My husband has become quite the connoisseur of junk over the past few years. I know that he has always been the type to make something out of nothing, I’ve seen his past work in pictures, but the past few years he’s started to outdo himself. Creating something from things he finds on the side of the road, or in the woods, or things we no longer use ourselves has become so commonplace that I’ve decided to start posting about it in a series called Junk Builds.
I’ll be honest, I didn’t get a lot of before and during photos, because I was helping hold the thing together while the hubs drilled and nailed. I’ll be even more honest and admit that this is in no way Pinterest perfect. It isn’t fancy or feature anything beautiful at the moment but it is getting the job done and it didn’t cost us more than $30 all together.
The PVC pipes were from another project that ended up being a small hoop house that we used last year to cover the salad garden that I grew in the blue swimming pool pictured above. The hubs has gathered quite a collection of pallets from work and other places for free, which we used to not only bring the greenhouse up but we split them up to use for anything else requiring extra structure. The door was from a dog pen that someone no longer wanted and gave to us. Part of the pen was bent and had to be disposed of and this particular door has a broken latch but as you can see by the table and stone in front of the door, this girl can make do.
I’m not posting this as some “Isn’t this absolutely amazing” get-attention-to- our-building-skills post. I’m hoping that maybe this half-assed greenhouse that my husband and I (mostly my husband) put together in a day inspires more people to not let money stop them from making things they want or need. I’ve heard so many people say that they can’t do or make something because they can’t afford this or that but this was made from things we found and had laying around. The only thing purchased was the plastic we wrapped around it.
I’m so happy that I don’t have to try to start seeds in the house where my cats enjoy knocking them over or picking the small leaves off. I also don’t have piles of gardening stuff all over my small porch. It’s not the prettiest greenhouse or the best. There is still work to be done but for now it fulfills a need that I had and that’s what matters. Stop worrying so much about how things will look and worry more about function!
A Hermitess 