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I wanted to get early cucumber fruits from my vegetable garden this spring, and for this I needed to make a miniature semblance of a greenhouse.
From the available junk I started to assemble the construction, which I only imagined in my head.
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I took old window frames as a base, and connected them together with long planks
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Instead of special self-tapping wood screws, I use ordinary nails to fasten the bars to the frame
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Once I had a rigid rectangular base for my greenhouse, I marked along the long sides of the greenhouse where the metal arches would be installed in the frame. I made markings every 50 cm for drilling holes in the frame
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I'm still using the same ancient trophy tool. The lack of power tools makes the work process a bit longer and heavier, but it is good to have a hand tool that gives independence from the power grid or batteries...
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In order for the arcs to hold tightly in the wood, the holes should be made slightly smaller in diameter than the diameter of the wire used
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Guide the end of the wire into the hole by gripping it tightly with pliers.
Since the hole has a smaller diameter you will have to help the wire get inside the wood by hitting the protruding part of the pliers with a hammer
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This frame can already be covered with cellophane or netting
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But for rigidity, I decided to connect the tops of the arches using galvanized thin wire
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For some reason, I have not found pictures of my cucumber seeds sprouting under the zephane greenhouse. But I found pictures of them already blooming and lounging in the lacy shade of the agro netting
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This is how cozy my greenhouse looks from the inside
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The next day I made a frame for a slightly smaller greenhouse, but I didn't have enough mesh to cover it yet
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I want to try next spring to grow young dill, parsley, cilantro and sorrel with it
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But the weather has given us an unpleasant surprise this season.
When I had already changed the cellophane film for a net that gives shade, frost struck at night and left us this year without a significant part of the crop.
Potato sprouts, young walnut trees, plum ovaries and tasty grapes were affected. The cucumbers are frozen, too((
~~Hey curators, is there something wrong with my previous DIY post, that you ignore it????~~
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