In a lucid moment, I chose the route of compliance, instead of blackmail, coercion and straight lieing.  “Why not just take those seedlings outside”?

Well ok, yes, let’s do that. But greenhouses are for those old gardener people.  Enter the porto-greenhouse.  A translucent tent that holds your seedlings.  It can be stored away in the winter, and brought out again in the spring.  It’s damn ugly, but your wife doesn’t control the backyard, so you’re gold.

Here is the best on the market:

http://www.littlegreenhouse.com/portable.shtml

Shipping is expensive, and you can’t really get it in Canada.

So, I moved on to step two, which is possibly better looking, a better use of space, but not very portable, nor breaks down easily.  It is the conceptual “Lean To Greenhouse”, which fits nicely up against my fireplace.

http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?D=905717&Ntt=905717&catalogId=10051&storeId=10051&langId=-15&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntx=mode+matchall&recN=0&N=0&Ntk=P_PartNumber&showreviews=true