Here's my latest project, I needed to find a spot for all of my potted plants from around the yard as well as others that I dug up. With the way the economy is, I needed it to be as cheap and effective as possible so here's what I came up with. Basement Greenhouse!
As it turns out my basement is perfect, it has a sand floor ever since I broke the concrete up a few years ago (we won't go there) which is great for watering, 8 foot ceiling in that section, and a forced hot air duct close by that I can tap into if the temperatures get to cool. It also has two windows, and 13 four foot florescent 40 watt lights on timers to go on for 12 hours a day, pretty easy. The temp stays around 62 degrees with about 80% humidity, a fan that spins on it's own since it hangs from a wire to keep the air moving. Plus since I made the walls out of 6 mil plastic the humidity stays in there very nicely from the soil in the pots. Total job only cost me 20 bucks since I had all the stuff to construct it, cheap enough I'd say. The plants are loving life down there too, along with my anole lizard that hung around all summer that I captured and put in there as well, keep him from freezing to death 
. The only problem I can see is the plants getting so big I can't get them out 
Here's some picture's of my Dexter (showtime show) style greenhouse!!! My poor back as usual, lots of trips up and down
Bill
