DIY cattle panel greenhouses are used by growers in all types of climates for many different reasons - but the main goal is climate control, whether that is to make the growing area colder using the artificial shade created or warmer by taking advantage of the insulating properties of the covered ar

FLORENCE, S.C. -- In a Morning News column on January 2017, I described how to build a small greenhouse from a simple kit, which I purchased at a local “cheap

Build a 7'3" x 12' cattle panel DIY greenhouse with ease using our 41-page PDF plans! Our digital DIY greenhouse plans include a complete materials list, full cut list, step-by-step assembly drawings, photographs, and detailed component drawings. Designed as an affordable, durable, and practical alternative to commercial kits, this minimalist greenhouse is constructed with standard 2x4 framing lumber and covered with greenhouse plastic. Suitable for the not-so-handy person, our plans provide clear instructions for building a functional greenhouse. Get the best material prices by researching in your area. Our DIY greenhouse plans include links based on the materials used, but you can compare prices for the best deal. The greenhouse measures 7'3" wide, 12'3" long, and 6'3-1/2" high at the peak. Instant PDF download is available after payment is received. Get started on your greenhouse project today!

We built this awesome greenhouse with us and other people like us in mind. If you have a little knowledge of building things with your hands you can do...

DIY cattle panel greenhouses are used by growers in all types of climates for many different reasons - but the main goal is climate control, whether that is to make the growing area colder using the artificial shade created or warmer by taking advantage of the insulating properties of the covered ar

Tina and Joe worked together on this project, and they were able to finish it in about two days.

Learn how we used paneling to construct a large, inexpensive cattle panel greenhouse to grow food year-around and to sow spring seedlings in.

When you prune tomatoes, you give indeterminate plants a better chance at producing a big, healthy harvest. Find out when and how to prune.

As any experienced gardener will tell you, having a greenhouse can be an invaluable tool in the food-growing toolbox. Having a greenhouse at one's disposal opens up many different growing possibilities and can be a huge season extender in areas where the number of good growing days is limited. Greenhouses make it easier to get new seedlings started and help to protect plants from spring and fall frosts. They are a wonderful addition to any resilient garden space. But they can be expensive to put in, and there are many things to consider before getting one set up. Check out the WSID articles on Selecting a Greenhouse and Winter Gardening to get a better idea of the styles and options available. We put a lot of thought and planning into the design and construction of our DIY greenhouse. With cost being one of the number-one constraints for this project, we did a lot of web surfing and idea gathering. Our research gave us inspiration for materials, styles, and what the end result should be. We found projects that people had built for under $50. At that price, we could build three or four and still be under budget. But we didn't think they would last more that one season or that we would find our greenhouse plastic in the next county after a spring storm. Then there were far fancier and much more well-built ones, but our experiences with major construction and the added cost kept us from these higher-end designs. So we used what we had on hand...

Tina and Joe worked together on this project, and they were able to finish it in about two days.

Build a 7'3" x 12' cattle panel DIY greenhouse with ease using our 41-page PDF plans! Our digital DIY greenhouse plans include a complete materials list, full cut list, step-by-step assembly drawings, photographs, and detailed component drawings. Designed as an affordable, durable, and practical alternative to commercial kits, this minimalist greenhouse is constructed with standard 2x4 framing lumber and covered with greenhouse plastic. Suitable for the not-so-handy person, our plans provide clear instructions for building a functional greenhouse. Get the best material prices by researching in your area. Our DIY greenhouse plans include links based on the materials used, but you can compare prices for the best deal. The greenhouse measures 7'3" wide, 12'3" long, and 6'3-1/2" high at the peak. Instant PDF download is available after payment is received. Get started on your greenhouse project today!

The first step is deciding where you want to possition the tunnel and how big you want to make it. The garden here runs North South with the house at the southern end. A line of tall conifers 35 fe…

DIY cattle panel greenhouses are used by growers in all types of climates for many different reasons - but the main goal is climate control, whether that is to make the growing area colder using the artificial shade created or warmer by taking advantage of the insulating properties of the covered ar

August 2002: We had a cement footer poured, then built short cinderblock walls. The interior of the greenhouse is 7½ feet wide by 21 feet lo...

Build a 7'3" x 12' cattle panel DIY greenhouse with ease using our 41-page PDF plans! Our digital DIY greenhouse plans include a complete materials list, full cut list, step-by-step assembly drawings, photographs, and detailed component drawings. Designed as an affordable, durable, and practical alternative to commercial kits, this minimalist greenhouse is constructed with standard 2x4 framing lumber and covered with greenhouse plastic. Suitable for the not-so-handy person, our plans provide clear instructions for building a functional greenhouse. Get the best material prices by researching in your area. Our DIY greenhouse plans include links based on the materials used, but you can compare prices for the best deal. The greenhouse measures 7'3" wide, 12'3" long, and 6'3-1/2" high at the peak. Instant PDF download is available after payment is received. Get started on your greenhouse project today!

