March 2010
19 posts
I am in my greenhouse at last....
Hi guys, Jerry constructed the wooden staging then I moved in with the peas, mange tout, spinach, chard, oregano and chives we are all settled in nicely. Need a bit of fleece at night but gets proper hot during the day. Margo decided today, all the weird beetroot and carrots (rainbow! I ask you?) need to come back in the house as after a week still haven’t germinated.
Catch you later...
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Mobile greenhouse
Yes folks, it has moved ….. drum roll …… into the sun!! the crowd goes wild.
Today with a person on each corner, the greenhouse was lifted off its base and carried down the garden over the raised bed and to it’s final resting place. There was a bit of to me, to you, a la “the chuckle brothers”. Margo, showing how strong she was lifted her corner much higher...
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Do you need sun for a greenhouse?
Bet your thinking don’t be stupid Graham of course you need sun for a greenhouse! Anyone with half a brain, would have studied the position of the sun before deciding on a site for the greenhouse surely? Would it not be quite an obvious consideration before construction had started? Nope, that would have needed some degree of common sense which was clearly lacking in this house. Saturday...
“gnomes must be grabbed (ignoring angry protests “Gerroff me! Gerroff me!”),...”
– Harry Potter - J K Rowling
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“An onion can make people cry but there’s never been a vegetable that can...”
– Will Rogers
“Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!” Robin...”
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Why does in always rain on me ? (well at the...
Poor Jerry spent Saturday dashing in and out between showers to get the frame of the greenhouse up. He enlisted the help of Grandma and Grandad to do the tricky job of adding the rubber seal to all the metal pieces. Margo send it was too fiddly for her, and took herself up to the loft to prick out the leggy tomato seedlings and plant few more seeds. They were struggling for awhile until Grandma...
