A Gardeners Forum Forums Members History Forum Life 2006 Bubble as "green house"???

Well, thanks to Jamie, I'm on freecycle. What a GREAT place!!! the one for my area is a busy place! Anyways, I listed a couch and then was looking at some things and saw that someone has a 22 1/4" X 46 1/4" acrylic bubble skylight. I've inquired about it thinking it would perhaps make a decent greenhouse for helping to start some of my seeds (basement might not be big enough!!) What do you think? I don't know if it is clear or one of those "frosted" looking ones...but I'd think a skylight would be clear. Would that even matter??

Sounds like it could make a great top for a cold frame. I'd go for it.

wow that's great jenn! it sounds like it'd be good to use! I absolutely can't wait till I get my driver's license and get my car on the road (soon I hope!)I'm gonna be a frequent dumpster diver then looking for goodies! good luck!

Jenn...you could make a killer greenhouse thing out of that!

thats what i was thinking. I think I would put it on hinges and then on top of a frame structure like Tina said

I got my bubble!!! The lady called me this morning and I'm picking it up at lunch time!!

I bet that will work awesome! Congrats!

About 30 years ago, we built a 30' by 15', 3-frequency, icosahedron geodesic dome and covered it with 8-mil clear vinyl. We were growing tomatoes in January when it was 15 degrees F. outside, but 92 degrees F. inside the dome. We heated the whole dome with a propane heater. Condensation would form on the inside of the vinyl and drip down like rain, thereby watering the plants.

WTG on that find Jenn. That is going to make a great greenhouse. And thanks for the reminder that I need to get on Freecycle here!

Thinking about trying tomatoes, peppers, and squash in it first.

Thornius, we thought about making one of our own...a big one...but where we live, you have to have a permit to build anything larger than 6'x4'.

We lived WAY out in the country then on 300 acres and NOBODY cared WHAT we built, LOL!

that is how it will be when we move to Alaska. I'm planning on building a large greenhouse then.