Last fall/early winter we managed to complete one side of the greenhouse with Lexan glass before the snow came. When it did snow, it filled up inside the greenhouse….our hearts broke. We HAD to do something. However, the installation of the glass was VERY time consuming. Once you measured your next piece, it had to be put in place to pre drill all the holes. Then very gingerly take it down, vacuum out all the holes, seal/tape the edges. Then caulk the areas on the lumber where the glass would be laid, put the glass back in place, attach with the screws and seal/tape those seams. So, we decided to close it in with some poly for the winter. Boy are we glad we did that. Seem to work out great. And it helped with our early start to our crops in that spring.

If you look at the picture on the left, you can see the side with the half moon window is completely finished with the Lexan (plus underneath the long window to the left of that patio door with the grills). The other 3 sides and roof had to be finished with the plastic…IT WORKED!!!

So, about 3 weeks ago, our weather went into total hot sunny weather! It was fabulous! Inside, temps reached about 40C on some days if we didn’t open all the windows. Anyways, we decided to work on the roof first. Again, very time consuming. Kristian’s dad helped us out a lot. Funny thing, not one of us remembered to seal the seams when as we were doing it. It rained a little later the last day that Kris and his dad were just finishing up. The next day it was pouring – so was the inside of the greenhouse – YIKES! Well, it wasn’t cold and our plants were getting watered! Within a couple of days when it was a dry warm day again, they got back up and sealed it all up. Great job boys! 🙂