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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2007 13:34:10 GMT
Hi all ... I thought we might start a thread showing our greenhouses - whether a large walk-in job, a lean-to, a mini plastic thingy or something rigged up by ourselves. Here's mine (Lidl plastic job, not very tidy, currently mainly holding cuttings); The contraption held together with coloured clothespegs is holding my as-yet-ungerminated Monkshood seeds ... cheers  |
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Post by purplejulia on Oct 29, 2007 19:32:51 GMT
This is my mini greenhouse I bought this month. Just growing sweetpeas and poppies at the moment.   PJ |
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Post by isabella on Oct 29, 2007 20:03:02 GMT
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Post by Plocket on Oct 30, 2007 8:19:01 GMT
I don't have a greenhouse - there just isn't space  |
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Post by Weeterrier on Oct 30, 2007 9:20:51 GMT
Isabella..............if there was a prize for greenhouses, I think you'd win that too ;D I'll take a photo later, though mine is filled with cut-back Fuchsias, so looks pretty colourless  |
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 30, 2007 9:40:45 GMT
Ooooh nice thread CC I'll take somes pics when I get a mo ;D
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 4, 2007 23:56:57 GMT
Ooooh nice thread CC I'll take somes pics when I get a mo ;D Maybe I'll find that Mo tomorrow ;D |
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Post by Shrubrose on Nov 5, 2007 7:55:00 GMT
Wow Isabella. Loaded and clean. Cant compete with that!!! ;D
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Post by prodigal gardener on Nov 8, 2007 17:47:16 GMT
The greenhouse that Karl built  |
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Post by isabella on Nov 8, 2007 19:35:15 GMT
I love your greenhouse karlslass - it looks very 'classy' - your hubby has done a brilliant job  Over 30 years ago my OH made me my first greenhouse - he worked at a big hospital (as a plumber and glazier) and was asked to take a huge greenhouse down as it was no longer needed. So OH carefully removed all the glass and dismantled it and several people were allowed to have the wood and glass and made their own greenhouses from it ;D I don't have it anymore but it did last for a few years. My largest greenhouse was bought second-hand,no.2 I inherited from an Aunt and no.3 I won in a competition ;D |
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Post by Spruance on Nov 8, 2007 19:53:36 GMT
I have two greenhouses. Neither is very spanking at the moment so I will defer on the piccies for now unless I can find some earlier ones from when they were cleaner.  Both are Alton cedar GH's as I think this looks better as a garden feature, and also as wooden frames retain the heat better than metal frames. The 'big' GH is 10ft 6in long x 8ft wide (3.2m x 2.44m), whilst the 'little' GH is 8ft long x 6ft wide (2.44m x 1.83m). 'They' always say you should buy the biggest GH that you can afford, which I did at the time, although I now wish I had stretched the budget in 1996 and bought a 12ft long (3.66m) model, as the space would be rather useful now. One thing that I still haven't got around to organising is installing heating in at least the little GH which is the one closest to the house. Maybe next year! Nonetheless, both are in use year round, although at the moment this comes down to providing a degree of frost protection for overwintering plants, and also somewhere to grow my 200 just-sown sweet pea plants.  |
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 25, 2007 17:35:50 GMT
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Post by Shrubrose on Nov 25, 2007 19:14:49 GMT
I've tried to picture your PK Chuckles whenever you've mentioned it and I just couldn't! Now I can. God, you're ingenious!! It's very posh with those roof tile isn't it? ;D
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Post by Tig on Feb 19, 2008 19:50:57 GMT
Treated myself today - to a 4-tier plastic-covered mini-greenhouse thingy from B & Q, this year I can sow a bit more than last ;D I have told OH to blame everyone on GWD for feeding my 'addiction'  I mainly blame franqui for my impulsive purchase  x Tig |
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Post by Weeterrier on Feb 19, 2008 20:09:39 GMT
[/IMG][/quote] Does Karl have a friend very similar to himself that is looking for a lady slightly past her sell-by date, but not necessarily her 'best before'  This is my greenhouse, full of overwintering Fuchsias   |
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Post by Barbara on Feb 19, 2008 20:16:03 GMT
[/IMG][/quote] Does Karl have a friend very similar to himself that is looking for a lady slightly past her sell-by date, but not necessarily her 'best before' your shameles  |
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Post by Chuckles on Feb 19, 2008 20:16:51 GMT
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Post by Tig on Feb 19, 2008 23:26:25 GMT
Thanks Chuckles - but I don't want to melt the plastic before it has the chance to blow over a few times, if others experience is anything to go by I am thinking of putting some guide ropes on it - as well as a few sturdy rocks in the base (forward planning already ;D) x Tig |
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Post by Amo on Feb 20, 2008 7:44:47 GMT
Here's mine. Alton 13 x 10. Full if over winterers last spring. Also have the little upright one as a cold frame on the right. We had that on the balcony on the coast. It has a bungee cord around the top attached to the woodshed to keep it stable. Also useful for tucking in the plastic door. ;D  |
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Post by Dutchy on Feb 20, 2008 8:49:12 GMT
Green with Envy instead of Green House. But I have a nice coldframe and a large windowsill.
So I should not complain.
;D
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Post by snowowl on Feb 20, 2008 12:25:11 GMT
 My 8 Ft by 10 Ft GH it is over 30 years old and has been moved from one house to this bungalow we are at now, |
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Post by Tig on Feb 20, 2008 13:24:16 GMT
Now if I could just pop round to WTs, Amos and Snowowls with a few trays I could get on with my sowing plans (apart from the fact that yours are all full!!!)
It must be true what they say about the more space you have the more you need ;D
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Post by snowowl on Feb 20, 2008 14:38:54 GMT
Get in your helicopter Tig i would find you a little space |
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Post by Weeterrier on Feb 20, 2008 16:06:41 GMT
Me too  |
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Post by Amo on Feb 20, 2008 16:30:06 GMT
I'll put the kettle on. ;D
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Post by purplejulia on Feb 20, 2008 17:12:40 GMT
Amo and Snowowl - love your greenhouses. I only have a mini greenhouse as a few weeks ago I had a slight disaster with the strong winds. I managed to salvage most the sweetpeas and the plastic cover was unscathed fortunately. I have now bought a coldframe on the cheap from B & Q again with a pl\stic cover  so I obviously haven'tg learnt my lesson. WHAT I REALLY WANT IS A PROPER GREENHOUSE but I am not a very tidy person - a bit slapdash really. I remember my pa sterilising and cleaning greenhouse and I don't fancy that really, so maybe I shouldn't get one. Unless I could afford to pay my own personal gardener (OH or sons?) I don't think so. PJ |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 20, 2008 20:52:05 GMT
I used to have a great glass greenhouse but gave it away 12 years ago (I have always regretted it)......I now have 3 mini GH's that have a firm place in the garden - well either in the box that they came in or jammed in a corner.
At the moment they are on the terrace but as soon as summer comes (or before) they will have to be moved.
RF
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Post by Tig on Feb 20, 2008 23:47:57 GMT
I need some sort of Startrek transporter for seed trays - I could send them to all the lovely sharing caring folk on here - beam 'em up Jlottie (it did go something like that didn't it ;D) x Tig
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Post by purplejulia on Feb 20, 2008 23:54:48 GMT
Very droll Tig - you should be writing the headlines for The Sun.
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Post by Tig on Feb 21, 2008 0:01:39 GMT
Prefer to do the Mirror PJ ;D But it reminded me of this (one of my faves - off thread for a moment - forgive me Admin ) "Twixt the optimist and pessimist The difference is droll: The optimist sees the doughnut But the pessimist sees the hole." x Tig |
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