Laura and Aaron, if you read this , please know that I have been with you guys close to the beginning of RUclips. I’m the same age as Laura and I never knew I loved plants as much as I do. When I bought my house 4 years ago, I was so scared to tackle the garden. Laura you gave me the confidence to just do it. If you don’t love it, get rid of it. I have learned how to start seeds properly, care for plants , and just love my hands in the dirt. You were able to make your passion into your job and I am so proud of the success of GA. You all deserve all you have and what is coming. You weren’t just handed this channel and followers. You guys have worked your a$$ off. ( sorry) With all that said, you already knew that the negative would be out here bc of price, but that is just a small part of us. All of us from the beginning know this is a dream coming true, and if you cannot be happy for people’s dreams coming true, that’s says a lot about you. I love dreaming with you, Laura, and cannot be more happy for you. Thank you for all you guys do!
You go Harmonyd.................so true...............Jealously is such a nasty disease - can spot it a mile away....I always remember that movie with Tom Hanks: Run Forest Run! (and I do!) LOL.
I’m a teacher first and a gardener second, but having a greenhouse has def changed my gardening game. For those of you in the market, I have the Harbor Freight 10x12. It was less than $1,000, easy to set up, and if you anchor it with 4x4 beams on a gravel foundation, it can withstand 50-60 mph wind (maybe more but I’m not sure after that). There are lots of set-up videos out there too. It’s big enough that I have plenty of shelves, a potting table, room for my tools, and even a comfy chair to sit and watch my plants. Yes, you know we all do it sometimes lol...
I’m a retired teacher and my husband did the same for me. Living near the ocean we added a lot of wood for support. This wood was painted a fern green and he changed the door to a storm door. I am loving it. And I’m thinking that you may feel the same as I. It was a labor of love and means so much to me.
When you talk about the new Hartley you're getting you can just see joy and excitement just bursting! I'm so happy for you! Thanks for all the other options. Now you've got me dreaming!😊😀
The hubby has decided to build a greenhouse for me this year. Not a Hartley but I’m sure I will love and utilize it just the same and I’m so excited to start using it.
I feel a bit of “justification” seeping in between the overwhelming excitement for your Hartley. All I can say is, Girl, bask in your greenhouse! You have tended the garden that is your life and you should enjoy as it blooms! And just to add a bit of levity... those of us that have been watching the lifespan of your gardening Vans know you are not one to make frivolous decisions with your finances 😂.
Good Morning! The ground is still covered in snow, with tundra like temperatures, here in north central Illinois. But Laura lets me live vicariously, through her! Thanks!🌱
I think we all sit and wait to see if there’s going to be a Garden Answer video in the morning☕️☕️☕️💚🙃 OH OH OH, I could fit the one at Andrews on my deck🙂💚🙃
Every time I have seen you walk in that greenhouse (cold frame) I always think - Wow !! Stocked with so many beautiful things and when your filming I always look around at all the wonderful plants 🌿
I found this Wisconsin company that makes similar greenhouses as Hartley Botanic. It’s called Wisconsin Greenhouse Company. Very beautiful looking! Just thought I share in case someone wanted to look into a USA made greenhouse. Maybe a little less pricey? Bianca
I am sure a good slice of the price is due to the cost of shipping something that big from almost the other side of the globe. I don’t know how they will manage with the assembly. Usually it’s included in the price and done by the manufacturer’s staff or their contractors. Definitely worth while looking into US made greenhouses before ordering from abroad.
Laura, for years you have talked about the Hartley Botanic and how much you wanted one but would never be able to have one. Fast forward to today, where you are dreaming about how you will landscape around YOUR HARTLEY BOTANIC! Let that sink in. Never stop dreaming. If you want a smaller version for the cut flower garden, you will have one.
I have a mini 5 tier greenhouse and the plastic cover ended up becoming brittle and tearing within the first two years. I now use it for conditioning plants for the outdoors when started indoors. I'm glad you did this video because I am looking to get something more durable and roomy, and would like to know my options. 😊
When we had doors and windows replaced my husband used the old ones to build a small half “greenhouse” that we heat with a space heater. There is storage built onto the north side. It’s far from perfect and very homemade looking but we live in the country and have property so it fits right in. It serves our needs, but we do wish it was larger! As soon as you have a structure like this you will invent reasons to use it, so the lesson is always to go big if you can.
My neighbor converted a large carport frame by covering it with recycled storm windows. He did a great job and it looked nice. After adding a wood stove, he used it for starts for his big garden and even a bit of retail plant production.
I’m happy I can live vicariously through you! I can’t wait until the work begins , in case I’m ever able to have one. I would have a seating area as well. Just for my dog and I! Lol. It would be primarily for my tropicals. Those greenhouses are gorgeous. You deserve this, both of you work so hard.
I don’t care how much money you spend or what you spend it on as long as it inspires me. I LOVE LOVE LOVE seeing the new changes and progress to your garden. It inspires me to progress in my life. After all isn’t that what we are here for? To progress daily? That’s what I intend for my life. I’m so excited for you! It’s going to be awesome!
Long time fan, love your gardens, hate to see beautiful, familiar haunts disappear but excited to see new ones take shape. You say you don't want to use the new greenhouse for production, and that's exciting. Using it as a conservatory for tender plants and a retreat for yourself and family will be a wonderful use, and we can't wait to see how you furnish and decorate it. A chandelier will be incredible, especially viewed from outside at night, and a table and chairs for dining or relaxing, and benches tucked into shady nooks ... oh my, can't wait! Be blessed, you and your sweet hubby and precious little ones.
I got the 6x8.5 Harbor Freight greenhouse for $200 2 years ago. It has 2 vent windows on top and works great! I put a shade cloth over it in summer. Its small but can fit a lot of seed trays in there and while I haven't utilized it as much as I thought, this year will be different. I plan to heat it in March and get as many seeds as I can in there. It's a permanent structure and has held up very well in high wind and snow and ice.
I've been using a cattle panel greenhouse, and it's worked great. I've also been collecting antique windows so I can build one, and this is the year. I'm very excited!
Thank you for the information. I have a very small cold frame my husband built for me last year. It is amazing how much more plants you can grow and take care of with even a small space. Can not wait for you to have your beautiful Victorian greenhouse. I live in NC and I don’t know if you have ever heard of Biltmore House in Asheville NC built in the late 1800’s. They have beautiful gardens. My favorite spot is there very ornate greenhouse built in the middle of this gorgeous gardens. The things gardeners dream of. So happy for you. We will live vicariously through you as we watch this dream unfold.
