How to build my $50 Greenhouse

**OllieMartin** · 28-01-2010, 01:34 PM

I keep toying with the idea of building one of these, but I never seem to have the time at the moment, so all my projects are restricted to the conceptulise/design stages...like my dome cloche and brick barbeque

**Bigmallly** · 28-01-2010, 01:39 PM

Keep designing Ollie, at least then when you do get the time, all of the thinking has been done.

**jayjay giant** · 28-01-2010, 02:18 PM

Brilliant article, well written and plenty of photographs. Easy to follow. There should be a designs folder on this forum where all these great links can be stored for future reference. Well foung Bigmally

cheers
JJ

**OllieMartin** · 28-01-2010, 04:42 PM

Here you go. Now I'm home I thought you might appreciate two of my current designs I've not got round to putting into practice...yet:

The 'Everyone Cooks' barbeque:

and my design for a wood and polythene greenhouse. It's designed with raised beds inside it as I'd have to build it on a patch of concrete.

**Bigmallly** · 28-01-2010, 05:34 PM

Brilliant Ollie, just love the "Everyone Cooks" BBQ.

**OllieMartin** · 28-01-2010, 05:49 PM

Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post

Brilliant Ollie, just love the "Everyone Cooks" BBQ.

I'm planning on building it just outside my back door and then decking around it. It was my brother's idea, but I made the design, gets rid of that issue where the 'cook' ends up with their back to the party. This way everyone joins in, and you can cook and eat at the same time.

**Bigmallly** · 28-01-2010, 05:58 PM

Genius.........until the smoke starts.............

**OllieMartin** · 28-01-2010, 06:10 PM

Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post

Genius.........until the smoke starts.............

Could always make it gas.

**jayjay giant** · 28-01-2010, 06:39 PM

Another 2 great ideas and designs. I think the poly tunnel is great because it can stand on any surface or no need for a base at all if there is enough soil in the raised beds or the timber is heavy enough !
Keep up the good work !

James

**OllieMartin** · 28-01-2010, 07:00 PM

Originally posted by jayjay giant View Post

Another 2 great ideas and designs. I think the poly tunnel is great because it can stand on any surface or no need for a base at all if there is enough soil in the raised beds or the timber is heavy enough !
Keep up the good work !

James

Thanks

My original design was slightly different, but I added the wooden window panels as I felt it would add rigidity and also provide more room as the sides would be vertical for longer before the tubes used on the roof began. Still fairly simpe though.

**Snadger** · 28-01-2010, 07:58 PM

Originally posted by OllieMartin View Post

Here you go. Now I'm home I thought you might appreciate two of my current designs I've not got round to putting into practice...yet:

The 'Everyone Cooks' barbeque:

and my design for a wood and polythene greenhouse. It's designed with raised beds inside it as I'd have to build it on a patch of concrete.

Very smart Ollie!

I have a raised bed in the 'high end' of my lean to type greenhouse and prefer bed gardening to pot gardening!

PS Nice hairstyle!

**Snadger** · 28-01-2010, 08:01 PM

Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post

Please feel free to move if not in right place. I reed a bit about grapes wanting to build their own GH or Tunnel so thought this may be of interest.

How to build My 50 Dollar Greenhouse The Door Garden

Interesting link Bigmally!

Also some interesting links associated with the original article!

**Bigmallly** · 28-01-2010, 08:08 PM

Originally posted by Snadger View Post

Interesting link Bigmally!

Also some interesting links associated with the original article!

Thanks for that Snadger. When it got to the blog, I stopped reading........

**bishop** · 28-01-2010, 11:30 PM

Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post

Please feel free to move if not in right place. I reed a bit about grapes wanting to build their own GH or Tunnel so thought this may be of interest.

How to build My 50 Dollar Greenhouse The Door Garden

thanks bm for putting that link on hope to have an allotment soon, wanted a cheap ghouse that should do nicely, om like the barby by the way.

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