New spaces

It has been a very good week. I have adopted a new green house and I got approval for the developments on the new allotments.

My neighbour Maurice [Mo] passed away last year. He was a very keen gardeners but could not do much in his later years. We met at neighbourhood do's and discovered our shared interest. He showed me his domain and I would take him up to my allotment for a slow walk round or I would pop round for a chat and a glass of wine. As the weather get better more people are about the estate. Just recently I bumped into Mrs S, Maurice's better half, who offered me the use of Maurice's greenhouse. I did not need to be asked twice. I took up the offer. I was given free reign to do whatever I wanted. Mrs S and her daughter were clearing the garage and garden during the half term week. A skip had been hired and was sitting on the drive. I popped round one evening after work and dismantled the rickety shelving and generally tidied up. The skip was handy for the bits a bobs that needed binning. I went round on Sunday and washed the glass down, inside and out. I got soaked as tried to wash the inside of the roof panes. I managed it in the end but I could not get to the outsude roof panes. They are not that dirty.

The greenhouse is made of Aluminium, is 6 foot wide and 12 foot long. It is about eight foot at the apex. It has a sliding door on the end and two big opening lights in the roof. Down the side against the fence is a really good staging that runs end to end with a couple of smaller shelves on the wall. That will hold all my seed trays. I have cleared the other side so I have a flat level area 12 foot long, a bit over two foot wide and six foot to the eves. I can put lots of pots along this side. I figure that will be my Tomato area. I think I will have a go at Peppers or perhaps chillis now have a bit of space. Mo's greenhouse is in a better position than mine relative to the sun and it's surroundings. On Sunday despite the wind which was still quite cold and greenhouse was really warm. I figure that in the summer the main house will shade the greenhouse from the full power of the sun during the afternoon but get the sun from first thing.



The greenhouse even has a water butt with the gutters plumbed into it. I feel an irrigation system coming on.