I said it before and I’ll say it again!! You are a wealth of knowledge and it is such a gift that you are sharing it with us!! From one very grateful gardener THANK YOU!! Thank you for want you do, and you keep on tooting your horn about your greenhouse, very well deserved 💗 and we are so FREAKN excited to see it all transform for you guys!! Best wishes from 🇨🇦
So excited for the Hartley! Finally😍! One question though, are you opting for the "self-cleaning" glass? I remember Laura telling Aaron that she wanted the self-cleaning ones from an older video. 💯🥰
Sorry if this is a downer but I wanted to share my research on the Palram Greenhouses. I came very close to buying one this past month and was so excited about getting one, so excited. After really reading lots and lots of reviews over more than 2 months, I opted out as they do not hold up under wind at all. They are rated for up to 35 mph winds and this is with the tie downs. I saw horrible pictures of the greenhouse after a rain storm and they were either twisted up, panels blown out or in pieces scattered over the yard. I have had up to 80 mph last year so I couldn't justify the expense with such poor review ratings overall from every site I looked at including Gardener Supply site with a rating of 1 star. I am so bummed but with wood prices what they are now I won't be having a greenhouse in my backyard this year. Again sorry for the downer but just wanted to share so people know to do their research before making a purchase.
I have a Pelram and I live at the mouth of the Gorge in Oregon...we get incredibly high winds - I bought the tie downs and have never used them. I do have strategically placed rebar inside the greenhouse, but I have found that's all I need. I have a feeling that the ruined houses you have seen were not put together properly. They take a couple of days with two people to install.
My husband is an electrician, I had him bent conduit into the frame of a greenhouse and attached Palram 8mm double channel sheets (that I cut with a skill saw) and attached with tech screws. Framed a door I bought used. I live in Wyoming. High winds and heavy snowload, it's doing fine.
If anyone's interested there are fantastic greenhouses for especially windy/stormy areas called the Polycrub. A bit expensive but you can build your own.
I can't wait to see how you landscape around the new greenhouse! The planting is a very important part of the "feel" of it, and I know you'll do something gorgeous!
I have used two different greenhouses up here in North Dakota. One was the stand up zip up kind which I suggest despite the open door and or window features that one should also use a small fan of sorts. We had plant issues due to too much humidity. The other us a 7X8 pelram with hard sides and peaked roof. We have lost the window during 45 mile an hour straight line winds but easily put back into place. I have tried to figure out how to use it to start seedlings but we are just too cold. Used mainly April through November and, on a warmer winter day I sit in it with coffee and dream of spring. I am looking forward to watching your dream unfold. Thank you.
This reminded me that I once had a dream of a greenhouse attached to my home. It was so long ago it's seems like a past life - thanks for waking up my dream. Your greenhouse will be so beautiful. I'm happy your dream is coming true and perhaps the greenhouse in the cut flower garden will too.
How I miss my greenhouse. Had it for more than 15 years ago. Made in glas and metal. Unfortunately a hard winter one year with tons of snow and ice took it down 😞 However a friend bought it and could gave it a new life. Yesterday I got a greenhouse cataloque. There was your object of dreams, Laura. The very same one I've also kept dreaming about for a long time. The differens between us is that you, lucky one, will enjoy of it soon but mine will be just a dream. So excated to see how you're going to decorate yours! These english greenhouses are such a beautiful punch of delight. Have fun! 💖🌿
My tent greenhouse is 10x12 ft I am always pleased with it. I sewed a custom cover for it. Put and outdoor sectional sofa and a fountain in it. Small side tables A coffee marble top table. During the winter it has plants everywhere.
I am so excited and can not wait to see your new green house installed. I followed you for many years from smaller garden to this property and found you always super inspiring. That being said I think sometime people just miss the point when they watch your show and try to copy exactly what you are doing at that scale and get to feel overwhelmed and intimidated instead of taking lessons and ideas and implementing them to their own scale of garden. What you have right now is something it took you time and energy, hard work and will power to build and it didn't fall in your lap over night and you deserve and have earned all that you do have and I am super happy and grateful that you choose to share it with us and give us great motivation and inspire us .
I love all the info you shared. It is nice to know how many different options are available in all sizes, shapes and budgets. Can't wait to see your Hartley!💜 We have record setting cold temperatures this week in Minnesota (Sunday the high will be minus 14°!) which means that it is a good time to stay inside and start gathering info on greenhouses. Looking forward to warm weather for sure!
I live in Lancaster, PA..and it does get WINDY! I have the exact same Hobby Greenhouse....it's a Canopia®by Palram I've had mine up for 10 years now and still in GREAT Condition. The window vent did blow off when I forgot to run out and put it down, but I've gotten a replacement that opens and closes depending on how hot it gets inside. I anchored it on-top of 4X4 beams and then put the cardboard and fabric cloth down and back-filled with dirt and gravel. That sucker ain't going ANYWHERE!
So many exciting things to look forward to!! Soo happy for you. For some reason, after watching this video, I think I see a second Hartley in Laura's future!! 😁 I am so looking forward to watching all of these good things come to pass in future videos. I think we are going to have many more years of beautiful projects to watch with Benjamin and Samantha Grace growing up in the midst of all of it! I learn so much from you and my garden shows it! Thank you Laura and Aaron!
SO excited for you!! I live in the UK 6 months out of the year and always get my Hartley catalogs and visit gardens with Hartley glasshouses over there. They are just so lovely. I think of it as more of a home addition vs a greenhouse. People can grasp spending 50k+ on an addition to their home, and spending that on this beautiful structure is no different for gardeners!
My husband built my last greenhouse and when we moved I really missed it. It gave us an idea of what we would like on our new green house. We have been looking at the Hartley collection for quite a while and each time I flipped through their catalogs I would hum and ooh over the Victorian Grand Manor. To my surprise it was delivered 3 days before Christmas on multiple pallets. Due to the size we had to get building permits. My husband mapped the area before purchasing. My son did a beautiful concrete walkway from our house to the greenhouse at our old house and I am so excited he volunteered to help with the foundation and walkway on this new one. I also wanted to mention that my husband said the customer service was great about answering all his questions and concerns, they are very knowledgeable...He spent quite a bit of time back and forth on the phone...(I thought they were work calls) We will be starting the foundation this spring due to our weather. We are hiring a plumber and electrician to help on that part of it. I think my hubby will be happy to have the garage back...the last two winters I have filled it with plants and used grow lights and fans and we have been filling lots of milk jugs to water them ....which has been a pain and both winters still lost some plants as it has been hard to regulate the temperature. I am so excited to get this project started, a little nervous...hoping all will go smoothly.
I have a FlowerHouse pop up greenhouse that is 5x5x6.5. It’s been great. The whole thing folds down into like a 3’ circle that fits in a bag. I got some folding shelves that fit well inside, and a greenhouse heater that keeps it warmer in there. I don’t have space inside for all my seed starting. And I’m so glad I can have this space outside and then it goes down to almost nothing to be stored. Love it.
