I decided that the Tomatoes in the greenhouse were finished and needed harvesting and the greenhouse cleaned out. I thought there would be a few pounds of green Toms for chutney. The little basket I took for the Toms was over flowing after a few minutes. The beef tomatoes were planted late and did not have time to ripen fully. A dozen of them filled the basket. The Shirley's did well but suffered in the same way as the Beef Toms. Still there were twenty of them. Only the Gardeners Delight, cherry type Toms, ripened fully. But since they grow the bunches of twenty fruits long there are always a few that are green. I pulled up the vines and dropped in the council green bin. Their composting process should kill off ant blight spores. The contents of the grow bags went of the roof pf the shed. It is flat and is supposed to be a garden however it did not do very well this year. I am hoping the extra compost makes a difference to the soil structure for next year. I then braved the area under the staging where the spare and used pots and tray live. There are all manner of creepy crawlies that live under there as well. Having moved then shook out of the trays, being careful not to tread on the Toads, I managed to clear the greenhouse completely without any girly screams. A bucketful of Jeyes Fuild and boiling hot water sponged onto all the surfaces of the inside of the greenhouse and squeegeed off the glass made for a very sparkly greenhouse. Even a few days later it still had that special "L'eau de Jeyes" aroma. I sorted through the trays and discarded to worst of them. I even graded the plant pots so they all stacked nicely.
The one job I have to do in the greenhouse is two arrange a second stage and a shelf for the spring time assault of seed trays.
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