No such thing as a free greenhouse!

[roddelmae]

We've just spent the day clearing out and cleaning our greenhouse, (which came with the house). Once it was clean and dry, we started putting stuff back in and rejecting the junk that inevitably accumulates over a year. I half-filled a bin bag with this stuff!
We are lucky in that we have power to the greenhouse from the back end of the garage, where we have three weather-proof sockets. These power the greenhouse, the water feature, with a spare socket for mower, strimmer etc.
In the greenhouse I have fitted a small flourescent lightwith a water-proof switch just inside the door; there is also a small oil-filled radiator, set at frost-free which is very cheap to run, and an electric irrigation tank which delivers a measured amount of water along a pipe to wherever you want it. Oh, and a small radio for the boss when she's propagating!
Last year we had seven varieties of tomatoes, plus cucumber, capsicum, various salad leaves, and melons. Also grew from seeds lots of flowers and vegetables for the garden.
My job tomorrow is washing all the pots and trays with Jeyes Fluid (which was used inside the greenhouse) and sorting them into sizes.
Not bad from an 8' x 6' greenhouse I thought!
My raised bed for the fruit bushes is doing well.

[p.penn]

I am just feeling slightly as I went to reassemble what is left of my 5 tier growhouse from last year today. It blew over last year and I knew that some of the frame was damaged, but was going to see which bits I could salvage. Sadly, the heavy duty cover is torn in several places too

I feel quite miserable about it actually as I don't have room for a proper greenhouse (even if it could withstand the gales here) and now is the time for it to be really useful.

Yours looks fab birdbrain - I am really pleased you have had such sucess in this awful winter we have had.

[silverbass]

Hi Birdbrain,

It's all looking good.
I did get my greenhouse for free a couple of years ago but like you I had a lot of outlay on glass, clips, bolts, etc.
Where did you get the rubber seal for the door? Mine is pretty tatty and had not thought that I may be able to get a replacement.

Collin

[Birdbrain]

Try this link
http://www.keengardener.co.uk/product/v ... m%29.rails" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I've not used this company but cannot find it listed where I bought it.
Edit!
Sorry I didn't read your post properly........... you wanted door seal. I didn't need one but I'll have a search
Try this ....looks like the stuff

http://www.gcraft.co.uk/display_product.php?id=146" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
this site looks good for all things necessary to repair a Greenhouse
Good luck
BB

[silverbass]

Thanks Birdbrain,
much appreciated.

Collin

[Birdbrain]

Here's a couple of pictures of the builders buckets under the staging. I put them outside when it was sunny. It's been very overcast today so they stayed put.
The other picture is just showing off really
The winter lettuce and mustard have given us a trickle of leaves since Christmas from an October sowing. Just enough to keep the lunch time sandwiches interesting. Now its really cropping and should get a picking like this once or twice a week for a while. Hopefully until the outdoor salads are cropping

[silky]

I grow my new potatoes in builders buckets, start them off early in the green house and place them outside when the tom are ready for planting.

[Birdbrain]

How many seed potatoes per bucket and what do you use for compost???
Do you feed them with tomato fertilizer?

[silky]

Hi birdbrain,
I have 4 compost bins, number 1 bin compost is 3 years old, number 2, 2 years old and number 3 is this years. Number 4 bin is used for turning the compost in this years bin, which a do every 3 months.

For the potatoes I use the 3 year old compost as it is well rotted down. I start off with a folded newspaper on the bottom which I soak. Then I place ½ a spade full of compost on top and put 2 potatoes in and fill up the bucket to the top and water once a week, more so once outside and the weather is dry.

I do this in mid to late February depending on the weather. I keep the buckets in the green house until the weather improves. Once outside if frost is forecast, I place them back in the greenhouse over night. This way I get very early new potatoes.

[Birdbrain]

thanks for the info....I might try it next year

[Birdbrain]

All fired up and rarin' to go
I've been trying to post some photos of my greenhouse full of Tomato, Pepper. Chilli, Aubergine and lots of other loverlies coming on but the board attachment quota is full. Is that just for me or everyone ?????
Anyway it's so exciting and I'm really impatient I have to bring the tender stuff in the house at night because it's still a bit cold but that's a lot cheaper than heating the G/H.
I hope I can post some pictures soon because as they say a picture is wor....la.....la....la

[manda]

Are you trying to put the picture on through the upload attachment button under the text box...when I tried to use that button the other day in answer to the question about uploading pics I got that message but thought it was because the picture was too big and to be honest I usually use Photobucket or FLICKR to put pics on. Perhaps use photobucket or FLICKR or Picasa- there are stickies to show you how ?
PICASA
Photobucket

FLICKR-- sorry can't find a sticky for that but.... You right click on the image once you've saved it on FLICKR and then copy the image URL into the text box - highlight the whole thing by dragging the mouse across it and then click the Img button (on the buttons above the text box you are writing your post in).

Hope that helps. If you get totally stuck come back and let us know.

[AL37]

Hi Birdbrain, Your board quota message means that the amount of attachments has been reached, I think this is for all members but not sure.
Problem is that attachments are stored on the Database, whereas Photobucket and others are simply embedded links and don't load the Forum database at all.
If you do use photobucket or similar you will still be able to post pics.
Al

[Birdbrain]

Good advice thanks.
If you are interested in my greenhouse pictures go here to my SmugMug greenhouse page

http://colinandelaine.smugmug.com/Garde ... 2527_h9i2y" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The new pics are on the second page
BB
Yey it works

[manda]

I would say that it's for all members Al as someone else asked about pics the other day and the same issue had come up.

So everybody...use Photobucket or Picasa or some such whojamaflit (that's technical speak )for uploading pics...there are stickies for how to do this, provided by the lovely Al and Stace, in the members only section (the links to the stickies are above in this posting).