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alright, this is john kohler with growingyourgreens.com,and we have another exciting episode for ya, and what we're going to do today is very simply,build my $17.50 greenhouse. yes, this greenhouse right here was 17.50 and that's because itwas purchased at big lots, and if you look closely it says $69 dolla'. $69 for this qualityis poor value in my opinion. at the end of the season, big lots did put them on clearancefirst at %50 and if they didn't sell, later at $17.50 it's good new for me that there'snot a lot of gardeners in this city. so i was able to pick a whole bunch up actuallyfor $17.50. $17.50 is an excellent value. for $34.00 that's all right, for $69 i wouldn'ttouch it with my dad's ten foot pole. anyways, what we're gonna do today is we're gonna goahead and set this guy up. we're getting into

other winter time here, it's fall, we justhad daylight savings time change , the nights are getting cooler now. it's dipping downinto the 40's as you guys can see behind me, i still have a flourishing summer garden,i'm still making tomatoes, peppers, but pretty soon that's gonna come to an end, but meanwhilei can't plant anything in my beds , because i'm not going to pull up my summer crops toplant my winter stuff. i need some more planting space so we're gonna build some greenhousesto keep the temperatures a little bit warmer, an ya know reflect sun, so my plants willgrow faster in the winter time. so actually i'm gonna build a total of four of these guys,and we're gonna put them underneath this awning in the backyard so it's gonna get more sun,stay warm, and be protected from the elements

because these guys literally will blow away.they're super cheap, i definitely recommend for an inexpensive greenhouse. the harborfreight greenhouses, they have one 6x8 and one 10x12. i recommend the 10x12 if you canafford it. otherwise, go for the 6x8, check my past videos for videos of that. i alsodid another assembly of another greenhouse that's actually much higher quality than thisone, that i would recommend before i recommended this one. it's a little more durable, buti actually like this one because it actually comes with shelves and everything you needto get growing today. so i guess without further ado. let's go ahead and open this box up andassemble it. the cool thing is you will need absolutely no tools to assemble this guy.i think although i might use a screwdriver

to cut the tape open on the box, but otherthan that. no tools, this is totally cool. i mean anyone could do this. alright so checkit out, now that we've got the box open. here's all the different parts inside here. you'vegot this vinyl greenhouse cover here. now this isn't worth beans really. it smells likevinyl. it's kind of like your vinyl shower curtain, and that would be a good idea. sewtogether a couple vinyl shower curtains and make a greenhouse cover. that being said thiswill not last. so don't think this is a one time purchase greenhouse. you're buying aninexpensive greenhouse, this vinyl covering will degrade over time easily. i expect itto last maybe a season. maybe two if i'm lucky. depending on the intense sun. we'll be takingthis down in the summer. i'm only going to

use it in the fall, winter and early springuntil it starts to warm up a bit. i'm only going to use it to keep my plants a littlebit warmer and growing a lot better. with that being said, super inexpensive. if youwant a really good greenhouse, the harbor freight one has performed well for me formany years. in here you'll see the instructions, they're just very simple picture instructions.super simple to assemble, and the other thing in here is you've got a ton of different polesgoing on. so if you liked lincoln logs when you were a kid, and i did, you're gonna lovethis kit right here. it's like adult lincoln logs. your going to link things in, maybeeven get your kids to help you out there. to put this thing together, ths links togetherand it's gonna go up, and easy. you've even

got shelves here, it comes with little shelves,so you can stack plants on your shelves. i like it, it's all in one. literally, you justhave to buy this, and you can be up and growing. now i only recommend this kind of greenhousefor mild climates, alright. like if you live in chicago or wisconsin or minnesota, thisis probably not the greenhouse you wanna get to get you over the winter time. now the snow,and all that kinda weather. this thing ain't gonna make it man. if you wanna put it upafter the snow kinda starts to melt and stuff. this guy will give you kinda a jump starton your season, but other than that it's real light duty. i recommend you guys buildinglike a coup house or something like that first, but ya know, this is an option, and it's areally inexpensive option at that. the cheapest

greenhouse i've ever bought. so what i'm gonnado next is i'm just gonna start setting this guy up and i'll show you guys different clipsas i'm going along. one of the things, you'll say, “john, how is this guy doin'”, wellas for an update, this guy is actually doing quite well. as you can see, the greens aregrowing really well, filled out really nice, and some of the plants on the bottom are kindof stunted from when i transferred them in, a few of them didn't make it, but i thinkthat's because the plants weren't of the highest quality. all of the plants that i put in thatwere in healthy shape when i planted them are doing just great. one of the questionson this video which is called the garden tower video. best container garden i've found. heyjohn, how are you gonna move that into your

