Our home made grow barn

[RedThorn]

Firstly Congrats on getting the pics up

WOW and WOW is all I can Say. Know the headache the vents gave you, but wow the results are spectacular! The beds inside are really clever as well! I am green with envy Belle you and your OH have every right to feel proud of yourselves! Now do the grow barn proud and get planting!

[selfraising]

That looks amazing, I want one!!

[Burgerboy]

What type of plastic have used to cover it?

[lottie dolly]

hello all,thank you for all the very positive comments,and about the internal lay out,i took notice of what i learned from variouse threads on here,with what i knew,as to where the sun is ext,thats where the lay out idea came from,
All exept SOME screws,and gutter brackets for 1 side ,are 100% recycled things,even the zipping i created the top vents with are recycled,right down to the nylon thread i sewed it with,oh and a large bottle of whiskey to say thanks for the plastic,and the debrie netting,we got loads,and gave loads away,and the many trips DH made to look for things to use,
the plastic is whats used on some scaffolding,is only 6ft wide,thats why i designed it in the way we built it,
the main frame was done first,thats where the name came from,DH said,it looks like an old barn,the plastic was tacked on a strip at a time,then the battons we screwd on to hold it all in place,and the finish is wilkos fence paint,
RAT,nice idea,but no thanks
SNADGER,i plan to put aubergines,peppers,toms,cue,the usuall things,i like your idea of brassicas in the winter,you will have to start a thread giving us ideas and advice,i joke you not,
KEVNSUE,what a good idea,all these things give hope to others that YOU CAN knock comething together out of nothing
finaly,when it comes to replacing the cover,we are toying with the thought of rooffing it with the corrogated plactic,something will turn up,even if we have buy it from b&q on a wednesday of cause,
thanks again for the comments

[diana]

Fantastic the lay out is brilliant

[bobleponge]

That is seriously good. I am as jealous and impressed as everyone else. If you do pop down to do Roitelet's, remember I live closer!!!
Really really impressed with the internal layout as well, great use of the space.

[shirlthegirl43]

WOW - that is seriously impressive!!

How big were those pallets though?!

[lottie dolly]

BOB,we do not have passports,don't blame you for trying though lol.
SHIRLEY,they WERE very large,the factories we got them from put them on the back of the little wagon with a fork lift,then DH wiggled them of at the lottie,boy he's worked really hard,the flatter long lengths we used for path,bed edging and some of the roof trusses,whilst the chunky bits about 4" square,were used for the uprights on the sides,some wood was sawed down to make thinner long lenths,the smaller lathes were from a shop fitting factory,we have a really good stash of that,a million and 1 uses.

[allotmentlady]

SUPERB bellexxx It looks really good, so much space lol, i envy you........well done and top marks for posting the pics!

[Jillyreeves]

Awesome - I wish it was mine

[mrdinkle]

Wow! That is immense, looks like a proper sturdy structure too! I am quite, well, very jealous.

[sharonr]

That is brilliant, you don`t need a passport to come and do me one..lol I`m just down the road. What have you got in there?

[lottie dolly]

the big pots are my sons butternuts,the others,flowers,lettuce,butterbeans experiment,aubergines,peppers,variouse squashes just for now,cellary,a gherkin,and a few other bits and bobs,more to go in yet and some toms.

[leicestershirelass]

Wow ... that's very inspirational and an excellent way of recycling what might have ended up in the tip / on the bonfire

Brilliant ....

[Hooky]

That is seriously impressive!!

I applaud your ingenuity