The start of August and we decided that instead of buying a greenhouse (approximate cost $2000 or more for a decent one) we should, like we did in Gibsons, build one. Therefore we are in the planning phase and have a goal to spend $500 on a solid wooden structure, using recycled materials from the four corners of the island.
The first batch of materials were bought yesterday, the primary item being a door, because as with the previous built greenhouse, we started with a door and built outwards from it. The door was listed on marketplace for $30 and we noticed that the seller, Wolfgang, had many wooden sash type windows and he said he would make a deal.
The door, plus a dozen wooden windows, were $100 cash, which worked out about $6 a window. There are eight 24" x 34", two 23" x 28" and another two which the chap gave us after the deal was done which are 18" x 39" so quite a mix of sizes.
Oh, and we asked if he had a door knob. Which he donated to the project.
We have started a spreadsheet (of course) and the above materials represent about 28% of the vertical surfaces of our intended 10' x 12' greenhouse, which means, of course, we need to buy more stuff, probably from the same chap, plus some structural lumber.
Will keep you posted on the progress.
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