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My windowsills are full to bursting and the cold frame is very very overflowing and I need more covered space for stuff - particularly given the yukky weather! Have looked in the past at getting one of those norfolk space-savers, but deciding given my rubbish DIY skills that I'd probably never manage to get the thing together, and my blow-away having since gone to blowaway heaven (urged on more quickly by our cat who thought the top of it was a fab place to sleep in the sun and so bent the uprights, tore the cover) I think it's time to invest in something new! The budget is small so I'm looking at probably £60 max and I just don't know whether to get a cheap wooden growhouse thing (Homebase have one on sale at the mo) or get another blowaway. The reason I'm a bit torn is that it does not look like you can take shelves out of the wooden growhouse so would be no good if I wanted to keep chillis/peppers in there for a bit of ezxtra summer heat, it would really be more use for bringing on seedlings and for extending the salad season. One the other hand they look nicer and might be less prone to heading down the garden in a strong wind. We can anchor the blowaway to the fence, but it gives very easy access to the cat if we do that! But...the wooden growhouses seem to get quite mixed reviews and often don't seem to be very good quality given the price.
Um..well after all that waffle I just wondered if anyone could offer an opinion on the matter? Ideally I will be saving up to get something a bit sturdier/nicer in the next couple of years anyway, so the fact that it wont last forever is less of an issue. Alternative suggestions gratefully received! Payday tomorrow so I want to make a quick decision (before I change my mind another hundred times) and relive the pressure on the overflowing windowsills.
Thanks as always!
My windowsills are full to bursting and the cold frame is very very overflowing and I need more covered space for stuff - particularly given the yukky weather! Have looked in the past at getting one of those norfolk space-savers, but deciding given my rubbish DIY skills that I'd probably never manage to get the thing together, and my blow-away having since gone to blowaway heaven (urged on more quickly by our cat who thought the top of it was a fab place to sleep in the sun and so bent the uprights, tore the cover) I think it's time to invest in something new! The budget is small so I'm looking at probably £60 max and I just don't know whether to get a cheap wooden growhouse thing (Homebase have one on sale at the mo) or get another blowaway. The reason I'm a bit torn is that it does not look like you can take shelves out of the wooden growhouse so would be no good if I wanted to keep chillis/peppers in there for a bit of ezxtra summer heat, it would really be more use for bringing on seedlings and for extending the salad season. One the other hand they look nicer and might be less prone to heading down the garden in a strong wind. We can anchor the blowaway to the fence, but it gives very easy access to the cat if we do that! But...the wooden growhouses seem to get quite mixed reviews and often don't seem to be very good quality given the price.
Um..well after all that waffle I just wondered if anyone could offer an opinion on the matter? Ideally I will be saving up to get something a bit sturdier/nicer in the next couple of years anyway, so the fact that it wont last forever is less of an issue. Alternative suggestions gratefully received! Payday tomorrow so I want to make a quick decision (before I change my mind another hundred times) and relive the pressure on the overflowing windowsills.
Thanks as always!
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