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I have a few of the tall ones that I do always anchor with stone.

I use a couple of the 4 tier ones inside my unheated glasshouse for starting early plants, then i remove 1 of the covers and use that 1 for shelving. I remove the  ;)shelves in the other 1 and use that as a high humidity box for cucumber plant

For the price I paid I think they are great.

A sad update to this...

Tracy looked in at the allotment today and found our greenhouse blowing around in the wind and every plant smashed on the ground.  :(

so sad for you, mick, can you get some plants and start again, anyone on your site with spares ?

So sorry to hear that Mick.  Can you salvage anything and get going again?

We have saved a few plants but without a greenhouse I don't have a clue what to do with them.

As for people on our site having spares, I seem to be the only one on our site that grows extra's to give away or the only one that help out other plot holders.

Sorry to hear that Mick... we have two wigwams of peas at very precarious angles now, will try to put them straight tomorrow if the wind has dropped.  :-[

Gutted for you, Mick :'(  All the best with the salvage plans....hmmm....sudden thought. Those rose arches Wilkos/Argos/Home Bargains seem to be going cheap(er!) atm....any chance of you making a tunnel out of them? Could be done in an afters....?

Not the perfect solution but I made this out of bits and bats I had laying around....

Good thinking!

But is that ravaged Brassica in the foreground?

Well done Mick! Dunkirk spirit an all that 8).....still SO sorry for the misfortune. What have you salvaged then?

Quote from: tim on June 23, 2008, 20:45:30
Good thinking!

But is that ravaged Brassica in the foreground?

Well spotted Tom, it is indeed whats left of my Cauliflowers, I left my wife to net them and she left a great big pigeon sized gap, replacments are going to be planted this weekend.

Quote from: Alishka_Maxwell on June 23, 2008, 20:54:44
Well done Mick! Dunkirk spirit an all that 8).....still SO sorry for the misfortune. What have you salvaged then?

I salvaged a bit of everything, they look a little poor but I'm hoping they come back and do well.

I think that all the woes caused by plastic greenhouses and all the extra tying down, etc you have to do indicate that they are not up to the job. Aluminium is the best material - it virtually lasts forever - even better than wood that cracks and decays.

I would scour the local notice boards in shops etc for people wanting rid of greenhouses - put up your own notices too. I got one of mine for free (had to dismantle and carry it myself) and got all the glass I needed from freecycle (I simply asked if anyone had some spare unwanted glass).

Plastics used in the greenhouses are not going to be biodegradeable are they - so in the end they are not a good soultion.

Cauliflowers - do you think they will recover, Mick?

By the way, what a wonderful view!

As Tim's said....fabulous view. Balm to the soul, that. 8)

Continued good luck with your salvage job :)

Quote from: tim on June 24, 2008, 17:51:01
Cauliflowers - do you think they will recover, Mick?

By the way, what a wonderful view!

I  don't think Cauliflowers ever recover from such a shock, the hearts are still there so they would do something but its not worth keeping them, I have around 40 more in a tray so I'll plant them out and I hope to get a late crop.


The view is amazing, I love how it changes all the time and there is always something new to spot.

I wouldn't ever buy one of the type of greenhouse again and after the way the company spoke to me today I'll never buy another Gardman product.

Sorry to double post (again).....

We rang Gardman today and intended telling them what poor products they sell but 10 seconds in they offered to send us a replacement free of charge, I still don't think Gardman's products are up to much but as a company they have to be admired.