tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post5791104214450246239..comments2024-03-28T20:02:15.189+00:00Comments on An English Homestead: "New" Greenhouse!Kev Alvitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-85242987664153724412013-10-26T22:17:38.981+01:002013-10-26T22:17:38.981+01:00Tomatos in the winter! It just shows what a differ...Tomatos in the winter! It just shows what a different climate your in! I'm lucky if I can grow moss in the winter over here!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-36322062840704399242013-10-26T22:16:46.010+01:002013-10-26T22:16:46.010+01:00The wind can be strong off the hill here as well b...The wind can be strong off the hill here as well but we have a few large oak trees that soften it a bit before it gets to us so that helps.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-69957025061289960562013-10-26T22:15:49.696+01:002013-10-26T22:15:49.696+01:00What do you use over there then? Polytunnels or ju...What do you use over there then? Polytunnels or just not bother?Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-27349006654700739612013-10-26T22:15:17.377+01:002013-10-26T22:15:17.377+01:00Maybe one day I'll have a polytunnel but I'...Maybe one day I'll have a polytunnel but I've got to build up slowely, I struggle to keep up with the weeds I've got and I imagine they grow a lot fastwer in a greenhouse!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-60202202748320886452013-10-26T22:14:03.507+01:002013-10-26T22:14:03.507+01:00Go for it. My 6x8 is great for about 12 tomato pla...Go for it. My 6x8 is great for about 12 tomato plants. when I got mine (also second hand) we just took the glass out, lifted it onto a trailer and moved it home, we did the same with it when we moved house! maybe you could do that as there is a lot of bits to them!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-2650245797429954302013-10-26T22:12:22.141+01:002013-10-26T22:12:22.141+01:00Yeah, I hope a poly tunnel will come one day but i...Yeah, I hope a poly tunnel will come one day but in the meantime this should be good and it means I haven't got to change the plastic every 5 years!<br />Come on get that greenhouse up! We'll have a race to see who gets it finished first!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-58776478263970830372013-10-26T22:10:39.921+01:002013-10-26T22:10:39.921+01:00Not sure I fancy that job as I'm always trying...Not sure I fancy that job as I'm always trying to kill caterpillars so I'd have to fight every urge in my body! Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-78079222511029364922013-10-26T22:09:54.959+01:002013-10-26T22:09:54.959+01:00Sounds like a plan - I hadn't thought of it as...Sounds like a plan - I hadn't thought of it as a retreat! I'd love to have more undercover space but it's just fear of the council and we're quite over looked here by a footpath so there would be no sneaking it up! How did you work out what your needed space is?Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-10901183969400431522013-10-24T21:52:12.284+01:002013-10-24T21:52:12.284+01:00It looks wonderful! I just have a very small plas...It looks wonderful! I just have a very small plastic greenhouse to get me started in spring, but I don't need my more in our climate (although I would be able to grow tomatoes through winter if I had one).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12874273438983052621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-88038031470648464102013-10-24T19:10:01.356+01:002013-10-24T19:10:01.356+01:00I think we shall be opting for a polytunnel becaus...I think we shall be opting for a polytunnel because we think that it has a better shape for coping with the very strong gusts of wind that we sometimes have. Looking forward to seeing what you do in your greenhouse.Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-80978536634491563922013-10-24T13:29:26.353+01:002013-10-24T13:29:26.353+01:00Greenhouses don't really stand up to our weath...Greenhouses don't really stand up to our weather...but I love the look of them.<br />'Nowt' wrong with a few years on it...it was obviously well cared for.Looking forward to seeing what you grow in it.<br />Jane xJane and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102086552682194819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-64921479756525476132013-10-24T12:39:24.558+01:002013-10-24T12:39:24.558+01:00We've had a small greenhouse everywhere we liv...We've had a small greenhouse everywhere we lived ( we even moved a wooden one we were given 3 times) but now we also have 3 polytunnels. One wasn't enough after a few years and two were not enough when we started to grow for sale on a bigger scale. You are right tho' about some councils not liking them.Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-51530433549363378442013-10-24T12:19:17.482+01:002013-10-24T12:19:17.482+01:00I've just been offered (free) a 6'x8' ...I've just been offered (free) a 6'x8' greenhouse, only problem is, I need help to go dismantle it and bring it home!<br />Yours does look like it's well made too. Sandies' Patchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022362234675324965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-82164621144996268662013-10-24T10:00:24.716+01:002013-10-24T10:00:24.716+01:00You may have to start raising butterflies as well!...You may have to start raising butterflies as well!Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-53099760695552542962013-10-24T09:27:16.237+01:002013-10-24T09:27:16.237+01:00I am a polytunnel love also - if you can get a lar...I am a polytunnel love also - if you can get a large enough one they are fab and such a useful space when less full of plants <br /><br />BUT I also have a 12 x 8 greenhouse waiting to go up ( maybe this year? only been waiting for 9 years now!) <br /><br />I can see advantages to bothCompostwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028585447065282738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-48842071007974312812013-10-24T08:13:38.734+01:002013-10-24T08:13:38.734+01:00For a small growing space yes, I think you did, ho...For a small growing space yes, I think you did, however I am a polytunnel girl through and through as my needed space is 18ft x 25ft so a greenhouse of this size would mean another mortgage!!<br /><br />You made the right decision buying an older but better model the new ones are really flimsy, built correctly this will last you forever. And once erected with a little path down the centre and a nice folding chair you will have the perfect place to get away from your three lovely ladies when the demands of girlyhood get too much, a cup of tea and the Sunday paper and you will be set for the day :-)<br /><br />Gosh I can't believe I said that ...... tell your wife I'm sorry.<br /><br />Good purchase.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.com