I have a small 8x10 greenhouse, I use it in the early spring to hold plants I’ve started in my potting shed before I can plant them out. I use a small heater to keep greenhouse around 40 degrees. I use it in the summer by taking the door off and use it for drying my beans onions and garlic. I hang shade cloth during the summer and it has an automatic vent opener. I live in a high wind area ( Columbia River gorge ) so we used mobile home tie downs and have had no problems. Love all the ideas and options you come up with.
Can't wait to see your new Hartley! It will be glorious when you have it full of plants. I saw your orange shadow AKA Russell, so cute the way he follows you around!
I’m so excited for you!!!! My wonderful husband bought me a greenhouse for Christmas in 2019. We assembled it in February, and in April I bought a shade cloth for it because it was already really warm in there and I knew everything would fry by summertime.
This was so interesting, not to mention useful, because I have just installed my very first unheated greenhouse (cold frame) which is the tiniest wooden one you can get, the Victorian Tall Greenhouse from forestgarden. It’s all I could fit in my garden (142cm x 72cm) but I think I’m honestly as excited about mine as you are about yours 😁😁 I have it all racked and ready to go for my first time seed sowing in March 🥰
Can’t wait to see the Hartley process...have you seen Jennifer from Creekside?..I’m sure you have mentioned them before...they have put heating in the new Greenhouse and showed the process...🥰🇦🇺
Yes she has. She mentioned in I believe garden answer highlights channel how her and Aaron were watching and following them and taking notes on their process.
🥰I enjoy watching JENNY and Jerry and family at Gardening With Creekside. Lovely people like Laura and Aaron. But then, gardeners are the most wonderful people! 🪴💜
My husband surprised me with a small greenhouse for Christmas. So excited to get it up. Will be for plants of course but I need a potting shed so it’s perfect for both 🥰
Laura, we are enthusiastically watching as the beautiful Hartley botanic becomes a reality. It reminds me so much of the massive Conservatory at Biltmore Estate in Asheville NC. I live about three hours away, and it’s my spring and/or summer destination every year to see the gardens and the conservatory. Of course in 2020 that was not possible and I really missed it. So thank you for all the beautiful plants you show us and your enthusiasm as it brings me great joy! i’m sure I’m just one of many living vicariously through your efforts. My yard is very sloping so I have my own challenges, but I’ve been greatly inspired to do much more planting in pots. Can’t wait to see how your spring bulbs turn out 🌷... I created a mini version all around my yard with pots of tulips after watching you plant up all those containers. Can’t wait for the April show!!
So very happy for you !!! After watching many British gardening shows, I always wanted a glass house attached to our home. Did you ever consider that ? The neighbor next door to my amazing mother-in-law had a glass house attached to her home and grew orchids in it. I always enjoyed doing dishes at her home for that spectacular view !
ITS INSANE HOW DIFFERENT THE SOUTH GARDEN LOOKS!!! I LOVE ALL THE PROGRESS AND BEAUTY MADE THIS YEAR ON THE PROPERTY! YOU SHOULD ALL BE SO PROUD OF YOURSELVES!!!!
I have been watching you since you move to this house. I also moved about 3 years ago to a much bigger house and garden. My plastic frame green house has evolved in the past several years. I always hope to have a Greenhouse build that kind of matched the house. But now I have my sites much higher. Thank you Laura and Aaron for showing me what can be accomplished. I will keep saving for the Victorian Greenhouse. I will get more of a Modern look to match the house. Dreams to come true.
Hi Laura and Aaron! It was nice that you went over some options for different size/cost greenhouses. I have a small walk-in one with the green cover that zips, no vents, that my husband bought for me. It has shelves on both sides and in the back. We put it up on our covered deck and it works really well. It's not heated so need to wait to start seeds until it warms up, but I use it to store plants in until I can put them out in the open. Thank you for sharing!
My uncle Bud, real name Malcolm built and owned the largest greenhouses in southern Ontario Canada years ago. Clarkson, Ontario. They were amazing! Had so much fun visiting and seeing all the different flowers and plants. Thanks for the fun upload👍🇨🇦.
I need i need!!! 4 months snow and 40 below..... and LOVE the garden. Planning with 60 acres, landmark barn, kennel/ coup, fenced 25×75 with grapes, apple trees, raised beds......PLANNING
I really enjoy these types of videos, seeing the direct comparisons, and hearing your thoughts on them as well. And I am SO excited to see the video y’all just posted of other peoples’ greenhouse/potting shed set ups. Informative and inspirational.
I assembled a hobby greenhouse for a previous job, and you're not kidding that they're tricky to put together. It took us a few full days of work. We got a windstorm a few weeks later and it bent some of the pieces. Ours didn't have those diagonal braces though, so that would definitely help.
I have the small green house in my house to use for starting my seeds. Once spring rolls around I’m going to put my plants and the green house outside.
I just want you to know, I am living my best plant life through you two, so I vote YES on the 2nd greenhouse!! I was so fortunate to have been inside a glass greenhouse room- several in fact! Almost all of the B&B’s we stayed in on our trip to England and Ireland had them attached to the home and they were just gorgeous!!! You are so going to love it!!
I always find time to watch your video because I have 7 months old and 2 year old. This is perfect for time to learn about green house. Thanks for your informative video.
I'm so very excited about you getting your greenhouse!!! Loved this information today. One day I hope to have a few. Bucket list grows each year with garden ideas!!
I have a little one I use to start my seedlings. It was $50 at Aldi and its an 8 shelf walk in. I absolutely love it but I have my eye on a big outdoor one.
@@eurekamarijka they are in my area, but I am disabled and don't have anyone to put them together. Hiring someone to do it in my area would cost a lot more than the kit. I bought an arbor several years ago and it's still in the box in my garage because I was going to be charged $500 to put together a $200 arbor and the instructions for it looked like it would be less than an hour job. 🙂
This was very informative. Thank you so much for your opinion on these. It really helps to have someones opinion on these that has actually been useing them over the years. Especially if you have quite a bit of wind gusts in your area. In my area of central Texas we sometimes get quite strong winds. So it helps to know how something will hold up to those conditions. TYFS! Stay safe & God bless.
Thank you for sharing. I just got for Christmas from my husband a Quictent Portable greenhouse 12'x7'x7'. We built a frame to sit it on and attached it. For now this will work and I see myself moving it to other parts of the land in the future but my all time dream/ fantasy greenhouse is a Gothic Victorian greenhouse in black. It would be close to our Pet Cemetary which hopefully soon we will add a wrought iron fencing around it.
