Growster's graunched greenhouse...

A few months ago, a determined Growster was planning to bring back a treasured cedar greenhouse from the brink, and build-in a new foundation system, to keep it out of the mire.

Alas, a closer inspection showed so much rotten wood, that the old thing's death warrant was signed a few minutes before we clicked on a new aluminium one, which was delivered within a week or so!

From all good people here, we had a lot of help and advice, all of which would have worked very well, had the dear old frame not been riddled with rot, and the joints were even worse than my knees, so I'm sorry for getting everyone up on their hind legs, but the glass proved to be holding it up last Saturday, so it came down with a big bump!

The replacement is a 10' x 6' Eden Hall green chap, with a metal base, and horticultural glass, so it should see us out, but reading ideas from others here on foundations, got us thinking, so we'll be laying slabs for the foundation (properly this time), so we can grow the toms and cuces and peppers in containers with no fear of the soil being contaminated with last year's blight spores!

The downside is that Mrs Growster has decided that the old brick steps I'd built to enable us to get into the old chap, are now redundant, and she wants a verdant lettuce slope built instead... (I didn't see that one coming, those steps took me ages to lay, back in 1997)!

There are benefits in space as well, as we'll turn the new chap through 90 degrees, so there will be two long sides for more toms, and even more space outside for the 'Black Krim' toms, which are going to steal the show this year!

I hope my Meccano skills stand the test of time, come the weekend...;0)

That sounds fab Growster. I hope you & Mrs G have many happy tomato moments in there

There's always the chance of a little 'nudging' here and there, Snows..;0)

I've promised to make her some staging for her treasured chill peppers, so in fact, I can rescue the old cedar staging for one end - possibly a side, I'm not sure yet!

oooh! a nice shiny and big greenhouse to play in 

Once you're past the building it stage  you'll enjoy it 

Actually Ann, the slope is just a natural contour, which has been here forever, it's just that for the first time, it's going to be dug and used properly!

On your shed, can you literally nail or screw some boards - even scaffold boards, to the outside at ground level? You can treat them and make them look the same colour! It does help that it is on slabs of course!

If you have a pic, then we may be able to help work out a cunning plan?