Newbie from St Helens

[manic665]

ah, maybe it's rusted over the winter? some screws have come loose making it unsafe? best to get rid of it then, don't want anyone getting hurt

Lol thanks for the idea but the girlfriend even said it was a waste of space but then said she wants a new 1;-S i dont know why she wants a new 1 if that one is a waste of space lol. My girlfriend said why its still cold i have to only use the wash house to start my seeds off oops there in the front room that hardly gets used and nothing has been said lol

[manic665]

Our first year we had one of the plastic walk in thingies in our back yard, we planted cukes and toms in there early, and had a great crop year, down on the allotment, but we used the frame to improvise a 'hothouse', which sheltered our peppers, chillies and aubergines, it worked well too!

We've now got 3 greenhouses and a polytunnel (plastic tent type from ebay for about £60, 10' by 14'), and we still run out of room in them, this year we've also got 2 3' by 6' coldframes (plastic tent type) which are going to be used as hothouses for our peppers and chillies, they came from Argos, reduced to £15 each in their end of season sale!

If you are desperate for growing space, then think about planting a few crops into the garden borders, Alice Fowler did it last year (Edible Garden on BBC2 Fridays), it basically is what our Ancestors would have done in their 'cottage gardens', and you may get away without her noticing, if you are lucky! Lol!

How did you make the plastic greenhouses in hot houses as i am interested in trying this

[Jeanied]

Welcome to the vine Manic. Looks like you fit right in here!

[Mrs Dobby]

How did you make the plastic greenhouses in hot houses as i am interested in trying this

Hi Manic,

As our plastic walk in had died (cover ripped and lots of the brackets broken) we cobbled together our hothouse using the framing, the pegs, gaffer tape, a roll of clear polythene and some bamboo, plus some of the guy ropes to hold it down, as in the piccy below!



As it was once finished!



We had to repair it on a fairly regular basis, but it lasted the year and allowed us to grow peppers, chillies and aubergines away from the shade of the toms in the main greenhouses and polytunnel.



This year we've bought a couple of these from Argos (got them in their end of season sale) so we can once again grow the majority of our peppers, chillies and aubergines away from the toms (although after the trees at the back of the plot have been cut back by the council this winter we do have a lot more light in the polytunnel, so we will also be popping a few in there too!)

HTH

[manic665]

Welcome to the vine Manic. Looks like you fit right in here!

Thank you very much. Thank you for saying i fit in here lol thats a first for me i normaly have a few arguments in the first convo lol

[manic665]

thank you for that information mrs dobby i think i will try getting a smaller frame and use it as a hot house

[manic665]

Oops i just took up more space lol i just ordered a poly tunnel lmao shame on me Hahahaha