Thank you. I am looking at a small hobby greenhouse and I've never maintained one. So I'm here on RUclips getting learnt. I ordered a catalog from Hartley and oh my goodness...gorgeous!
Greetings from Nova Scotia, Canada! I have had a greenhouse and although it served many purposes coming out of a Canadian winter I did find heating the greenhouse even to just keep temperatures above freezing was very cost prohibitive! Even commercial greenhouse operations say the same thing and of course a power outage can destroy everything! So I still ended up with many plants in my basement so that they would survive! I am seriously considering going back to a 6x8 greenhouse but for really about 6-8 weeks in spring so something that sets up and comes down quickly is the objective!
@@willowingchintz I remember as a teenager having a kerosene heater in our garage where I lifted weights for exercise and I've gotta tell you, I would get queazy from deeply inhaling around that thing. I'd at least crack a door or window around one of those heaters.
Thanks for posting a story on greenhouses. My family didn't have a lot of money but my dad built a greenhouse out of wood and corrugated fiberglass. Walking in there as a little girl was like walking into another world. Such fond memories. Well, after years of thinking about it, my greenhouse is being installed this week! It's a 10x20 custom greenhouse kit from Charley's Greenhouses in Mt. Vernon, Washington. It has twinwall polycarbonate sides, a 5-ply polycarbonate roof, powder-coated aluminum frame, a large propane heater with automatic vents, and an exhaust fan and two more vents - all automatic. It's built on an 18" knee wall that matches our house. There are definitely options between a cold frame and a Hartley, and this is one. I'm so very excited about it!
I love to see you talk about your new greenhouse, your smile is so infectious. Given some of the Hartleys are bigger than my actual home 😂 I use the plastic smaller greenhouses you mentioned at the start with success.I completely agree you have to stake them though and humidity is a problem for me!! Thank u ❤️
We made greenhouse eight years ago, (wooden frame, thin plastic) that’s 8 square meters, I pack it totally with plants and seedlings so it’s almost impossible to enter the greenhouse to water the plants. We made a coldframe that I quickly filled with plants, that’s the sign of a plantoholic 😅 My long standing dream (since 10 years ago) is a roomy Hartley Botanic Glasshouse ❤️🌱
I have the tiny pop up green plastic one Fantastic for holding annuals until ready to pot- I have to grab nice plants when I see them - even when not ready to plant 🪴 Also great for hardening Tomato plants Really y great value for $$ ,takes up so little space and packs away
*An observation: If every one of your subscribers voluntarily gave $1 to your Venmo account, I think you would have plenty of money to do what you do. (at least for a little while ;) You have given so much to us with your happy enthusiasm, great information and a lot of inspiration. You have also shared your beautiful family with us. $1 would not be much to give for what you have given us. * When there is a greenhouse with more than one shelf, do the plants on the bottom and middle shelves get enough sunshine?
You might know this already but if not - you can use piping insulation made from polyethylene foam in your poly tunnel to protect the greenhouse plastic. Just put it round the metallic frame. It’s often the heat from the metallic frame that causes hole in the plastic.
I’m incredibly thrilled for you!! How do you handle the comments when people respond negatively about you getting your dream greenhouse? I think it’s a great practice in life to be excited for people who have worked hard for what they have ♥️
I put black totes full of water on the bottom shelves of my popup. They keep it from moving and provide some warmth at night as they soak up heat during the day.
"Replace grow lights with chandeliers.." 🥰👍🏾 you are Garden Elegance. And to cite one of your quotes "romancing the ordinary" - thanks for sharing!
❤️❤️ absolutely!! ☺️
So true and one of the many reasons we love Garden Answer!!
Don’t ever feel the need to justify spending money on something you love and/or something that will make you happy. Life is way too short!
Ooh.. yeah, holy words😉
Someone’s gotta buy this stuff!
Well said. Was thinking the same thing.
This is their job and company have to do whatever it takes to work.
I just can't imagine ever questioning how someone spends their money.
Reminds me of Harriet Oleson on Little House on the Prarie!
Laura and Aaron, if you read this , please know that I have been with you guys close to the beginning of RUclips. I’m the same age as Laura and I never knew I loved plants as much as I do. When I bought my house 4 years ago, I was so scared to tackle the garden. Laura you gave me the confidence to just do it. If you don’t love it, get rid of it. I have learned how to start seeds properly, care for plants , and just love my hands in the dirt. You were able to make your passion into your job and I am so proud of the success of GA. You all deserve all you have and what is coming. You weren’t just handed this channel and followers. You guys have worked your a$$ off. ( sorry) With all that said, you already knew that the negative would be out here bc of price, but that is just a small part of us. All of us from the beginning know this is a dream coming true, and if you cannot be happy for people’s dreams coming true, that’s says a lot about you. I love dreaming with you, Laura, and cannot be more happy for you. Thank you for all you guys do!
You go Harmonyd.................so true...............Jealously is such a nasty disease - can spot it a mile away....I always remember that movie with Tom Hanks: Run Forest Run! (and I do!) LOL.
I’m a teacher first and a gardener second, but having a greenhouse has def changed my gardening game. For those of you in the market, I have the Harbor Freight 10x12. It was less than $1,000, easy to set up, and if you anchor it with 4x4 beams on a gravel foundation, it can withstand 50-60 mph wind (maybe more but I’m not sure after that). There are lots of set-up videos out there too. It’s big enough that I have plenty of shelves, a potting table, room for my tools, and even a comfy chair to sit and watch my plants. Yes, you know we all do it sometimes lol...
Yes, I definitely watch my plants!
Thank you for sharing ♡
Yes thanks for sharing
I’m a retired teacher and my husband did the same for me. Living near the ocean we added a lot of wood for support. This wood was painted a fern green and he changed the door to a storm door. I am loving it. And I’m thinking that you may feel the same as I. It was a labor of love and means so much to me.
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When you talk about the new Hartley you're getting you can just see joy and excitement just bursting! I'm so happy for you! Thanks for all the other options. Now you've got me dreaming!😊😀
... to me, the addition of a Hartley would be like an addition built on the house!...
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@@naturegirl7777 and the same cost!
@@jgwood10 [chuckle] ...yeah, I'm sure that's accurate!...from being a Garden Gate magazine subscriber, I've gotten mailings from Hartley (and they advertise in it.)
Mercy! 😕😱🙃
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I know... almost excited as Baby Samantha Grace! lol!!!! sweet
The hubby has decided to build a greenhouse for me this year. Not a Hartley but I’m sure I will love and utilize it just the same and I’m so excited to start using it.
... you lucky bum!... 🙃🌸🌾💐
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Lucky you, good man!
Lucky you!!!
My husband is building me one too, it’s my 40th birthday present.
