Eclo, A lot of us here use Photobucket for out pictures. It is free and very user friendly.

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Welcome to the Forum! Looking forward to seeing that greenhouse!

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hi eclo, i love it, i would never have thought to do that, makes me want to stop at the road side and get the windows that are set out

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The climber is a Sweet Potato vine. It is an annual here and in one season can get out of hand if not trimmed back occasionally. Gives a nice bright splash of lime green color. Another climber I really like but is hard to see in that picture is the Wild Jasmine growing up the back side. It came up completely voluntarily and is perenial. What a wonderful fragrance it has and beautiful little star shaped white flowers that blanket the roof of the greenhouse and provides
a natural insulator and helps to keep the temperature down in the heat of summer. I've got a better picture of it that I will try to post here.

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Beautiful greenhouse Eclo! Looks so nice. I will be on the search for windows from now on!

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The link is not working cuz you have double the http's in it eclo. I was able to back out of that and see it. Sure looks good over the top of the greenhouse!

My mom used to grow jasmine and had it all along the wall of the house. Gorgeous flower and easy care. Bloomed really well and she just cut it back when it got too far out of the area she wanted. The bees really liked it too!

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Springfeaver ask at building supplies, or building contractors to find out if they have old/used/replaced ones. We have trash dumps here. All kinds of "supplies" can be found in them.

Preciousgreenfingers that sweet potato vine comes in a burgundy leafed variety too.

Eclo you can dig up the sweet potato vine in fall. there are usually little taters in there too, and store it like you would a begonias or gladiolus bulb for the winter and replant. Cool greenhouse. I love the way you have it landscaped too. Is that real BIG rope around the pond? Is jasmine hard to propogate, **ahem** boy I'd like to grow that on my fence**ahem, hint Is it a native plant do you know?

We made a simple greenhouse one year using the 2 biggest windows we had. We screwed it together forming a big inverted V and hung window plastic on the ends. worked great, easy to vent. Lots of crawling on hands and knees though.

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Hey all... Thanks for all the wonderful compliments.

SpringFeaver... there used to be a remodeling company right down the street from where I work... they used to set them out on the curb with a "FREE" sign on em I must have collected 75 to a hundred windows... just pitched a bunch about a month ago But sidewalk shoppin is a specialty of mine

Wrennie... yes, that is a big rope around the pond Another curbside score... downtown K.C.Mo. where the Missouri river flows thru downtown they were tearing out the old RiverQueen steamboat port so I cabbaged on to some. Heck, 3/4 of my yard is recycled stuff As for the jasmine... I have had only limited success digging up the vine and transplanting it. I have two in 4 inch pots right now with one doing okay and the other dying rapidly. I didn't do anything different to either one, but one do... one don't! Let me continue to try and when I have success with a couple more, I would love to send you some. I don't think you get to much colder than we do here eh? Some winters we spends weeks in the single digits... BRRRR...Wow, just saying that gave the chills!
I'm glad thats over for this year! YEA SPRING!

I'm off to work on my BIG pond! I "came upon" some wall stones and I'm gonna try to set them today! Will post my progress!

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My husbands next Job Window watchin... Really It is beautiful!! Have a bunch of wood perhaps 2 years from now I can build something like that... on a smaller scale though!

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Zone 5 (or 4 on a recent map I saw) here. This winter was mild. Last January we had a week of
-15* nights! {{yes thats a negative 15!!

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That will be really cool too Weezie. I am going to be on the lookout for windows as well.

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WOW. That's amazing..I want one.. My fiance has been telling me he is going to make me a cold frame out of old windows...Maybe if I'm reallllly good he will make me one of those instead.I have friends who put in windows,
and they have asked me if I wanted any..I will have to take 'em up on that. COODOO'S to you my friend.

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~ Albert Einstein ~

elco...Do you use any heat in your green house early in the season or use it when it starts warming up? Also what kind of floor does it have? I've been collecting disguarded storm windows for something simular...I have quite a few, but not enough yet. Great looking greenhouse and surroundings!!!!!

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Thanks for the info eclo...What type of heat source do you use?

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The small electric heater in this photo is the only heat source we use in the winter. As you can see in some of the other photos, we also put a layer of foam insulation board on the roof and cover it with a tarp as well as some foam board mainly on the north wall inside just to cut down on winter drafts. The temperature in the greenhouse stays between 60 and 70 pretty much all winter! During real cold snaps it might dip as low as 50 degrees. Several years ago we had a terrible ice storm and were without power for seven days. I actually moved the barbecue grill in there and kept charcoal burnin like a smudge pot and managed to keep everything alive until power was restored. It took forever to clean all the residue from the smoke off the windows. There are some more pictures of the inside and plants in the 'cacti and succulent' forum under "cactus in winter"

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Oh I love it I love it I Love It! How did you construct it and join the windows together?

That just sounds way to simple on the put together. I would have though there would be a lot more holding it all together.

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Yes Comfrey... there are a couple of vents a bit smaller than the one you mention in the opposite wall down about three foot off the ground so it gets really good airflow. We also put a small fan in there when the weather gets real hot to keep the air moving. I wanted to put a thermostatically control hinge on the front vent but alas... uhumm, they are expensive... and I am not!

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Too bad you missed out on that Weezie. Did you find anything good?

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Almost everything in my yard is recycled in one way or another... check out this old handrail off of a porch! I turned it up on edge and made a really nice trellis for my grapevine. I also found an old wrought iron door that has done really well as a trellis for our Mandevilla flowering vine. The window directly behind this trellis is the window in our shower so it helps to make my wife more comfortable when showering. I will have to take some more pictures of some of the other stuff I have "aquired" for the garden! I'll take a little better picture of the way I have these two trellis's mounted into the ground also. I am so glad to know that my greenhouse is inspiring to others and if you have any questions about how to assemble them... dont hesitate to ask!

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Eclo...I meant to ask...how much sun will a greenhouse need to be in? Here in Ms. our summers are hot and then some. It looked like yours was in some shade. Will I need to have some kind of shade thingy to block out noon sun?

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Taylo.....

Yes my greenhouse does have some shade in the summer months. I took into account the low southerly path of the sun in the winter and placed my greenhouse in a position to take advantage of that. It faces South so in the winter it gets full sun all day. Helps with the heating bill. In the summer I keep very little in the greenhouse if anything so if it heats up to much it really isnt a big deal. Hope this helps!

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