Geodesic Dome Greenhouse

Back in August, Grandma Lewis headed to Alaska for a month, so grandpa decided he'd build a greenhouse to fill his time. It is a geodesic 4V dome.

Here is the photo progression of most of the different phases.

PVC pipe from the plumbing store...measuring and cutting.

Prepping the base of the dome, making sure it's level.

The gluing begins!

Grandpa speeding through.

Almost complete.

On to painting - green was the chosen color per Kaden's request I believe.

Look at that concentration!

Sawyer was a BIG help :)

Break Time

Getting set up to wrap the dome in plastic.

All smiles before the shrink wrap began...

George and his shrink wrap 'gun'.

The first go round we didn't have one piece of plastic big enough for the whole dome, so we were trying to meld plastic pieces together. This didn't work very well. Here George is pondering what our next move should be.

Grandpa ended up buying a piece of plastic large enough to cover the whole dome. That worked much better!

Grandpa and Grandma Lewis melding the plastic to itself around the bottom of the dome.

Sara's turn using the 'gun'.

David and Abbie, pictured above, sealing off the bottom of the dome with foam piping.

A glimpse inside the dome.

And here it is...the geodesic dome greenhouse! It's a fun structure to have in the backyard, and I think the dutch door adds a nice touch.

Everyone in the whole family got in on this project, although grandpa lead out and got 'er done.

Now it's really winter and this is what the igloo looks like :)