That's awesome!! 🥰🙌🙌
I feel a bit of “justification” seeping in between the overwhelming excitement for your Hartley. All I can say is, Girl, bask in your greenhouse! You have tended the garden that is your life and you should enjoy as it blooms!
And just to add a bit of levity... those of us that have been watching the lifespan of your gardening Vans know you are not one to make frivolous decisions with your finances 😂.
Good Morning! The ground is still covered in snow, with tundra like temperatures, here in north central Illinois. But Laura lets me live vicariously, through her! Thanks!🌱
Same here in New York
Same here in Estonia. I get so inspired then look out the window.
I'm in Springfield and yes cold cold cold and ❄
...I thot the exact same thing... I will enjoy a Hartley through her having one!... 🙏♥️💐🌾🥀
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(#2) ... and yes, snow abounds in Maryland... snowing now as I write, and more is in the forecast over the weekend and into next week! 🌨️❄️☃️
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I think we all sit and wait to see if there’s going to be a Garden Answer video in the morning☕️☕️☕️💚🙃 OH OH OH, I could fit the one at Andrews on my deck🙂💚🙃
I know I do!
😄😄😄 I start checking at 7am and am usually very happy by 7:03
Definitely, if too much time goes by before I see a post I start getting anxious thinking they might not post today 🥴
Every time I have seen you walk in that greenhouse (cold frame) I always think - Wow !! Stocked with so many beautiful things and when your filming I always look around at all the wonderful plants 🌿
I found this Wisconsin company that makes similar greenhouses as Hartley Botanic. It’s called Wisconsin Greenhouse Company. Very beautiful looking! Just thought I share in case someone wanted to look into a USA made greenhouse. Maybe a little less pricey?
Bianca
I am sure a good slice of the price is due to the cost of shipping something that big from almost the other side of the globe. I don’t know how they will manage with the assembly. Usually it’s included in the price and done by the manufacturer’s staff or their contractors.
Definitely worth while looking into US made greenhouses before ordering from abroad.
Wow! Thank you for sharing THIS. I want to start supporting made in U.S.A. 🇺🇸. God bless you and your family too! I am going to check this out !
I'll look. I am in wisconsin. thanks!
Laura, for years you have talked about the Hartley Botanic and how much you wanted one but would never be able to have one. Fast forward to today, where you are dreaming about how you will landscape around YOUR HARTLEY BOTANIC! Let that sink in. Never stop dreaming. If you want a smaller version for the cut flower garden, you will have one.
I would totally put money on a bet that Laura will have that 2nd greenhouse for the cut flower garden within 5-7 years 😂😂
I agree
Yes 🙌🏼
More like 1-3 😉
She will! 😄🌿👍
More like next year
I have a mini 5 tier greenhouse and the plastic cover ended up becoming brittle and tearing within the first two years. I now use it for conditioning plants for the outdoors when started indoors.
I'm glad you did this video because I am looking to get something more durable and roomy, and would like to know my options. 😊
When we had doors and windows replaced my husband used the old ones to build a small half “greenhouse” that we heat with a space heater. There is storage built onto the north side. It’s far from perfect and very homemade looking but we live in the country and have property so it fits right in. It serves our needs, but we do wish it was larger! As soon as you have a structure like this you will invent reasons to use it, so the lesson is always to go big if you can.
This is the ideal solution for most of us. Please post a link to a pic of it if you have one. Would love to see!
I hear you there. There's always something you can do with a larger space
My neighbor converted a large carport frame by covering it with recycled storm windows. He did a great job and it looked nice. After adding a wood stove, he used it for starts for his big garden and even a bit of retail plant production.
Morning coffee ☕️ and dreaming of greenhouses 🌸
Oh, that sounds wonderful. 😌
I’m happy I can live vicariously through you! I can’t wait until the work begins , in case I’m ever able to have one. I would have a seating area as well. Just for my dog and I! Lol. It would be primarily for my tropicals. Those greenhouses are gorgeous. You deserve this, both of you work so hard.
I don’t care how much money you spend or what you spend it on as long as it inspires me. I LOVE LOVE LOVE seeing the new changes and progress to your garden. It inspires me to progress in my life. After all isn’t that what we are here for? To progress daily? That’s what I intend for my life. I’m so excited for you! It’s going to be awesome!
Long time fan, love your gardens, hate to see beautiful, familiar haunts disappear but excited to see new ones take shape. You say you don't want to use the new greenhouse for production, and that's exciting. Using it as a conservatory for tender plants and a retreat for yourself and family will be a wonderful use, and we can't wait to see how you furnish and decorate it. A chandelier will be incredible, especially viewed from outside at night, and a table and chairs for dining or relaxing, and benches tucked into shady nooks ... oh my, can't wait! Be blessed, you and your sweet hubby and precious little ones.
I got the 6x8.5 Harbor Freight greenhouse for $200 2 years ago. It has 2 vent windows on top and works great! I put a shade cloth over it in summer. Its small but can fit a lot of seed trays in there and while I haven't utilized it as much as I thought, this year will be different. I plan to heat it in March and get as many seeds as I can in there. It's a permanent structure and has held up very well in high wind and snow and ice.
Seeing you light up when you talk about your dreams becoming reality is beyond heartwarming! I’m so happy for you both! 💕
I love your smile when starting to talk about your Hartley 🌻♥️
Fun to watch! Thanks for sharing! I enjoyed looking back at this one!
I've been using a cattle panel greenhouse, and it's worked great. I've also been collecting antique windows so I can build one, and this is the year. I'm very excited!
Thank you for the information. I have a very small cold frame my husband built for me last year. It is amazing how much more plants you can grow and take care of with even a small space. Can not wait for you to have your beautiful Victorian greenhouse. I live in NC and I don’t know if you have ever heard of Biltmore House in Asheville NC built in the late 1800’s. They have beautiful gardens. My favorite spot is there very ornate greenhouse built in the middle of this gorgeous gardens. The things gardeners dream of. So happy for you. We will live vicariously through you as we watch this dream unfold.
I said it before and I’ll say it again!! You are a wealth of knowledge and it is such a gift that you are sharing it with us!! From one very grateful gardener THANK YOU!! Thank you for want you do, and you keep on tooting your horn about your greenhouse, very well deserved 💗 and we are so FREAKN excited to see it all transform for you guys!! Best wishes from 🇨🇦
So excited for the Hartley! Finally😍! One question though, are you opting for the "self-cleaning" glass? I remember Laura telling Aaron that she wanted the self-cleaning ones from an older video. 💯🥰
I remember that video
I rewatched it yesterday. Lol. Yes, with all her wind and her need for things tidy, I hope she did.
I would love to know how the glass “cleans” itself...
