Northern Palm Sanctuary "greenhouse" – Page 3 – Greenhouse & Outside Protection – PalmsNorth.com

BILL MA · 2010-12-01T19:30:14Z

Hello folks,Here's the outdoor greenhouse pictures that have been promised for way to long. I'm not sure if it qualifies as a sanctuary in biblical terms, but a palm sanctuary it is. Hopefully I didn't offend anyone :lol: So Here it is from the beginning, I decided it was a good idea to buy a few hundred palms at the end of the season 15 gal.+, great plan for my stress level. This meant a green house. Well the green house I bought really didn't meet the needs for all the palms I purchased so I needed a plan. Plus the green house I bought along with the palms was missing about 12 hoops (thanks) from what was originally talked about. Beware of buying greenhouses unless you get a really good deal!!! Needless to say I made what I had work by extending the sides by 4 feet giving me a real greenhouse with a 10'6" ridge or so. Good thing I have construction contacts for Schedule 40 galvanized pipe "super expensive otherwise" this is what I used for my 4 foot sides. Anyway pictures are 1000 words :DPicture taking isn't my strong point so here is the the frame work after squeezing my 12 small hoops into my cemented pipes. By the way I saved about 275 bucks making my own concrete with sand, stone and portland cement. 24 holes 2' deep equals a ton of ready made bags :lol: Here it is rough framedthat it's up I gotta get my dad in the shot trying to escape!!! We're getting the plastic ready doubled over to make a dual layer. Giving props to my dad right now, Thanks for the help! Love ya!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :Da proud son inside the covered house. We had to dig a few holes for the big boys to fit in the house. Too busy to take pictures for awhile's some pictures from today, some palms are still outside toughening up since the weather isn't all that bad yet. Plus some pictures of the greenhouse doors finished uphouse a little full!!pictures to come and all the others packed in there pictures.Couple of trachy and front pictures of today, minimal damage on oleander, getting cut anyway. Palm covers came today so it's the last day for these trachies being exposed to the elements. Too bad because they can take much more but I'm leaving for Hobe Sound Fl. for 1 month in about a week or so.Here's the pics I have of my front yard as of Dec. 1for looking,Bill

Concidering the size... thats pretty damn cheap....

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Posted : 07/12/2010 8:12 am