Disaster.

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  1. wiseowl

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    Good afternoon Jenny my friend and thank you,:)
    As my friend "Ole Blue eyes "sings "That's life flying high in April shot down in May";)
     
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      Good suggestion, I've done all that:dbgrtmb:

      I couldn't actually find a few of the beans, but most are potted up again. This time I put them on the much more sturdy bench that I built myself, rather than the flimsy wire shelf thing in that came with the blowaway.
       
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        I sprayed my greenhouse plants with weedkiller once instead of pesticide!
         
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          Our blowaway doesn't blow away :what: because we've got a couple of paving stones on the bottom shelf. So we use the stones as a shelf. :blue thumb:
           
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            Mine doesn't blow away because I secured the bottom of the cover to planks of wood, and buried them under about 8 inches of earth, and then I fasted the ropes it came with to stakes driven very well into the ground, and also attached two more ropes between the greenhouse and the fence.

            It still rocks a bit in the wind though, and I think this is why stuff fell off the flimsy shelf.
             
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              Isn't it about time we learnt our lesson with these blowaway greenhouses. :heehee: I had one a few years back and anchored it down only to have the cover torn off and blown away, never again!
               
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                Aw, clue :grphg:

                The 'disasters & disappointments' are to be expected (although, never welcomed!) for one solo reason: the successes :thumbsup:

                I remember when I was growing up, my older brother remarked: "If it wasn't for mad people in the world, we wouldn't be 'normal'; there would be nothing to make a comparison with". I think that remains true of most things in life.

                So, upwards and onwards; because when it does goes well, think of the joy that will bring ;)
                 
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                  Ours did that as well :sad:. So I tied the top of the framework to a drainpipe - then some of the local cats started to sit on the shelves if there were no plants on them!!!
                   
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