Sorry if this is a downer but I wanted to share my research on the Palram Greenhouses. I came very close to buying one this past month and was so excited about getting one, so excited. After really reading lots and lots of reviews over more than 2 months, I opted out as they do not hold up under wind at all. They are rated for up to 35 mph winds and this is with the tie downs. I saw horrible pictures of the greenhouse after a rain storm and they were either twisted up, panels blown out or in pieces scattered over the yard. I have had up to 80 mph last year so I couldn't justify the expense with such poor review ratings overall from every site I looked at including Gardener Supply site with a rating of 1 star. I am so bummed but with wood prices what they are now I won't be having a greenhouse in my backyard this year. Again sorry for the downer but just wanted to share so people know to do their research before making a purchase.
I have a Pelram and I live at the mouth of the Gorge in Oregon...we get incredibly high winds - I bought the tie downs and have never used them. I do have strategically placed rebar inside the greenhouse, but I have found that's all I need.
I have a feeling that the ruined houses you have seen were not put together properly. They take a couple of days with two people to install.
My husband is an electrician, I had him bent conduit into the frame of a greenhouse and attached Palram 8mm double channel sheets (that I cut with a skill saw) and attached with tech screws. Framed a door I bought used. I live in Wyoming. High winds and heavy snowload, it's doing fine.
If anyone's interested there are fantastic greenhouses for especially windy/stormy areas called the Polycrub. A bit expensive but you can build your own.
That's cool. Do you know if they ship worldwide?
@@potatopotatoeOG I think they do. Will cost though... I got an estimate for a small one just over the sea from them and it was around £3500.
@@potatopotatoeOG you have the best username lol
U r to cute. U get so excited about your upcoming new greenhouse. So happy for u. Follow your passion. God bless
Marcia here, good morning. 37 days to daylight savings! How did you know I was looking at greenhouses? This is great, thank you.
I can't wait to see how you landscape around the new greenhouse! The planting is a very important part of the "feel" of it, and I know you'll do something gorgeous!
I have used two different greenhouses up here in North Dakota. One was the stand up zip up kind which I suggest despite the open door and or window features that one should also use a small fan of sorts. We had plant issues due to too much humidity. The other us a 7X8 pelram with hard sides and peaked roof. We have lost the window during 45 mile an hour straight line winds but easily put back into place. I have tried to figure out how to use it to start seedlings but we are just too cold. Used mainly April through November and, on a warmer winter day I sit in it with coffee and dream of spring. I am looking forward to watching your dream unfold. Thank you.
This reminded me that I once had a dream of a greenhouse attached to my home. It was so long ago it's seems like a past life - thanks for waking up my dream. Your greenhouse will be so beautiful. I'm happy your dream is coming true and perhaps the greenhouse in the cut flower garden will too.
AMEN!!!
Your hard work is paying off, you deserve it and I happy for you. Can't wait to see the whole process. 🌱
How I miss my greenhouse. Had it for more than 15 years ago. Made in glas and metal. Unfortunately a hard winter one year with tons of snow and ice took it down 😞 However a friend bought it and could gave it a new life. Yesterday I got a greenhouse cataloque. There was your object of dreams, Laura. The very same one I've also kept dreaming about for a long time.
The differens between us is that you, lucky one, will enjoy of it soon but mine will be just a dream. So excated to see how you're going to decorate yours! These english greenhouses are such a beautiful punch of delight. Have fun! 💖🌿
My tent greenhouse is 10x12 ft I am always pleased with it. I sewed a custom cover for it. Put and outdoor sectional sofa and a fountain in it. Small side tables A coffee marble top table. During the winter it has plants everywhere.
Good Morning! Heading off to work, but I will be dreaming of greenhouses all day!
Hugs from SC! 🌻👩🏼🌾🌻
I love the cedar shakes on your cold frame beautiful!!
I am so excited and can not wait to see your new green house installed. I followed you for many years from smaller garden to this property and found you always super inspiring. That being said I think sometime people just miss the point when they watch your show and try to copy exactly what you are doing at that scale and get to feel overwhelmed and intimidated instead of taking lessons and ideas and implementing them to their own scale of garden. What you have right now is something it took you time and energy, hard work and will power to build and it didn't fall in your lap over night and you deserve and have earned all that you do have and I am super happy and grateful that you choose to share it with us and give us great motivation and inspire us .
I love all the info you shared. It is nice to know how many different options are available in all sizes, shapes and budgets. Can't wait to see your Hartley!💜 We have record setting cold temperatures this week in Minnesota (Sunday the high will be minus 14°!) which means that it is a good time to stay inside and start gathering info on greenhouses. Looking forward to warm weather for sure!
I live in Lancaster, PA..and it does get WINDY! I have the exact same Hobby Greenhouse....it's a Canopia®by Palram I've had mine up for 10 years now and still in GREAT Condition. The window vent did blow off when I forgot to run out and put it down, but I've gotten a replacement that opens and closes depending on how hot it gets inside. I anchored it on-top of 4X4 beams and then put the cardboard and fabric cloth down and back-filled with dirt and gravel. That sucker ain't going ANYWHERE!
So excited that your dream of a Hartley greenhouse is coming true! Can’t wait to see the process.
So many exciting things to look forward to!! Soo happy for you. For some reason, after watching this video, I think I see a second Hartley in Laura's future!! 😁 I am so looking forward to watching all of these good things come to pass in future videos. I think we are going to have many more years of beautiful projects to watch with Benjamin and Samantha Grace growing up in the midst of all of it! I learn so much from you and my garden shows it! Thank you Laura and Aaron!
SO excited for you!! I live in the UK 6 months out of the year and always get my Hartley catalogs and visit gardens with Hartley glasshouses over there. They are just so lovely. I think of it as more of a home addition vs a greenhouse. People can grasp spending 50k+ on an addition to their home, and spending that on this beautiful structure is no different for gardeners!
My husband built my last greenhouse and when we moved I really missed it. It gave us an idea of what we would like on our new green house. We have been looking at the Hartley collection for quite a while and each time I flipped through their catalogs I would hum and ooh over the Victorian Grand Manor. To my surprise it was delivered 3 days before Christmas on multiple pallets. Due to the size we had to get building permits. My husband mapped the area before purchasing. My son did a beautiful concrete walkway from our house to the greenhouse at our old house and I am so excited he volunteered to help with the foundation and walkway on this new one. I also wanted to mention that my husband said the customer service was great about answering all his questions and concerns, they are very knowledgeable...He spent quite a bit of time back and forth on the phone...(I thought they were work calls) We will be starting the foundation this spring due to our weather. We are hiring a plumber and electrician to help on that part of it. I think my hubby will be happy to have the garage back...the last two winters I have filled it with plants and used grow lights and fans and we have been filling lots of milk jugs to water them ....which has been a pain and both winters still lost some plants as it has been hard to regulate the temperature. I am so excited to get this project started, a little nervous...hoping all will go smoothly.
