Greenhouse pics

[wardy]

Yes Phil I think it will have to be plastic - even he can't break that 

[Derek]

Wardy

My allotment neighbour has a greenhouse covered in plastic.. I gave him some tomato plants last week and within a couple of days they were streets ahead of mine in a conventional greenhouse.. maybe the plastic holds the heat/humidity better?

Certainly more cost effective and if those results were anything to go by it works better too

Cheers
Derek

[wardy]

Ta Derek.  My OH wants to cover it in plastic nailed to wooden battens.  I know that it will become a shed - dirty great planks of wood with a couple of strips of plastic for windows 

Phil recommends 500 ml gauge plastic and I have found some on a web site which is about £35 so that looks favourite. 

Just got to get the money off OH 

[supernan]

Arrgh................... wind...................

My plastic greenhouse took off. We had a mini tornado type thingy. My overspill was an old market stall, made of metal and hammered into ground, then covered with plastic poly tunnel sheets! Still took off.

Spent yesterday rescuing my morning glories, snap dragons, cues, herbs , cabbages and hanging basket plants. Luckily not too many have been composted.

Even more determined to get another proper greenhouse now. this is the second year my plastic has flown. Last years was worse, it went three gardens over. I had one of those 24.99 jobs then.

I am surprised my neighbours do not have their cam corders out at the slightest sign of wind. Look out for me on You've been framed next year.

[Andy H]

Had to laugh at that (sorry)
But my mums took of last year and missed next door and landed in flats past them.
Must have reached good altitude!
If it went the other way it may have made a landing on runway 26L at Gatwick

I just had to send mum a text telling her that her GH was going clockwise on M25 past junction 10........

[wardy]

Chortle 

Sorry to hear of your greenhouse woes folks but still had to laff at visions of them sailing off into the wide blue yonder.  They probably have a destination, you know like elephants have their graveyard .... 

[Andy H]

 ;DAll my mums plants have a destination like the elephants! The graveyard!

She has good intentions but she would be better off helping us at plot rather than murdering plants at home Second thoughts...

She would probably weed out newly plants crops

She still has better altitude over us on the GH though

[kitty]

oo-er!
this gives me the shudders!
i'm just about to put my plastic greenhouse up to warm the soil for me melons-in flat windy lincolnshire-can you all keep an eye out for the little divil flying past anytime soon?
should be about 3,000 ft-trailing a bit of fleece for visibility-
second thoughts-tims the aviator-maybe he should be 'spotter!'

[Andy H]

Just seen a greenhouse go by, didnt stop at Gatwick...

Maybe it will end up in southern France, not very cheap thing too lose  (toulouse)

[kitty]

stop that greenhouse!
it might be mine!!!!!

as it happens all is calm on the lincs weather front-as opposed to yesterday when we had hail the size of hens eggs...
well..small hens eggs...
i thought o no!,e seedlinmgs!but it missed every one!
phew!!
kitty

[wardy]

Tolouse 

Kitty   Did you get yer greenhouse thingy up?  Better batten it down gel as a slight breeze is forecast (by Mr M Fish) 

[kitty]

 ;Dwell-today it was a 'light fish type breeze'-ahem!-flippin 'ek!
it was' thunderbirds are go' at our house-shoutin and wailin-get the bricks!pass that rope!!eeeee-we had fun...


sort off

anyway-the berhooger is well and truly tied to an 6x8 shed now-if the wind can lift that its welcome to it-save me sorting it out!!!