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27/10/2017

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..by sunlight and shadows today,
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and wondering how best to use my unheated 6 x 8 greenhouse through the winter..

Apart from starting off some sweet peas, any ideas?

13 Comments

Lotta

27/10/2017 11:43:17 pm

So glad you've had some sunlight at last Freda :-)
Thoughts for the greenhouse: A sheltered spot for winter picnics? Or it could be a beautiful winter gallery - full of things found or made from nature... you could invite submissions from friends and relatives! Then even on the darkest drizzliest days there would always be something lovely to look at in the garden...

Freda

28/10/2017 02:20:08 pm

I will have a winter picnic this year Lotta (you've mentioned them before!) and a kind of nature table would be a delight. Thank you.

Sheena

28/10/2017 12:40:44 am

You could decorate the greenhouse with some of your lovely wreaths and bowls of cones, put in a comfy chair and then sit out on the rare sunny, west Scotland winter days. Might need to wrap up in a rug though.

Freda

28/10/2017 02:21:33 pm

A comfy chair sounds wonderful - will start searching (have rugs). Thank you Sheena.

Mary

28/10/2017 03:13:37 am

Isn't it funny how a black and white photo makes you focus on different things than a colour photo of the same items?

Happy you had a little sun. I know it has been in short supply these past months. Not sure I have any suggestions for your greenhouse, but Lotta and Sheena have some good ideas.

Freda

28/10/2017 02:22:31 pm

I love black and white photographs but can't quite put my finger on why...

Linda

28/10/2017 06:49:22 am

Trays of salad leaves? I've grown a variety of mixed salads, three rows to a standard seed tray. Unless it's very cold, they will probably be fine all winter. Picked as micro-leaves, they seem to last for months.

Freda

28/10/2017 02:23:21 pm

That's a lovely suggestion thanks.

julia

28/10/2017 07:17:00 am

now i am totally mortified...all i could think of was winter storage of outdoor furniture..thank heavens i have you all out there to keep me in line! i love these fabulous ideas...

Freda

28/10/2017 02:24:31 pm

Tee hee! Aren't they lovely ideas? (And I have the shed for storage so...)

Damsonlily

30/10/2017 10:28:14 am

Are you looking for things to grow? Know you are much further north than me but in the chilly North West Midlands, (I’m sure the left-over Snowdonia weather heads straight here) I am growing oriental salad leaves (pak choi, bok choi etc) radish and have just planted some overwintering garlic. Winter salad leaves are a good bet too, as Linda mentioned. You will probably have to cover with fleece. Sweet peas and broad beans can go in soon as well, I think.
I bought the oriental leaves as a growing salad pack from one of the supermarkets, divided it up and planted the small sections.

Freda

31/10/2017 01:29:02 am

I've had problems with moulds in the greenhouse in wet winters before so am not sure about growing things....your crops sound lovely. I may give it another try!

Damsonlily

31/10/2017 02:47:59 pm

Might it be worth a little more effort to raise the soil level a bit? I have used home made compost/potting compost/leaf mould to make very small beds to grow my crops. Don’t know how this will work out in deepest winter yet though. I have sandy soil, plus the south westerlies charging up the Cheshire Plain, so mould doesn’t really stand a chance here.

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