greenhouse, well guess what. i'm gonna buildthis inside the greenhouse, i'm gonna build the greenhouse around this, and this is gonnabe on the inside once i erect the greenhouse. so you guys are going to get to see that.i was supposed to buy a dolly to put this on, but i haven't had the chance to go toharbor freight yet to buy a dolly and make a platform and all this kinda stuff yet, sothat'll be in the future, anyways let's get started building this no tool greenhouse.so let's get started. check it out, i've got the base built, this thing is super easy,what you do is you take the pole and you take the connectors like lincoln logs and fit themtogether while you follow directions. it's really super simple, i'm really glad thatmy garden tower fit inside this guy, cause

it's really quite small. this guy is probablylike i don't know 5ft by 5ft. so this is a really small greenhouse, ya know, i generallyrecommend the large size greenhouses you can't afford, but for $17.50 i couldn't turn thisguy down. i'm gonna go ahead and continue and build up the current layers, and we'regonna go ahead an show you the progress as i do it. alright, as you guys can see, i've got thenext round set up, super simple super easy just connect all the parts, add them on andkeep building. alright, as you guys can see, i've got thenext round going on. next we're gonna go ahead and put the next round, and the the roof.as you can see this is going super quick.

it;s getting pretty tall here man, got anotherlayer. just gotta put another piece, and then the roof. then we're gonna buckle this thingup. put the shelves on, and put on the vinyl covering. alright, so as you guys can see, i'm standinginside my greenhouse. put up super simply, super easily, next we've got the shelves,and you're just gonna take one shelf and put it on each little section here. so now youcan have some plants in your greenhouse. now, i don't know if i'm gonna put some shelveson this guy, cause i can barely get around this side to harvest. so i might end up takingsome of these shelves out. which will actually weaken the entire structure, which is notfully recommended, but it's gonna be a pain

in the arse to get around the back side andactually harvest. alright, so as you guys can see i'm gettingthe top on. so what we did was just basically got one side of it and brought it up and overthe top. then we're just gonna kinda swing this all the way around. so it's molding sothat your gonna wanna make sure the peak lines up with the peak here, and do that on bothsides, and basically all the green lines on the edges are gonna line up with the poles.so you guys are gonna get this guy on top. so i'm gonna go ahead and get this guy upand start tying it down. alright, the greenhouse is erected. the finalstep is the ties. basically tie the vinyl top down to the branch. so i'm just gonnashow you that real quick.

alright as you guys can see, there's the greenhousefully assembled. get in there and tie it off real quick. it has zippers for closure. idon't know if this is gonna last too long. the vinyl is super cheap, it's not super clear,but it's clear enough to let some light through and keep it just a tad bit warmer on the inside.let's go ahead inside, and take my spinach and dandelion, and lettuce. i like it already.it's just a tad bit warmer especially with the cold winter winds, it's gonna keep thewind out, and it's gonna trap the heat, and keep it warmer inside here. so the last thingwe're gonna do is we're gonna tie these little ties off here. these little ties are basicallygonna go around each pole, and you're just gonna tie them like a little bow-tie and tiethem tight. so that the cover does not just

fly off. once the cover is stabilized to theframe, and then once you've got some weight on the shelves. that's gonna keep this guypretty stable. in addition if you don't have some heavy weight on the shelves. i'm gonnaprobably put some of those gerome's containers on the bottom. you're going to want to weighit down or something so that it doesn't fly away. this thing literally, if you've gotstrong winds, this thing is literally going to blow up in the air and get blown away realeasy. alright, so that was a success, super easy,super quick to build. ya know on a scale of 1-10. 10 being the easiest, 1 being the hardest.this is like a 1. i mean you guys gotta be able to do this or ya can't even be living,ya know, connect the frickin parts put it

together. you too can grow in a greenhouse.now this is definitely not the highest quality greenhouse. ya know, for $17.50 i'm happywith it, but it's full price $69 i would not be so happy. i would recommend you guys saveup your money and buy a good decent greenhouse. like the one from harbor freight that's gonnalast from season after season. this is definitely a temporary fix. it might last a season ortwo, and for $17.50 you should go out and buy them all. unfortunately, the deal is alreadyover. be sure to subscribe to my videos. when i do find deals, i'll post it on my channel.show you guys what i'm getting and this kind of stuff. all in all, i'm happy with my greenhouse,and it's going to allow me to grow more food faster in the fall and winter here, and eventhe early spring. so my plants start earlier.

stay tuned for future episodes where i'llactually show you guys tours of my four greenhouses that i have on site now, and all the differentthings i'm growing inside. it's definitely really cool. so once again my name is johnkohler with growingyourgreens.com. we'll see you next time, and remember, keep on growing.

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