[Sparkyrog]

We are going to have to BULLY ADMIN for a green smiley 

[Kristen]

Will the Alitex Cliveden greenhouse do instead? 



http://www.alitex.co.uk/national-trust-greenhouses/national-trust-case-studies.aspx?id=1553

[rowan57]

Wonderful so far! Kristen I am envious, there is no question.

[Kristen]

For the avoidance of doubt that last one isn't mine  .  Well ... it is when I dream  :happy:

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[devonbarmygardener]

Will the Alitex Cliveden greenhouse do instead? 



http://www.alitex.co.uk/national-trust-greenhouses/national-trust-case-studies.aspx?id=1553

I would love a greenhouse that looked like that!

But I didn't win the lottery last night

Am very jealous of your 2 greenhouses Kristen - makes mine look even tinier and pokier than it is

[Kristen]

Am very jealous of your 2 greenhouses Kristen - makes mine look even tinier and pokier than it is

Thanks. I'm really pleased with them, particularly as it wasn't exactly a deliberate carefully thought through act.

I bought an Eden 10' x 8' with all my savings when I was about 15. I was really narked, at the time, that I couldn't afford the 12' x 10' - which was the largest they did in that range. (I'm sure my parents must have worried and thought I should have been squandering the money on girls and being out with my mates!)

When we were buying this house (which has a big garden, but had no veg garden nor greenhouse) I had a look on eBay and there was an Eden 12' x 10' - the exact model I have coveted and probably built at exactly the same time as my 10' x 8' was, some 30 years earlier ... 

Then the bigger one came up on eBay about when I was thinking of getting a tunnel for cropping

They are both old enough to be of really substantial construction, so have stood the test of time, and were cheap enough not to break the bank.

1. You do need to have that much space available though
2. Buy bigger than you think you need (space permitting) as its easy to fill them.

I hadn't really thought about doing serious propagation to fill the garden until a couple of years ago, but now half of the large greenhouse is filled with plants coming-on, rather than cropping veg, and the small one is jam packed.  I have several hundred small cuttings that are ready for potting on and not sure where they are going to do, and there is one more batch which will be ready before Winter (although they can probably await potting on until Spring - although, arguing black-is-white, past experience tells me there won't be time in the Spring and they will languish until June by which time they will be miserable and I will lose a season's good growth as a consequence.).

Best purchase this year was a most propagating bench, that has been remarkable in its effectiveness, but its a purchase cost to make you wince

[miss.happy85]

were going to see how a greenhouse made of bottles works! will be ready for next year!   had so many people help collecting the bottles, all secured on a wooden frame by sliding onto bamboo canes!   

[devonbarmygardener]

A couple of peeps on here have done this in varying sizes - it is very clever

[Wavertree Red]

Kristen - fantastic setup 

[devonbarmygardener]

This is my diddy 6x4 greenhouse.

Wish I'd pestered for a bigger one .
It was my 30th birthday present from dear OH :happy:

It gets VERY VERY crowded every year!

I have grown 4 'Roma VF' (from seed), 2 'Jolly Rosso' bell pepper (from seed), 3 grafted toms - 'Shirley', 'San Marzano' and 'Sweet Million', 3 grafted cukes 'Passandra, 3 grafted Aubs (can't remember the name) and 24 Cape Gooseberry plants.
Oh and the baskets contain 'Gartenperle' toms.

I SERIOUSLY need more room!
The cape gooseberries have since been evicted to one of those little plastic growbag greenhouses 

[surbie100]

I really like the thingummybob the baskets are suspended from. Natty idea! I shall be pinching that when I get my own g/h.

[devonbarmygardener]

Ben built that for me this spring :happy:

It needs very strong wood to hold the 4 baskets and I managed to balance the growbag tray with seedlings on the heavy duty string keeping the legs apart.
He's quite clever when he puts his mind to it! He HATES DIY mind

I can grow these outdoors too so might bring this out of the greenhouse next year and put it in the garden

[mumofstig]

I've already posted this, but it's relevant here as well.

I also have 2 greenhouse in my garden - but mine are somewhat smaller than kristen's

[rowan57]

Very noice everybody, keep 'em coming!

[barley]

I brought one of those poly tunnels with zip up doors from the garden centre and pop up frames 

well they were a complete waste of money - only lasted 18 months before the wind and sunlight destroyed them

Going to build one from polycarbonate sheets this autumn 13ft x 13ft that's the longest sheets you can get , will post a finished pic on when we get it built - might be a long wait LOL