On Dec 18, 10:52�am, Lou Decruss wrote:
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:51:09 -0800 (PST), Sheldon
wrote:





"biig" wrote:
"Jack Schmidling" wrote:

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We have always dreamed of having a green house. This one isn't exactly a
dream come true but it was a place to start.

I have put together a Greenhouse page for more background, pictures and
a place to post futures pictures of our activities therein.

js

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? ?It would be interesting to know what growing zone you are in and what it
did to your electric bills.....Sharon in Canada, zone5

From the snow, manner of dress, and native flora I'd guess zone 6-7.
As to electric bills their gardening is obviously a hobby, not a
business... no one does recreational gardening to save money. �Why do
so many people equate so much in their lives strictly with dollars and
cents... don't yoose ever enjoy anything just for the sake of pleasure
derived.

4-5 depending on what map you look at.

Yes, after perusing their web site it seems they're in Marengo Ill...
perhaps most of those photos are from a month or two ago, seems only
the one with snow is more recent... looks like a relatively mild
season for that area. I've been contemplating a greenhouse of sorts
myself, but I'm thinking more along the lines of a smallish (12' X
12') four season shed-like structure attached to my house, I need
something substantial if it's to hold up to the winters here... I'm
wondering how that plastic sheet structure will hold up to wind and
snowload, I don't think it would last very long here and I'm in the
same zone 5. And If I set it out somewhere in the open I'd not be
able to get to it very easily with the typical one and two foot+ snow
falls not to mention drifts over my head. The rear of my house faces
dead south so it's in full sun all year, but even so I wonder what it
would cost to heat! hehe What a stupid question, anyone installing a
greenhouse realizes it must cost something for maintaining temperature
in cold climes... as dumb a question as someone going to buy a yacht
and asking how many knots per gallon... yoose think golfers care how
much balls cost... that would be like someone buying an All-Clad pot
but can only afford to use it to cook ramen.