I plan to make a greenhouse. I am very knowledgeable on greenhouses as growing plants and vegetables, is a keen interest of my parents. I have many ideas to improve the greenhouse.

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I plan to make a greenhouse. I am very knowledgeable on greenhouses as growing plants and vegetables, is a keen interest of my parents. I have many ideas to improve the greenhouse.

My greenhouse is fully enclosed protecting the plants from bugs and animals whilst creating the right atmosphere for plants to grow healthily. The greenhouse is in a mahogany brown colour which integrates with colours already within the garden, the paint used was a waterproof stain so the design is also resistant to the different weather conditions in the UK. My design should have been a maximum cost of £30 and although the electronics and materials only came to the small amount of £10 I feel the labour costs came to £15 only just coming under the £30 limit. My design runs off the computers mains supply which means there will be no need to replace batteries but I am also able to turn off the design by pressing a switch on the outside of the greenhouse. A visible and audible alarm warns users of moving parts keeping the user safe.

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Good points of the project was that I was able to use machines that I had not used before such as the ban saw and hand held drill, it has given me experience and knowledge which I can use for future projects. A bad point of the project was that the testing took a long time and I had to spend extra time after school making minor adjustments to the Logicator program.

I felt the most time consuming and easy part of my project was the painting of my greenhouse. A difficult part was the final parts of ...

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