My New Greenhouse is Finally Ready

[ralphrmartin]

The glasshouse itself was about 1/3 of the cost. Civil engineering work, glasshouse erection, and kitting the glasshouse out was the rest. The greenhouse was built on a sloping site, so there was quite a lot of soil to move, and retaining walls to build, electricity / water / Ethernet to be connected up, and a new oil tank and oil pipe, so all of that also cost almost 1/3 of the total price too.

Anyway, the final cost was about £160k. Fortunately, the house here was much cheaper than it would have been in some other parts of the UK, so what I saved on the house, I used to pay for the greenhouse. As a bonus it is also a beautiful part of the country to live in.

It's my dream come true. Winning the lottery would not have been any different.

[ralphrmartin]

Amazing set up. We are currently building the base for my 16x8 greenhouse and I thought that was massive but your greenhouse totally dwarfs that! (But then I have only got about 40 plants at present!)

That's bigger than the 10x8 I persuaded my dad to build, when I was a schoolboy with a few cacti on my bedroom windowsill. Until just a couple of months ago, my collection was in a 10 x 20.

Just be careful not to do what I did before moving, and cram too many plants in. It happens all too easily, as there's "always room for just one more".

[Alexander]

Thank you, Ralph! I think we are all blown away, so I can see how it must be a dream come true for you.

[Peter]

Well done, Ralph. One of life's great decisions and no doubt you'll be glad that the majority of the thinking and worrying about the project will soon settle down.

I retired early and moved to a less expensive part of the country in order to bolster my pension and to pay for what was needed to fulfill the next stage of life for Mrs T and I. Mind you, a 40ft x 22ft g/hse wasn't really large enough but Mrs T rarely ventures into the place and as for her planting seeds in there it would only be to grow Harvey's Bristol Cream plants.

Well done. I hope to have the opportunity to visit you and your magnificent collection one day.

[Tina]

Well I have recovered from the surprise of your 'New Supergreenhouse', it helps that your wife is interested in plants, you are lucky. Although I'm not sure I would like to share my G/H's with him indoors, he is much tidier than me .

That's an amazing set up you have now, I love the watering system, plants like a good soak and so easy to drain off the excess. The staging looks very sturdy, impressive all round .

[agavemad]

Wow, I am speechless

[Herts Mike]

Greenwithenvysmiley....

[Tina]

Nice shopping on the Euphorbia's, I don't know all of them but Rikus is a very good grower and propagator.
The Euphorbia society has a meeting at ELK if people are interested.

[KarlR]

That is seriously impressive! Something to dream about

[ralphrmartin]

Thanks all, and if you are in the area, drop by for a look round!