Heating up

The weather has been beautiful lately. But the warmth means that we have had to put the roll-up sides on the greenhouse in order to lower the temperature on sunny days. When we put the plastic on the house back in February, there was no need to vent the sides, so we just battened down the plastic to the baseboards. But now with the warmer days and stronger sun, we need to reduce the daytime solar heating in the house, so the lower parts of the side walls roll-up.

Basically, the roll-up sides are just pipe laid alongside the house and attached to the bottom of the plastic. Then we roll it up using a handle, secure the handle, and presto, instant ventilation. Ahhh, just like a cool summer breeze.