Green House Manual
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Laying out your template
1.
Following the diagram below, lay a ground cover. This helps avoid mud inside your green house.
This fabric will allow water to go through it but will prevent weeds and grass from coming up to
avoid mud.
2.
Using the actual measurements of your greenhouse, place temporary markers (with small
stones or coins) on the ground cover at the four corners (A, B, C, D) of where your greenhouse
frame will sit.
3.
You will measure 2 feet beyond the edges of each corner where your temporary markers are
and place stakes on those points as shown below.
4.
You will now run a string
6 inches up from the ground
from each stake to form your square.
You will run a string 6 inches up from the ground from:
•
Stake
A1 to C1 (line 1)
•
Stake
C2 to D2 (line 2)
•
Stake
D1 to B1 (line 3)
•
Stake
B2 to A2 (line 4)
A
B
C
D
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t
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Stake
Stake B1
Stake D2
Stake B2
Stake A2
Stake C2
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Temporary
Markers
Ground
cover
outline
Lin
e 1
Lin
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Line 2
Line 4
Stake C1
Stake D1