhouse.
  3. Maintenance-

    a greenhouse takes up a lot of energy to maintain, and twice more to develop. If you want to grow a lot of plants, which might compete over habitat and resources, you need to firstly build a big enough greenhouse, and secondly, maintain it meticulously. This means that the greenhouse has to get a constant supply of air, water, heat or cooling, and cleaning. Of course this depends on the size of your greenhouse, and your ambitions on how much you want to grow there, but keeping up with a greenhouse can be a full time job easily.
  4. Enjoying your work-

    creation, of any sort, has to be made in the best of intentions and environment. If one does not enjoy what one does, then their creation will turn out flat and filled with flaws. Therefore, it is important to learn how to handle the work load, and have a vision of what you want to achieve, so that your creation will be at most enjoyable.
  5. Money, money, money-

    last, but certainly not least, money makes any project from flop to flawless. Meaning, you need to have a lot of money to be creating and maintaining a greenhouse, and you have to be pleased with it. If you try to skimp on material, water, type of seeds, or anything else that makes your greenhouse into a great house, then it will quickly be shown and your whole project will flop. So, spend the appropriate amount, and remember that it's your investment to your creation.

If you follow these basic, yet cardinal, rules then you will have the fabulous greenhouse in the neighborhood!