untidy greenhouse

It looks like quite a large greenhouse. Will you be overwintering things in it ?

I have quite a few plants being overwintered in mine plus quite a few cuttings i took that are all doing well, so my greenhouse is still very much in use.

yes it will be, in fact is already in use down the clered side. it is 20x8 [two 10x8 fastened back to back so i have doors at both ends. one end opens next to the fruit cage. the path has the cold frame sitting on it at the mo.

When it was raining last sunday i lifted my pelargoniums and potted them up and took lots of cuttings. I will also be putting my recently identified Fuchsia 'swingtime' in there along with the smaller fuchsias to help them come on ready for next year]

I plan to take more divisions/cuttings as i go round tidying up. then of course there are all the new things that i intend to buy and not have their homes ready :o)

It will drive my husband mad :o) [well he keeps bringing into te house his bikes as he works on them, so he cant really complain]

My you do have a brilliant big greenhouse,mine is only a baby to yours as its only 6-4, but i do have a plastic greenhouse aswell and that as a fleece on as well as the plastic cover, so it does get quite warm in there believe it or not, and i can still winter some things in it, there again i'm on my own so find my little greenhouse does me.

Brill blog SBG, I was just wondering how to heat my plastic poly tunnel (10' X 6' 6") over the winter?

good work sea.. maybe you should have suggested your daughter helped you with the greenhouse them do her bedroom,, funny how we drop everything for them but not the other way round isnt it :o))

Lovely blog SBG,as yet I dont have a greenhouse but when we've moved I hope to get one not quite as big as yours.:0)

i would love one to stripes, but done think it will happen , :o(

she does help but i am always worried in case she trips and goes through the glass. she was good at wshing all the plant pots until her hands got too cold.

ian I use an old calor gas heater to take the chill off and keep it frost free. i find i have several settings that i can use. one cylinder lasts at least all winter and if it is mild it will go into spring too.

any really tender cuttings go in a heated propagator overnight. its a bit of a faff to take them out of the propagators every morning and back again at night. but it seems such a waste to heat all the greenhouse.

how old is she sea,, sounds like she is still quite young, sorry i was thinking a teenager :o) nice she washed the pots for you

shes 12. It is Victoria. I will post a picture of her.

if you go to my photos she is on page 13 in the bottom corner. victoria is the blond one and elizabeth is the 17yr old ginger nut. :o)

You've got two lovely kids there Sea, you should be very proud! Lol

oh believe me I am ian. some where there is a photo of elizabeth in her yr 11 prom dress next to the lilac. she looks so grown up.

she's on page 12 top row. scubs up well. i wish i did half as well as that.

I've seen that photo before Sea, I must admit to spending more time looking at the car than the lilac or your lovely daughter. :~))

just looked sea,, you have lovely girls there ;o)

yes the car is as stunning. it is a P4 rover 80 smoke grey, 2.25 litre petrol engine. first registered in1960 43000 miles on the clock and we are the second registered keepers. both girls came home from the maternity ward in it. sad i know its details but you have to take some interest in what hubby loves. :o)
when i was expecting elizabeth we went touring devon in it. I was about 3 weeks away from my due date and i asked hubby what would happen if i went into labour . he said dont worry I have a blanket in the boot. I said thats sweet at least i'll be comfy on the back seat. his response. 'you have to be joking, its so i dont get grass stains on my knees helping you deliver her, there's no way you are messing the leather up' hows that for love!

thanks sandra I think they are lovely but i am biased.

arent we all sea,,,, :o)

Oh dear, Lol :~))))))

Hello San, we posted together then! How are you doing?

im good thanx ian, tired after starting back to work,, hows you ?

oh yes sorry sanbaz, have you fully recovered from te op? horrible going back to work isnt it?

yes im great sea,, thought i was missing work, but now im back i realise i wasnt lol

yes i know that feeling.

never mind, i just keep thinking of the money

best way and how to spend it! or in my case how the girls will :o)

I'm pleased to hear your back to work already San. Although I know the feeling about wishing you weren't! Lol

sometimes think i want a change, but i work for myself at shop and only 3 days, the money is good, would have to work a full week doing another job for less, so i will keep at it

Unless our numbers come up on the lottery then we have to stay at it!

true ian,, keep hoping, i just hate it when baz says, "almost did it this week" lol no good if the numbers are all on differant lines is it grr

Oh dear San, We play on the net and we got an Email this morning saying they had "some very good news" for us! ! ! ! !
We won £18.40 Now that is good news but not as good as saying "you've won £90M :~(((

exactly ian, baz does his online to, we win more on our bonds, nothing megga but at least we get something, so you having a take away :o))

Lol San, How did you guess?

think most people have a treat when a small win, yummy take away lol

Lol, :~))))

HI Sea , brilliant greenhouse wish it was mine didnt know the names of the weeds that explode "pop" when you touch them but I have them as well , they get everywhere!

Mac

Hiya Mac, hows things?

Hello Mac!!

hi Ian / Hi Fluff , things are good , I was on me hollibobs . . . only guy in Scotland with a sun tan lol

i thought you had been quiet for a while :o)
did you go any where good? [as if you'd go some where poor, but you know what i mean. did it live up to expectations?]

I went to Turkey Seaburn , read three books, lay around the beach , wandered up and down beach bars drinking coffee and coke during day people watching then wandered about at night, eating, drinking beer n raki , went to Kos as well whilst I was there it was absolutely splendid

Sounds ab fab to me Mac! Good for you!! That raki made me fall over! ;o)

You to Fluff !!!!! we must be allergic

whats raki then some thing alcofrollic? :o)
glad you had a good time mac. we need to let our hair down from time to time.

its a clear liquid that the turks,certainly the ones I was with half fill a glass with raki then top it up with water it goes a sort of cloudy /milky colour and has a taste not unlike a sort of pernod . oh it has a fair old kick, but does not dull down the pain of watching Rangers getting well beat in Europe whilst sitting in a turkish bar.

oh an aniseed based drink. I remember helping my self to some absinthe similar stuff. almost put me off booze for life [i think i was 4 yrs old but i remember it clearly] the smell was ok but the taste.......

i wont comment on the footie but condolencses non the less :o)

Ugghh, aniseed flavoured alcohol ...... i too had an extremely bad experience with this when i was younger Seaburngirl.
Just thinking about it makes me feel ill !

I think it used to be the dregs left when they trod grapes for wine...now it's Turkey's national drink!
When in Crete we were served it neat in tiny tankard shaped glasses & you were required to down it in one...hence the falling down bit!!!

At some point during the evening we were drinking it with some sort of leafy green vegetable in it , I wasnt sure if this was traditional but the Turks were doing it so I just joined in , I think it was parsley .. why ? I have no idea !

was it part of your 5 a day :o)
need vitamins from somewhere!