Building a geodesic dome greenhouse,day 2

The second day we put up the glazing, the large triangle sheets of layered plastic. We started at the top and worked downward.


This is how it looked at lunchtime.


This is a view from the inside later in the afternoon.


The end of day two, all the glazing is in place. I carried each one of those pieces from the shed they were stored in to the location it had to go. The guys then screwed them in place. I had a diagram to follow so I knew what piece fit and how it fit into the spot, rather like following a quilt pattern.

Building a geodesic dome greenhouse,day 1

A little over a week ago I got a call from my daughter asking if we would like to come help build their greenhouse. Seemed like a good reason for a road trip, so after an eight hour drive to western Washington State we were ready to go. The greenhouse is from a kit that they had purchased from Growing spaces, a 26' geodesic dome. The above picture was taken about halfway thru the first morning of work, we had gotten the bottom frame put together and were leveling it.


By lunch break we had gotten a good start on the dome frame.


The end of the first day and we have gotten the frame work completed.


The only injury for the whole project - I cut my finger making lunch.

Studio Assistant

This is Iris, my studio assistant. Unfortunately he hinders more than helps. The quilt for my granddaughter is almost done, I should finish up the quilting today. Of course that's assuming I don't have any "help".