View from the greenhouse door

[Valleyman]

My happy place!

Did you sweep up and tidy stuff away just for us :-)

[NatalieCooke]

I sweep it everyday! I'm little sad!

[Jay22]

I say again...I want a greenhouse. (I've nowhere sunny to put it though! )

[Martin H]

I say again...I want a greenhouse. (I've nowhere sunny to put it though! )

I felt the same ... but then Mrs H told me to get one anyway, last year. It's against a high north facing wall and an east facing shed so only one corner gets any sun at all during the winter. But still I find I can grow good cucumbers and there is enough sun to grow edible tomatoes and sweet peppers, maybe even a melon or two. And it's much better than a cold frame for bringing on the seedlings in the spring as long as I don't try and start too early.

So if you can squeeze one in somewere I say go for it!

[veggiechicken]

I say again...I want a greenhouse. (I've nowhere sunny to put it though! )

You never have sun anyway - or so you say
Do as Martin says, even if its not in the sun, it will give protection from the rain

[Jay22]

I tell you the truth...no sun today again! If it ever does come back I will have a look at where it shines in the garden and maybe get one for next year!

[Bigmallly]

I tell you the truth...no sun today again! If it ever does come back I will have a look at where it shines in the garden and maybe get one for next year!

You know it makes sense.................

[Gurberly]

Looking back, it’s the best part of 4 years since I kicked this thread off…. so probably time for an update!!

Tomatoes to the right of me, tomatoes to the left…. cucumbers straight ahead!





So not much changed there then. Though that said, the varieties grown have settled into a few old favourites, especially where the tomatoes are concerned. Sungolds and Ailsa Craig are the predominate ones grown now (and maskotka as an outside bush variety).

The orange B&Q buckets (other brands are available ) are still holding out well. I had thought that they may become brittle with age, but they are lasting the course, at £1 each originally, that’s only 25p a year!!

Anyway, it is 4 years the green house has been up, and worth every penny, not just in terms of payback on produce etc, but also from the enjoyment of being out there and doing stuff .. you just can’t beat it

G

[Jay-ell]

Having looked at all your wonderful pikkies I thought id post a photo of my own - however, as I've said before, you can't get much in a 6x4 blowaway



Starting on the left are a couple of watermelon plants with the lovely divided leaves, then 2 Chinese Slangen an 2 Marketmore cucumbers. There's Cucamelons growing along underneath all these plants.

Along the back wall are 3 or 4 Sweetheart melons and 3 horned melons. The Cucamelons are now starting to creep underneath these.

The right wall has 3 sweet peppers and two aubergines.

In the centre I have some chillies at the back along with another aubergine. Then the 3 banana plants and finally a small fig tree.

It's emptier than it was yesterday as I've planted some plants into the ground underneath the new blowaway I've put up.

[Bigmallly]

Just thought I'd check on the greenhouse dedicated to armpits..................

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Must admit! Well chuffed with my undercover operations this year!

[Philthy]

Deano, nice setup you have there. Liking the pot arrangement and spacing particulary - very tidy.

Jay-ell, wow, there's a lot of stuff in there! Pretty impressive

[rosiepumpkin]

Hmmm, I'm thinking I need to add horizantal support for my toms. I only have vertical, although it has the benefit of being easy.

[bario1]

Polytunnel pretty rammed now - can't get everything into one pic!

[sparrow100]

I can only get in sideways and going s-l-o-w-l-y...



Contains:
3 Lipstick peppers
3 Tygansky Baron peppers
4 Rosa Bianca aubergines (sown late April, now flowering)
2 Piquante peppers

And tomatoes: Purple Ukraine, Orange Banana (thanks nellie-m ), Ildi, Black Cherry (2 of these), Katja, Black Russian, Blush, Sandpoint, Red Zebra, 100s&1000s, Rainbow F1, Gardener's Delight, Sweet Million F!, Dancing with Smurfs

Everything planted in the borders bar the 100s&1000s.