The first step is deciding where you want to possition the tunnel and how big you want to make it. The garden here runs North South with the house at the southern end. A line of tall conifers 35 fe…

Cattle panels make sturdy, inexpensive, attractive trellises for the garden. Find out how to create three different cattle panel trellises.

DIY cattle panel greenhouses are used by growers in all types of climates for many different reasons - but the main goal is climate control, whether that is to make the growing area colder using the artificial shade created or warmer by taking advantage of the insulating properties of the covered ar

This series of videos shows the transformation of a cattle panel trellis into cold frame and from there into a cattle panel greenhouse.

Tina and Joe worked together on this project, and they were able to finish it in about two days.

By installing this super easy DIY cattle panel trellis arch, you'll not only save money but have support for your vegetables for years to come.

Grow vertically to save space and simplify harvests by making a cattle panel trellis for your vegetable garden using these easy instructions.

Of all the posts I've done, the one that gets the most hits daily is the cattle panel greenhouse I built. The next most popular post is about the cattle panel barn. The other day I was on a forum and there was a discussion in progress about my cattle panel greenhouse and the question being debated was how much snow load could it stand. Its a excellent question. Over the years of homesteading I've built a number of structures with cattle panels. They are easy up and easy down, wallet friendly and they serve the purpose of sheltering whatever it is your needing sheltered. I've used them open ended for hay and for summer animal shelter. I've used them for year round shelters with the ends closed up to house goats, pigs and chickens. I've built the greenhouse which is meant to be a permanent structure. I love them and can't say enough good about cattle panel structures. For animals worm loads in the ground around barns is a given but you can move these barns. Maybe not yearly but every few years you can relocate them to fresh ground and leave the ground around where it was previously located. In a few years you can again use that land to relocate your animals to after mother nature has had time to get the parasite load back down. And with goats these parasites can literally be a killer. Still cattle panel structures have their share of problems. Snow load being the biggest one unless you build it with that in mind. You can see in the picture above what the weight of this little buckling is doing to this shelter. Just the slightest build up of wet snow would do it in. This one is very weak because it wasn't built like so many are with t-posts on the sides. I used 4 x 4's for the base and attached the cattle panels on the bottom to it. This makes for a very weak structure because it's only stable at the very bottom. This one here was my first one. It was built with t-posts on the outside and I later added the ties to the front to hold in the bedding since we use deep bedding in winter. It also had a cattle panel across the back which added more stability. Even so one winter it started to collapse. I normally go out every hour or so all night and day in a snow storm to brush them off. This time it was either wetter snow or I let it go a little longer. It was 1/2 way down with about 6" of snow. Maybe 4". It wasn't tons to be sure. The one the buckling is on above wouldn't have even been able to bear that. We got through it with a few 2 x 4's. One along the roof and the others vertically to hold it up. I worried of course the goats would hit them and knock them down but they didn't and we made it through the storm. In these two pictures of the greenhouse you can see on the left it's leaning without even a tarp on it because it's only attached at the wood base. I needed to add a board to hold it upright until I could add a crossboard. And if they bend as the one in the brown covered one did it's going to be tough to fix. These obviously aren't going to hold much snow. On the other hand, once I added this support to the greenhouse I've gone through many storms, a few that really dropped a lot without having to do anything at all. Of course this is Virginia. If I were in Minnesota I would probably add 2 more boards going the length of it were the 3 cross boards are now. And as it stands now the 3 boards going across the width of it hit the panels so its solid. I don't worry about having to stay up all night to go shake or sweep this off. When I first started with cattle panel structures I thought I wouldn't mind when we got the occasional storm having to be up all night doing that but trust me....it gets old fast. Still, if your in a pinch you can get by without support structure but only if you keep brushing it off. All night long. Sigh. I know some of you out there are using these. Please if you have a better way share it with us. I would love to have someone do a guest post on their way. Or just add it to comments. I promise, it will get seen here. This subject generates 1/2 the hits to this site. We only get better by sharing. Next I want to talk about weatherizing them for the animals so if you are already doing this share that too. Elizabeth Posts on building with cattle panels: Building a Cattle Panel Barn Building a Permanent Greenhouse with Cattle Panels

DIY cattle panel greenhouses are used by growers in all types of climates for many different reasons - but the main goal is climate control, whether that is to make the growing area colder using the artificial shade created or warmer by taking advantage of the insulating properties of the covered ar

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