Having looked yet again at what’s around, I opted to make the greenhouse staging, because it is:
- easy to do
- can be customized to the size you require
- much cheaper
- Four tips from this setup, which might not suit all tastes:
- you can hide screws neatly by working out the best way to build the frame
- use braces across the back; even a short one, as can be seen low down in the picture at the back, makes the staging very sturdy
- treated timber, as well as being inexpensive and resilient, gives a nice rustic appearance
- one advantage of the gravel base is that it will balance any unevenness.
We also ended up with some pine staging! Two pine wardrobe doors were opportunely at clearance prices from a large diy store, so with a mending plate across one small crack we got a large piece of staging very cheaply indeed.
As a slight variation on the theme, a potting table was made as well. Slatted staging aids air circulation through the greenhouse and around the plants, and we preferred wider slats for our purposes than others might choose.