tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post425446147972776616..comments2024-03-28T10:05:09.868+00:00Comments on Hazel and Jane's allotment: Danger ... apprentice Domestic Goddess at work!Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191107549698019812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post-82243341737312425992008-01-20T13:51:00.000+00:002008-01-20T13:51:00.000+00:00HelloI am not sure if this is of any help, but my ...Hello<BR/><BR/>I am not sure if this is of any help, but my local garden centre (Frosts of Willington) were selling covers for your mobile greenhouse that was made with (what looks like) a very fine mesh between layers of plastic. They were quite expensive, but it was "rip stop". Not sure of the sizes, but if you have a Frosts near you, perhaps you could check it out if you need to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post-23707795637977563812008-01-18T13:59:00.000+00:002008-01-18T13:59:00.000+00:00Hazel - i think from the sound of things your actu...Hazel - i think from the sound of things your actual frame will stay up (lets put it this way: if it comes down, then you got bigger problems than the seedlings!). the problem is going to be the plastic. Invest in some duct tape and inspect it every day. any rips or tears, even little ones, repair them straight away with the duct tape, because if they're left they just get worse and worse.<BR/><BR/>good luck, anyway, i'm looking forward to seeing how you're doing!<BR/><BR/>keth<BR/>xxkethryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02554372971928433781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post-31196946441999258652008-01-16T14:47:00.000+00:002008-01-16T14:47:00.000+00:00It certainly gives me some food for thought, Keth ...It certainly gives me some food for thought, Keth - thank you for taking the trouble to post.<BR/><BR/>The courtyard garden faces north, so this time of the year it doesn't get any sun at all. Siting by the garage, it being that bit further away means that it faces SE and gets a bit of sun (if we ever get any!)<BR/><BR/>I've drilled eyelets into the garage wall and tied it with a cord strap - more robust than just using threading through the rings on the plastic cover. Even though at the moment it's weighed down with a bag of compo, I thought that if I put in another couple of eyelets at the bottom, I could put another strap round as real 'belt and braces'!<BR/><BR/>The greenhouse itself is a Spear and Jackson one, but looking at the Gardman replacement covers (Wilko, £3.99) they are MUCH more robust with proper hemmed seams and thicker polythene, so I've bought that to use instead of the one supplied. <BR/><BR/>It will be interesting to see how it holds up - I'd hate to have it full of seedlings then for it to keel over - but I'm short of window space too, and we'll just have to see how it goes!Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191107549698019812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post-52935291768682914552008-01-16T13:38:00.000+00:002008-01-16T13:38:00.000+00:00i got a large version of these (the walk in kind),...i got a large version of these (the walk in kind), and left it up over the winter. Siting these is really important - mine went as close to the house as possible, and the door was facing the house so as to minimise the amount of wind that could blow in. I also dug a hole that the greenhouse sits in, put wooden sides around the hole, and weighted the frame down with a pallet. It means that if i stand on the pallet i have to crouch a bit (as the pallet brings the "floor" up to ground level and that makes the greenhouse height shorter) but most of the time i stand on the actual ground (the pallet only covers half the greenhouse). the guylines thread through the plastic, attached to the frame, and as a result of all these things, its stayed there all winter. The biggest problem has been the plastic - its become ripped in several places, although its being held together with duct tape. I'm getting a new cover for the spring, once the spring gales are over, but before then i can also use it as a very large cold frame to grow seedlings on in (which is needed cos i don't have that much window space!).<BR/><BR/>hope all that offers some thoughts for yours and how to get the best out of it.. <BR/><BR/>keth<BR/>xxkethryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02554372971928433781noreply@blogger.com