Growing Panes

Time for that garden update - starting with the greenhouse situation.

With the acquisition of Greenhouse No. 3 came the dilemma over where to put it. The small square section of garden off to one side seemed the obvious place, and disposing of the hedge opened up the space considerably. (We did decide subsequently that Greenhouse No. 2 may now be surplus to requirements, and that since it is all nice and new and in its boxes, we'd leave it there for now - we can then decide at the end of the season whether we need it or not, and sell it on if we decide not.)

Mid-March saw a nice run of Spring weather and the ideal opportunity to get the glass in to the 'new' greenhouse.

We had a few panes missing, but managed to scavenge a fair bit from the old lean-to greenhouse that we used as a cold-frame last year - ended up buying 3 or 4 bits in the end. Martin's Dad helped out and it all went up over the course of a Sunday and Monday afternoon.

Greenhouse No. 1 had been looking a bit sorry for itself for a while as well. Some rotten base timbers, and glass covered in moss and slime mould. So Martin treated it to a bit of a face lift, taking all the glass out and cleaning it, and renewing the wooden base before putting it all back together again.

Another weekend saw some fresh earth from the compost heap dug into both greenhouses, and just today Martin finished reconstructing one of the trestle tables we were given with Greenhouse No. 3 and moved it into place, and connected the new greenhouse drainpipe to the water barrel. (You've probably gathered by now that Martin has been rather busy - he did the lion's share of it anyway, with a little help from his friends . . .)

Here's an inside shot of the large greenhouse with its table (you can just see the barrel outside), and all the pots it will be my task to pot our seedling 'on' into.

All in all it's gone really well, we now have two shiny greenhouses, all ready for the new growing season. Next time, a bit more info on what is going in them . . .