To greenhouse...

Came home yesterday to find a greenhouse on my doorstep!! 4 weeks delivery?? More like 4 days! Mustn't grumble I suppose, but I had no communication at all from the company - didn't even know they'd received my order!!

Still - my brother is here for the week and wants to get a tan! Very sunny in my back garden!!

 

hi sarah which one did you go for ? the argos one or the one you found i can't wait get growing next yr i bet your the same roll on :D

 

I went for the Halls one in that link I posted, with a few extras like more ventilation. John gave me �£300 to pay for it, so i paid for the extras!

Put the base frame together to plan the plot - trying out different spacings! Need to level off the area next - it's scorchio out there, so doing a little at a time! I'm off for the week so should be able to set it all up easily in that time.

You're right - can't wait to get some life in there! :D :D :D

 

brilliant got a busy time ahead then !!

glad you got some hot weather down there its great for drying washing up here but its a bit nippy

hope yours is easier to put together than mine my other half wanted to kill me took him just under 2 days to get complete and on the base

good job he loves me or i would be typing from the grave lol :D

 

John came to help and levelled the ground for me. I had imagined the GH going here...



but realised there wasn't enough space to get to the hedge. So tried it over the manhole cover...



Then tried it here... and there...



before deciding on here...



So John has dug holes for the posts and I've treated the fence panel. Tomorrow I'll fix the panel up and set the posts in concrete. Then it's deciphering the instructions for the rest of the frame!!

 

Sarah try to have the ridge running east to west that way you get full sun on the maximum area of the greenhouse an important point when you need all the sun you can get in winter.

 

Hi Walnut. Thanks for your pointer. I had read about that. True east to west would be at an angle across the garden. 90 degrees from where it is now would gain a bit more sunshine, but I'd have to have it further away from the fence as the garages above would shade it in the later part of the day. The flippin drain cover doesn't help but I decided that should be outside - incase they ever turn up looking for it!!

 

Looking good Sarah now all you have to do is to find the time to place all the thing together and remember ladies don't swear! :D
Helen.xxx.

 

After a bit off time away from the computer...

here's the finished article


will it ever look this tidy again??


and the veg plot, having grown and dug in some green manure...

 

looks good Sarah
i just got my foundations for G/H
in at the week end.
also cant wait to get the thing up and running

 

Well done Sarah, good to have you back and I'm sure you'll have lots of enjoyment filling it up.