{"id":10885,"date":"2013-01-12T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=10885"},"modified":"2013-02-24T17:22:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T00:22:21","slug":"the-surprising-case-of-bubble-wrap-for-greenhouse-insulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/the-surprising-case-of-bubble-wrap-for-greenhouse-insulation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surprising Case of Bubble Wrap for Greenhouse Insulation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I feel like I’m the last person to find things out. \u00a0Apparently, using bubble wrap for insulating greenhouse windows has been going on for YEARS.<\/strong> \u00a0I still<\/em> wouldn’t know, except that as dear hubby was cleaning out the garage from all of the work on the pool he was deciding what to do with the huge roll of bubble wrap he had purchased<\/a> to help insulate the pool<\/a>. \u00a0He came in and kindly remarked that he had heard that “a lot of gardeners use it to cover their greenhouse windows in the winter, would you be interested?”<\/em> \u00a0I suppose that is one of the attributes that makes him such an inventive engineer. \u00a0He’ll research what people do with bubble wrap, then formulate his own ideas!<\/p>\n

To be honest, if I had run across the idea in the past, I might have thought of it as tacky.<\/strong> \u00a0Plastic is not highly thought of by those with *ahem*<\/em> discriminating tastes. \u00a0But here I was being offered a big roll right in my own kitchen, and it had been down to 8 degrees Fahrenheit outside at night. \u00a0I’m supposed to be cold treating my greenhouse tomatoes<\/a>, but not at temperatures quite\u00a0as low as the greenhouse has been the last couple of nights. \u00a0Some quick research showed me how we might apply it.<\/a><\/p>\n

My 6’2″ son was home on college break from classes and doing some work for me.<\/strong> \u00a0He is also studying engineering and loves to be precise in measurement. \u00a0I know. \u00a0It’s not fair.<\/em> \u00a0He listened to my plan, then added a couple of good ideas of his own. \u00a0We were pleased to note that my bubble wrap was that with larger bubbles, which is supposed to provide better insulation than the smaller bubbles. \u00a0I think it is also easier on the eyes.<\/p>\n