Greenhouse Gardening Tips

The Benefits of a Home-Attached Greenhouse

With convenient access to water and power and designed to maximize the heating benefits of your home, the attached greenhouse is a must for those wanting to extend the season and enjoy the view into the garden. BC Greenhouse Builders offers a lean to greenhouse kit and a gable design for home-attached greenhouses. A lean-to is a roof that has a single slope with its upper edge adjoining a wall or building. A gable-attached greenhouse is a typical freestanding greenhouse with the gable end removed and attached to a wall.

In late September, I asked Facebook followers to share their biggest gardening challenges this summer.

What would Donna do?

New Crops and Bumper Harvests

I’m flying home through Calgary into Comox on my way back from a speaking gig. It’s late August and the pilot warns us: it is snowing close to Calgary. In August.

What is Fivewall Polycarbonate Glazing?

BC Greenhouses has been working with this glazing product for a few years. It was so impressive in terms of its energy efficiency that we built a new aluminum framing system to accommodate the wider profile. For example, a typical single glass greenhouse glazing is 3mm in thickness whereas the Fivewall polycarbonate is an impressive 16mm.

My tomatoes are sitting beside me in the front seat of my shiny black station wagon. We are on our way to the fair! 

Its less complicated than you might think

Many of our customers wonder how difficult it is to build one of our greenhouses.  While it's not IKEA, it's also not hard.  The best tip we can give you is to make sure that your greenhouse foundation is level and square.  

Setting Up Your Greenhouse: The box has finally arrived - the greenhouse is assembled. Now what?

I called Rodney a year after his greenhouse was installed. I expected him to brag about the size of his tomatoes or the hours he spends sitting and enjoying the beautiful space he created.

With over 70 years of experience and conversations with thousands of customers over the years, if you live in a colder climate or will ever think about moving, a greenhouse kit is the way to go.  Did you know you can easily disassemble our greenhouses and move them to a new location?  Not so easy to do with a homemade greenhouse.  In fact, many of our customers choose to add an extension when they move because they have more space!

Quality, Strength, Longevity, Service, and Warranty: The 5 Principles Behind BC Greenhouses

August Plants

August crops are growing so fast that I should have a time-lapse camera to record the speedy growth. It’s a good thing I’m home all month to watch the changes and get the next crops planted and growing.  Check out my tips to grow your own food too!