Laura, well deserved. I’m so excited for you. I can’t wait to watch this journey. Your such a blessing.
I have a FlowerHouse pop up greenhouse that is 5x5x6.5. It’s been great. The whole thing folds down into like a 3’ circle that fits in a bag. I got some folding shelves that fit well inside, and a greenhouse heater that keeps it warmer in there. I don’t have space inside for all my seed starting. And I’m so glad I can have this space outside and then it goes down to almost nothing to be stored. Love it.
I have a small 8x10 greenhouse, I use it in the early spring to hold plants I’ve started in my potting shed before I can plant them out. I use a small heater to keep greenhouse around 40 degrees. I use it in the summer by taking the door off and use it for drying my beans onions and garlic. I hang shade cloth during the summer and it has an automatic vent opener. I live in a high wind area ( Columbia River gorge ) so we used mobile home tie downs and have had no problems. Love all the ideas and options you come up with.
I am so excited for you and Aaron. Thanks for bringing us along with the building of your beautiful greenhouse.
Can't wait to see your new Hartley! It will be glorious when you have it full of plants. I saw your orange shadow AKA Russell, so cute the way he follows you around!
I’m so excited for you!!!!
My wonderful husband bought me a greenhouse for Christmas in 2019. We assembled it in February, and in April I bought a shade cloth for it because it was already really warm in there and I knew everything would fry by summertime.
This was so interesting, not to mention useful, because I have just installed my very first unheated greenhouse (cold frame) which is the tiniest wooden one you can get, the Victorian Tall Greenhouse from forestgarden. It’s all I could fit in my garden (142cm x 72cm) but I think I’m honestly as excited about mine as you are about yours 😁😁 I have it all racked and ready to go for my first time seed sowing in March 🥰
Looking forward to that video. Congrats! 👍
I am so overjoyed for you. I will be praying for the right greenhouse for the cut flower garden!!
fabulous. love Russel i always look forward to seeing him.
Love how Russell was waiting for you inside your cold frame
Can’t wait to see the Hartley process...have you seen Jennifer from Creekside?..I’m sure you have mentioned them before...they have put heating in the new Greenhouse and showed the process...🥰🇦🇺
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Yes she has. She mentioned in I believe garden answer highlights channel how her and Aaron were watching and following them and taking notes on their process.
🥰I enjoy watching JENNY and Jerry and family at Gardening With Creekside. Lovely people like Laura and Aaron. But then, gardeners are the most wonderful people! 🪴💜
I also enjoy watching Gardening with Creekside watched every video putting putting up there new heated greenhouse Jenny and Jerry are great people!
In my green popup I use bags of soil and sand to hold mine down along with the stakes
Great idea!!!!
My husband surprised me with a small greenhouse for Christmas. So excited to get it up. Will be for plants of course but I need a potting shed so it’s perfect for both 🥰
Thank you for sharing from you, helping us have a better view.
Laura, we are enthusiastically watching as the beautiful Hartley botanic becomes a reality. It reminds me so much of the massive Conservatory at Biltmore Estate in Asheville NC. I live about three hours away, and it’s my spring and/or summer destination every year to see the gardens and the conservatory. Of course in 2020 that was not possible and I really missed it. So thank you for all the beautiful plants you show us and your enthusiasm as it brings me great joy! i’m sure I’m just one of many living vicariously through your efforts. My yard is very sloping so I have my own challenges, but I’ve been greatly inspired to do much more planting in pots. Can’t wait to see how your spring bulbs turn out 🌷... I created a mini version all around my yard with pots of tulips after watching you plant up all those containers. Can’t wait for the April show!!
So very happy for you !!! After watching many British gardening shows, I always wanted a glass house attached to our home. Did you ever consider that ? The neighbor next door to my amazing mother-in-law had a glass house attached to her home and grew orchids in it. I always enjoyed doing dishes at her home for that spectacular view !
I don't have any interest in a green house in the next 5 years but I'll watch anything you guys put out. Best people/family ever!
ITS INSANE HOW DIFFERENT THE SOUTH GARDEN LOOKS!!! I LOVE ALL THE PROGRESS AND BEAUTY MADE THIS YEAR ON THE PROPERTY! YOU SHOULD ALL BE SO PROUD OF YOURSELVES!!!!
I have been watching you since you move to this house. I also moved about 3 years ago to a much bigger house and garden. My plastic frame green house has evolved in the past several years. I always hope to have a Greenhouse build that kind of matched the house. But now I have my sites much higher. Thank you Laura and Aaron for showing me what can be accomplished. I will keep saving for the Victorian Greenhouse. I will get more of a Modern look to match the house. Dreams to come true.
Hi Laura and Aaron! It was nice that you went over some options for different size/cost greenhouses. I have a small walk-in one with the green cover that zips, no vents, that my husband bought for me. It has shelves on both sides and in the back. We put it up on our covered deck and it works really well. It's not heated so need to wait to start seeds until it warms up, but I use it to store plants in until I can put them out in the open. Thank you for sharing!
My uncle Bud, real name Malcolm built and owned the largest greenhouses in southern Ontario Canada years ago. Clarkson, Ontario. They were amazing!
Had so much fun visiting and seeing all the different flowers and plants.
Thanks for the fun upload👍🇨🇦.
I am just as excited as Laura. Can’t wait to see the rest of the journey. It’s been a phenomenal 4 years!!!! You guys deserve all that comes your way.
I need i need!!! 4 months snow and 40 below..... and LOVE the garden. Planning with 60 acres, landmark barn, kennel/ coup, fenced 25×75 with grapes, apple trees, raised beds......PLANNING
This was SO much fun to watch !!! Even if I never have a greenhouse I loved every minute! Enjoy yours !!
I really enjoy these types of videos, seeing the direct comparisons, and hearing your thoughts on them as well. And I am SO excited to see the video y’all just posted of other peoples’ greenhouse/potting shed set ups. Informative and inspirational.
The way Laura glows whenever she talks about the Hartley makes me so happy.
Love the small one at your folk's shop. Wondering about snow load here in NH. Will have to do some research.
I assembled a hobby greenhouse for a previous job, and you're not kidding that they're tricky to put together. It took us a few full days of work. We got a windstorm a few weeks later and it bent some of the pieces. Ours didn't have those diagonal braces though, so that would definitely help.
I have the small green house in my house to use for starting my seeds. Once spring rolls around I’m going to put my plants and the green house outside.
