Allotments 4 All

Produce => Under Glass => Topic started by: tim on August 21, 2007, 09:14:23

Title: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: tim on August 21, 2007, 09:14:23

These are 8 feet up!

Title: Re: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: saddad on August 21, 2007, 17:34:42

Just been tidying mine up again, wish I had 8' of room!
 ::)

Title: Re: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: Barnowl on August 21, 2007, 17:47:18

Mine have doubled over against the roof and are heading back earthwards :)

Title: Re: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: Froglegs on August 22, 2007, 21:33:13

Wow Tim i don't know about green fingers you must green hands they put my poor things to shame. :-[

Title: Re: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: saddad on August 22, 2007, 21:41:37

Same here Barnowl.. one black cherry in the polytunnel is at least 8' long...
 ;D

Title: Re: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: cambourne7 on August 22, 2007, 21:43:22

you have me worried now.

I have to build up a base so that my greenhouse is on a flat peice of ground.

I was going to just put the greenhouse on top and before i put the glass in hammer in some posts so that i can support tomatos on both sides of the greenhouse. I am not sure how i would then sink the level a foot and keep the greenhouse level.

Title: Re: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: saddad on August 22, 2007, 21:46:52

Without a brick/concrete base you can't...
 :(

Title: Re: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: cambourne7 on August 22, 2007, 22:22:17

phew, not going mad then  ;D

Title: Re: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: tim on August 23, 2007, 08:25:06

This is what we did.

Wasn't cheap!

Title: Re: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: cambourne7 on August 23, 2007, 14:39:39

I definatly cant do that were not alowed permiant stuctures on the site.

looks good though.

Title: Re: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: shirlton on August 24, 2007, 07:12:01

We have to breath in and duck to get in our GH. Might consider doing that with the one at home .Thats if we get the time over the winter.

Title: Re: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: Stevens706 on September 04, 2007, 13:15:04

Hi
What I did with my small greenhouse was to dig down the path about a foot and shore up the sides with pallet wood. This gives a step down to the path but headroom to work in.

Title: Re: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: tim on September 04, 2007, 13:48:02

Well worth it.

Title: Re: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: moonbells on September 05, 2007, 10:18:44

I'm def going to have to grow compact plants or somehow lean them over like espaliers!

moonbells

Title: Re: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: Pigletwillie on October 05, 2007, 16:01:16

The added height also helps with keeping things cool.

Our home made polytunnels are 9.5 feet high and the added height is so handy

http://pigletsplots.blogspot.com/2007/06/tunnels.html

Title: Re: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: asbean on October 05, 2007, 16:46:24

What about Wilko's arches in the polytunnel???

Title: Re: So glad that we dug out 12" for the floor.
Post by: Pigletwillie on October 05, 2007, 17:30:12

you could do but I have wires going from one end to the other which serve two purposes, one to train my vines along and secondly as cane supports for the tomatoes et al.