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Post by SueA on Jan 7, 2016 20:54:10 GMT
I bet Roofy has just fainted in admiration if he's seen those esther.  You have the neatest most beautiful greenhouses I've ever seen, no wonder you've won so many prizes for them.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2016 21:03:08 GMT
Very impressive greenhouses Esther, you clearly make full use of them. Looked great with all those coleus etc nicely arranged. Super tidy plot too, not a speck of gravel out of place. I have 2, a 20 foot self build and and an 8 foot glass which is full of Fushcias right now.
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Post by grindle on Jan 8, 2016 4:16:46 GMT
the pictures don't do them justice, they are a sight to behold when you visit |
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Post by roofgardener on Jan 8, 2016 11:04:02 GMT
esther, they are just.... FABULOUS. I am VERY envious. Not only are the greenhouses wonderful (I'd never even THOUGHT of having hanging baskets in a greenhouse before), but you garden is superbly laid out, with all those neat (and easily accessible) planting beds. If I ever had to move out of my Roofgarden, and down to ground level, then THAT is the sort of layout that I would aspire to. I just LOVE the idea of having THREE greenhouses; one for cuttings, one for decorative flowers, and one for vegetables. It must be a full-time job just watering all that lot during summer ! I bet Roofy has just fainted in admiration if he's seen those esther. ...... Not far off the truth there SueA. You've won prizes for the greenhouse displays esther ? Do tell us more.
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Post by grindle on Jan 8, 2016 14:05:13 GMT
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Post by SueA on Jan 8, 2016 17:13:53 GMT
I like the trellis tool tidy grindle - might pinch that idea!  |
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Post by esther on Jan 8, 2016 19:23:50 GMT
esther, they are just.... FABULOUS. I am VERY envious. Not only are the greenhouses wonderful (I'd never even THOUGHT of having hanging baskets in a greenhouse before), but you garden is superbly laid out, with all those neat (and easily accessible) planting beds. If I ever had to move out of my Roofgarden, and down to ground level, then THAT is the sort of layout that I would aspire to. I just LOVE the idea of having THREE greenhouses; one for cuttings, one for decorative flowers, and one for vegetables. It must be a full-time job just watering all that lot during summer ! I bet Roofy has just fainted in admiration if he's seen those esther. ...... Not far off the truth there SueA. You've won prizes for the greenhouse displays esther ? Do tell us more. Started with just one greenhouse ,then bought a secondhand one (summer veggie greenhouse). I noticed a competition in Garden Answers - all you had to do was send a photo of your greenhouse.Well - I thought my veggie greenhouse looked really good so I sent off a photo and was amazed when I won!! The prize was a greenhouse This is my cuttings/summer pot plant greenhouse. When my Auntie died I inherited her greenhouse.Hence 3 greenhouses I have always been enthusiastic about my greenhouses and over the years won the Greenhouse Gardener of the Year 3 times when the competitions were in the Garden News. I have also done a tomato trial for Garden Answers when I grew about 35 varieties and also trialled Petunias for Mr. Fothergills .It sounds like I am showing off - well I suppose I am but I do really enjoy my greenhouses and get a lot of pleasure with all I do in them |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2016 0:06:58 GMT
This is my main greenhouse, 20 foot self build. Like my main shed it's on the brick base of a previous glass wood greenhouse. All reclaimed materials, the corrugated transluscent fibre glass sheeting is on the outside of the sectional timber frame (recycled 3mtr timber pallets) so it should not rot. I made a lockable mesh door (removable plastic inner) and a 1mtr square roof light, Ventilation is excellent. Its Tomatoes/chillis and some pot plants main season and a handy place to start the Dahlias off (and annual bedding plants) late winter/early spring. I build a polythene heated tent every year and put a temporary workbench in there too. Its stood for 15 years with minimum alterations. Made it the simplest design using whatever junk I could find/scrounge to build. Not a thing of beauty but super functional/robust, exactly how I like it
outside after a jetwash 
Temp work bench till mid may 
Temp Dahlia propagation tent/curtain up 
End of season tidy up 2015 
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Post by grindle on Jan 9, 2016 5:17:12 GMT
I like your greenhouse @davidv |
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Post by SueA on Jan 9, 2016 8:58:33 GMT
It looks very sturdy & practical @davidv How do you heat your plastic inner tent, do you have electricity in there? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2016 9:20:50 GMT
Thanks Sue/Grindle. No electricity, I use one 19kg propane gas which is £25. With a small camping stove burner I ripped out of a double camping stove. The reg is turned low as is the burner itself. When lit I put a notched out aluminium chimney cowling over it. Ally soaks up heat and the very gentle warmth is dissipated sideways as well as up because of the fins. The dahlia tuber trays are suspended a few feet above to get bottom heat. Really its not much. keeps the frost off. By April it goes off in the daytime as the sun warms the greenhouse sufficiently.
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Post by roofgardener on Jan 9, 2016 13:20:55 GMT
I like your greenhouse grindle. It looks very organised and practical. I particularly like the way all the tools and equipment are ready to hand. I'm taking it that you use it mostly for preparation and potting/cuttings type stuff in readyness for planting out, as opposed to keeping plants in it for decoration ? (in the style of esther's flower greenhouse ? ). I.e. it is a horticultural workshop rather than a display area ? |
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Post by roofgardener on Jan 9, 2016 13:44:20 GMT
That is a VERY impressive self-built greenhouse, @davidv. I love the way you combine fixed growing beds with large 'seed trays' on shelves.
It looks like you have a VAST growing area, along with the flexibility to switch the shelves between seed trays, and general storage, as the seasons demand.
How long did it take to build it, and was it all built in one go, or did it gradually evolve ?
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Post by grindle on Jan 9, 2016 14:23:28 GMT
yes roofie you're right, I overwinter things at this time of year I can keep it frost free with just a paraffin heater, and I do grow my tomatoes and cues there in the summer |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2016 15:09:25 GMT
That is a VERY impressive self-built greenhouse, @davidv . I love the way you combine fixed growing beds with large 'seed trays' on shelves. It looks like you have a VAST growing area, along with the flexibility to switch the shelves between seed trays, and general storage, as the seasons demand. How long did it take to build it, and was it all built in one go, or did it gradually evolve ? Roughly 4 weekends Roofie. Had to demolish dispose of the old rotten timber/glass structure first. Gather all materials together ready. Lot of time on my own cutting timber to size in advance. Very careful measuring planning, the uprights and roof timbers had to align with the high points on the corrugated sheeting. Got a couple of helpers assembling the prefabricated rectangles on the brick base. Then I filled in the gaps, cordless drill and self sealing roof screws. Door and rooflight finishing it off plus steel plastisol flashings sealing the corners. The big seed trays (as you say) will have dahlia tubers in them and more peat. With a little heat and water they'll throw shoots which we cut off to make new plants for the growing season. Its a functional structure so yes I constantly rearrange the inside for the current purpose |
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You have the neatest most beautiful greenhouses I've ever seen, no wonder you've won so many prizes for them. 