Thank you for sharing! What a wonderful way to spend my coffee time on this blustery day! I’m dreaming of Spring 💕🌱💕
I just want you to know, I am living my best plant life through you two, so I vote YES on the 2nd greenhouse!! I was so fortunate to have been inside a glass greenhouse room- several in fact! Almost all of the B&B’s we stayed in on our trip to England and Ireland had them attached to the home and they were just gorgeous!!! You are so going to love it!!
I always find time to watch your video because I have 7 months old and 2 year old. This is perfect for time to learn about green house. Thanks for your informative video.
Thank U how nice too hv this Knowledge, Excellent ideas and Great Information, now too work on our budget 😀 👍 Lov This!!!
I love that you said plant people are always hording plants! I definitely do that! Now I don't feel so bad!
I'm so very excited about you getting your greenhouse!!! Loved this information today. One day I hope to have a few. Bucket list grows each year with garden ideas!!
The Hartleys are definitely “romancing the ordinary”. I love that for you!!
Thank you both for your amazing videos. I'm a zone 9 gardener and am so grateful when you reference zones in your commentary. Thanks again!
I have a little one I use to start my seedlings. It was $50 at Aldi and its an 8 shelf walk in. I absolutely love it but I have my eye on a big outdoor one.
Dang, that was a great buy! No Aldi's in my area, but maybe one day they will make it further west.
@@Gigi-fv9ky I’ve seen some great budget kits from Harbor Freight featured on several RUclips channels, in case they’re in your area.
@@eurekamarijka they are in my area, but I am disabled and don't have anyone to put them together. Hiring someone to do it in my area would cost a lot more than the kit. I bought an arbor several years ago and it's still in the box in my garage because I was going to be charged $500 to put together a $200 arbor and the instructions for it looked like it would be less than an hour job. 🙂
@@Gigi-fv9ky I wish I could send my son over to help you.
@@rubyoro0 thank you. That is very sweet!
This was very informative. Thank you so much for your opinion on these. It really helps to have someones opinion on these that has actually been useing them over the years. Especially if you have quite a bit of wind gusts in your area. In my area of central Texas we sometimes get quite strong winds. So it helps to know how something will hold up to those conditions. TYFS! Stay safe & God bless.
I can't wait just like you to see what your going to design around your Hartley. It's going to be beautiful. I'm so happy for you.😁
There's Laura....the one and only. Blessings to you all !!☺️🌿🌲
Thank you for sharing. I just got for Christmas from my husband a Quictent Portable greenhouse 12'x7'x7'. We built a frame to sit it on and attached it. For now this will work and I see myself moving it to other parts of the land in the future but my all time dream/ fantasy greenhouse is a Gothic Victorian greenhouse in black. It would be close to our Pet Cemetary which hopefully soon we will add a wrought iron fencing around it.
@Shantel Tice check at Lowe's they have very affordable black steel fence panels you put together. I put one arou d my memory garden. Look great.
Thank you. I am looking at a small hobby greenhouse and I've never maintained one. So I'm here on RUclips getting learnt. I ordered a catalog from Hartley and oh my goodness...gorgeous!
Greetings from Nova Scotia, Canada! I have had a greenhouse and although it served many purposes coming out of a Canadian winter I did find heating the greenhouse even to just keep temperatures above freezing was very cost prohibitive! Even commercial greenhouse operations say the same thing and of course a power outage can destroy everything! So I still ended up with many plants in my basement so that they would survive! I am seriously considering going back to a 6x8 greenhouse but for really about 6-8 weeks in spring so something that sets up and comes down quickly is the objective!
Ooh, great point about power outages.
My Mom in Victoria BC always heated her greenhouse with kerosene.
@@willowingchintz I remember as a teenager having a kerosene heater in our garage where I lifted weights for exercise and I've gotta tell you, I would get queazy from deeply inhaling around that thing. I'd at least crack a door or window around one of those heaters.
Thanks for posting a story on greenhouses. My family didn't have a lot of money but my dad built a greenhouse out of wood and corrugated fiberglass. Walking in there as a little girl was like walking into another world. Such fond memories.
Well, after years of thinking about it, my greenhouse is being installed this week! It's a 10x20 custom greenhouse kit from Charley's Greenhouses in Mt. Vernon, Washington. It has twinwall polycarbonate sides, a 5-ply polycarbonate roof, powder-coated aluminum frame, a large propane heater with automatic vents, and an exhaust fan and two more vents - all automatic. It's built on an 18" knee wall that matches our house.
There are definitely options between a cold frame and a Hartley, and this is one. I'm so very excited about it!
I love to see you talk about your new greenhouse, your smile is so infectious. Given some of the Hartleys are bigger than my actual home 😂 I use the plastic smaller greenhouses you mentioned at the start with success.I completely agree you have to stake them though and humidity is a problem for me!! Thank u ❤️
We made greenhouse eight years ago, (wooden frame, thin plastic) that’s 8 square meters, I pack it totally with plants and seedlings so it’s almost impossible to enter the greenhouse to water the plants. We made a coldframe that I quickly filled with plants, that’s the sign of a plantoholic 😅
My long standing dream (since 10 years ago) is a roomy Hartley Botanic Glasshouse ❤️🌱
I have the tiny pop up green plastic one
Fantastic for holding annuals until ready to pot- I have to grab nice plants when I see them - even when not ready to plant 🪴
Also great for hardening Tomato plants
Really y great value for $$ ,takes up so little space and packs away
*An observation: If every one of your subscribers voluntarily gave $1 to your Venmo account, I think you would have plenty of money to do what you do. (at least for a little while ;) You have given so much to us with your happy enthusiasm, great information and a lot of inspiration. You have also shared your beautiful family with us. $1 would not be much to give for what you have given us.
* When there is a greenhouse with more than one shelf, do the plants on the bottom and middle shelves get enough sunshine?
That looks like the same greenhouse I have. This will be my first year using it and I have enjoyed filling it with all the things I love!
You might know this already but if not - you can use piping insulation made from polyethylene foam in your poly tunnel to protect the greenhouse plastic. Just put it round the metallic frame. It’s often the heat from the metallic frame that causes hole in the plastic.
I’m incredibly thrilled for you!! How do you handle the comments when people respond negatively about you getting your dream greenhouse? I think it’s a great practice in life to be excited for people who have worked hard for what they have ♥️
She handles it with a lot more grace than I would, I'll tell you that, lol.
I’m so happy for you it almost feels like I’m getting a Hartley myself😊
Kathryn that's exactly how I feel...lol !!! Looking forward to "our" new Hartley Laura!!
I just had my initial call with Hartley for mine. I can't wait to watch your whole process!!
I put black totes full of water on the bottom shelves of my popup. They keep it from moving and provide some warmth at night as they soak up heat during the day.