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Hobby Greenhouse
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A Hobby Greenhouse Will Get You Growing!
For people who would like to do more gardening but live
in a short growing season area, a hobby greenhouse is the
answer. A hobby greenhouse is not large enough to produce
vegetables or flowers on a commercial basis. It will,
however, give you a place for a tomato plant or two and some
fresh greens even if you live in the northern regions.
Greenhouse enthusiasts even have their own association,
called the Hobby Greenhouse Association, which publishes a
quarterly magazine. The organization also sponsors events
and helps individuals connect to get help with the aspect of
gardening that they are interested in, whether it's growing
cacti or saving seeds.
If you are in the market for a hobby greenhouse, there are
several types on the market. The smallest type is not large
enough to walk into and must be accessed from the outside.
It resembles an old-fashioned phone booth made all of glass
and outfitted with shelves. This type is designed to fit as
many plants as possible in as small a place as possible. The
shelves are made of glass to allow as much light as possible
to reach plants on the lower shelves. Another inexpensive
version of this sort of hobby greenhouse is shelving covered
with a zippered tent of clear plastic. This sort of
arrangement is great for the small-scale hobby gardener
wanting a place to keep her flowers or houseplant starts.
There are a variety of designs of hobby greenhouse that are
large enough to walk into but made entirely of clear glass
or plastic. They are often about the same size as a small
storage building. Some independent builders have started
making these to sell locally. Among national brands, one of
the nicest is called the "Solar Prism." It is called this
because of it's unique construction. This hobby greenhouse
is made of a single piece of durable clear plastic which is
designed to work like tiny prisms side by side. They trap
the rays of the sun and shoot them back into the greenhouse
at all angles. For this reason, these little greenhouses are
said to glow when the weather is cloudy.
Better hobby greenhouses are equipped with automatic sensors
that open vents which allow ventilation and keep the
interior temperatures from getting too high. These are a
great labor saver, but can get expensive. Another benefit
sometimes found in nicer greenhouses is a built in
irrigation or misting system. Members of the Hobby
Greenhouse Association, or HGA, have invented many
interesting designs of greenhouses.
If gardening is your hobby, greenhouse growing will interest
you. With a greenhouse, you can have the earliest tomatoes
and salad greens all year. You can also start seedlings for
the main garden early in the spring when outdoor
temperatures would kill them. A hobby greenhouse can be a
good investment.
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