It's fair to say that my concentration has been out in the "wider" smallholding (trees, hedges, etc) or in the workshop (trying to earn a living). But the sunshine yesterday made me long for the garden. I really don't want the bottom end to be a weedy mess again this year so I'm determined to get on top of it now.
I have decided that the space is perfect for my old greenhouse to go there, there will be enough room at the back to trim the apple trees.
I like to divide up my areas as much as possible, makes it all feel a bit more manageable.
This greenhouse will just be on oak sleepers on bare earth. Nothing fancy. The last one lasted 10 years and that was on softwood in the same way, so hopefully I'll get ten years from this. I doubt this greenhouse could take another move, some bits look close to breaking.
Up the side of this greenhouse there will be three raised beds as well, jsut because it's so wet down this bottom corner.
So a bit of work left (a lot of work really), but I'm already trying to decide what to put in it. It could be for melons and strawberries, and maybe have a plant that needs isolating for seed saving. I was tempted to have it as a netted greenhouse rather than glazed, but I have the glass here so it seems silly to have to buy something more to use it.
What would you plant in an extra greenhouse?
Celery was originally a marsh plant so it should grow well in a damp area of the greenhouse.
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