The Potting Shed - come on in, the kettle's on!

Optimisticpair

aliasojo wrote: »

I'm having a tea break right now. Been in the garden moving my plastic greenhouse this morning and it's now screwed to the side of the shed with glavanised pipe clips. Let the wind try now, lol!

I've got pea pods growing and my courgette plants look like something out of 'the day of the triffids'.

Got 2 bright red strawberries and 1 tiny tiny baby tomato.

Considering all I'd grown before was grass, I'm chuffed. :rotfl:

Good for you!

in fact everyone who just started this year. Well done, :T

I've just nipped in to have a sit out of the rain.

iainsmum

aliasojo wrote: »

I'm having a tea break right now. Been in the garden moving my plastic greenhouse this morning and it's now screwed to the side of the shed with glavanised pipe clips. Let the wind try now, lol!

What a brilliant idea - pipe clips! My plastic walk-in greenhouse thingy survived the wild winds on Sunday because the growbags and pots are laid across the frame on the floor. But it must have rocked about a bit because one of the shelves came down and my chili plants landed on top of my beans - ouch! Little bit of damage but everything survived. I reckon if I use a couple of pipe clips to screw the top half of the frame to the fence then it will be really secure.

Thanks for that

starstella

aliasojo wrote: »

I've just been out having a look see at my pepper pots. Or rather the pots I planted the pepper seeds in that now look empty. Should they have done something by now? They were planted about a fortnight ago I think.

My potatoes don't seem to be doing anything either.

However the beetroot is doing well. Typical, I planted it for OH ....I don't even like the stuff.

Thank goodness I read this thread.I emptied my greenhouse of courgette plants yesterday, all look like male flowers.I did wonder about some that had little white flowers.Just realised I have put my pepper plants out too.Just another "senior" moment:rotfl:

boultdj

_pale_I'v just picked the last of my main crop strawberrie's,where's the year going?! Still at least I'v got my everbear's starting to flower:D so more to come. Wooohoo just found my first courgette on my surving plant [ I'm sure half my seed's have gone to Australia] The tom's are covered in fruit. Sooo looking forward to veg off the garden.

kazwookie

I have 2 courgettes growing, and spotted 4 broad beans pods as well!!!

Primrose

Enlightenment please !! We've used screw in wall bolts to attach our mini greenhouse to our house wall, which enables us to insert a strap through the bolts and wrap it round whole structure once the plastic cover is on.
Can somebody please explain how the galvanished pipe clips work. I must be a bit thick because I can't understand how you use them to grip round the metal tubes once the plastic cover is on the greenhouse.

aliasojo

Give me a minute...will post a pic.


The plastic cover is screwed through too but because it's clamped firm by the clip, there is no movement at all so no chance of ripping or tearing the material at the hole.

Originally I was just going to pierce the plastic and stick a cable tie though but realised the wind would soon cause enough movement to rip around the hole. This way, the hole is only a couple of mm across, just big enough for the screw and is held tight by the clamp.

You could also reinforce the screw hole area by sticking a little Duct tape there, but it's not really needed.



You can also use the clips on the bottom and drill and screw into slabs if that's where it's sited.

Because the greenhouse is held tight against the shed or fence etc, the wind just can't move the plastic at the back.

Primrose

aliasojo - thanks for the photograph. Now I understand. Hopefully this will be useful for anybody with one of these little greenhouses. I expect all of us, in our innocence, have probably had a disaster with them blowing over at first. I really do think they should come with a warning that they need to be firmly anchored in some way to protect against wind. The loss/damage of much cared for seedlings and plants stored in them is truly annoying. You obviously have one of the thicker duty covers, rather than the thinner clear plastic one. Do you leave it in situ all winter, and if so, how does it fare with frost and very low temperatures?

aliasojo

I've only just fairly recently got it Primrose....maybe around 2 months ago....so can't comment about winter, sorry.

Dustykitten

Our garden is so dry now I've given up hope on lots of it for this year.

The veg is surviving with regular watering so I'm hoping the corn/squash/beans will be productive.

Flower beds are doing really badly but I just can't justify watering it all especially as the butts are all dry. We are promised rain tonight or tomorrow though so that may help.

My raspberries has cane blight so may all need removing and I don't have anywhere new to replant which is bad news as I love raspberries.

I'm hoping to get in some corn salad and late leeks when we get back from holiday.

The thing is with gardening though there is always next year to plan for