My Winter Project

Do-it-yourself projects such as greenhouse or shadehouse builds and related topics.
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My collection had outgrown the window sills in the house so I built a small greenhouse to house it.
cleared area
cleared area
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Base constructed
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Framework
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Finished May
Finished May
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here is my collection in it's new home 8)
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Now we just need the rain to stop!
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I see space for more plants!
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Very nice. I especially like the chair and the Heineken... my kind of gardening!
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Wonderful! :) You've got a nice amount of space there for some nice plants.
I'm still on windowsills until I can find the room and the money for a greenhouse! I can't wait to make the transition from sill to greenhouse. :wink:
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Great work, well done! :thumbup:
There is many space to fill. It won't take a long time.
Are you watering with Heineken? :lol: :wink:
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Beautiful! :)
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Something on that last picture caught my eye. Is that an original content? And if it is... is still cool? I could use one right now.
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That's really nice and tidy, and I noticed your heater on the floor. I've returned from England with one of those plus a one of the lantern type ones for keeping the frost off at the beginning of winter. It was cheaper in England than here, but the larger style parasene heater works out cheaper here! What I would like to know is, How on earth did you fit all of those plants on the window sill??? :-k Compliments on the greenhouse, it looks great.

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By the way, I know what you mean by the weather. I was over 11 days and it rained every one, cold as well. Couldn't wait to get back home to my hubby, animals and plants.
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You must have a lot of windows. :lol: Very nice.
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You must have a lot of windows. :lol: Very nice.
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Looks great and I'm sure you'll have a lot of success as a result. I am still amazed at how well my plants do here in MN thanks to the greenhouse.
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I know this is going back in time, but how do you get on with that parafine heater Tony? I gave mine a trial run and ended up with a lot of soot until I realized I had forgotten to clean the chimney on it now I am very wary of using it in case it happens again. At the moment I am using a little anti-frost one which adequate for now but I will soon need to use something more powerful whe winter sets in. I have spent all night looking for this post as I knew that I had seen one in someone's greenhouse a while back. Thanks in anticipation.

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