Greenhouse Growing

Spinach is another toughy that you might try btw. You need to have started it a few weeks ago though as its too late to sow anything from seed now.

I'm with you now, tried to picture it but kept coming up with a picture of a staircase by Escher in my head. Thats usually a bad thing in my case.

overall its 12ft by 10ftthe greenhouse was just an idea nothing definate, Boss lady would like to make more use of the space, we've never grew veg before so this will be our 1st time and will prob start next year, mainly because we have no idea where to start or what to do this year lol

It depends on how many plants you plan to grow and the amount of space you have. Personally I use a couple of cold frames, that's not enough for me in the spring.Now is a good time to buy this sort of thing, you might reget not having it next year

If its a Bayliss, you just need to unscrew the end nut until it comes off.Then the vent wont open, you can just leave the cylinder in place.

Because we sailors always gravitate toward the red lights!

The polystyrene feels so warm at the touch that is is really tempting to use it as some sort of insulator. I stored bits of polystyrene for like one year, and eventually used some under the pots and threw away the rest.

There may be a problem with a clay layer below surface level. I had something similar - each time it rained I had standing water in the back garden. I dug a sump hole through the clay - about 5 - and filled the hole with rubble/stones'. In 25 years I have not had a repeat. My son had a similar...

Would be interest to hear how you progress with your woodstove burner,please let use know once you up and running .. Dave

there are systems about where you could have a thermostat on a gas heater and it would only come on as needed but you would need power to the stat and ignition system,might be worth doing more research. How about having mains gas installed by a pro might work out cheaper long term something...

Even back in the day, when the ancient Britains lived in mud 'uts with thatched roofs, there was always one who was the ruler of the village - a title handed down from Father to son. Each new ruler was given his own new wooden throne, but was also expected to keep his ancestor's thrones too. ...

Sorry Jane I missed your reply, just been and took these pictures of mine:So on mine I had to get a slightly bigger pane of glass below to make it fit.Hope that helps :thumb:

Mustard, Land Cress, Mizuna, perpetual spinage all might be worth a go for some winter leaves.

Yeah, I was hoping this would be the case, especially with the ones planted really early on in August, but I was just curious as to what to do if the later batches were still a bit young when it got cold. Oh well, I guess they're new potatoes anyway, I don't mind eating tiny little potatoes :D

a couple of years ago we were inundated with the flies off the horse muck in the pollytunnel, we had plants in there and did not want to use chemicals so we set fire to a load of paper in the middle of the floor, and the smoke seemed to drive the flies out of the door dawn

Thank you for confirming my thoughts.

This coldframe (approx 1.8 x 1.45 x 0.8 m high) thinks it's a PVC zip up thingy and it's on special at the moment:Polythene zip up coldframe for £9.95

At this time of the year we keep our greenhouse door and vent permanently, fully, open.

Hi Alpine - thats a very very big subject. There are loads of plants which are grown as annuals but are really perennials. These are usually tender plants from warmer climates, which are perfectly perennial but die because they can't stand the winter cold. The list would include Geraniums (ie...