Greenhouse

We'd been looking for a second-hand greenhouse on Freecycle for while when friends (Jess & Yinka) mentioned in passing that their new house came with a 6' by 8' greenhouse that they didn't want. Not something that would go well with their 6 year old son and his desire to kick a football!

So a couple of months ago, just after they moved in, we visited them armed with spanners etc and dismantled the aluminium framed greenhouse. The iPhone captured a few key photos and mother-in-law (who was visiting that weekend), sketched the general layout of the frame whilst C stuck labels onto the structural parts.

Since then the structure has lain in the 'allotment' waiting for us to build a base. We finally did this last weekend using old bricks, patio slabs and crushed plant pots for hardcore. So we were able to start putting the frame up,only to find most of the labels had faded, the sketches didn't capture all the relevant details and the iPhone pics weren't as clear as I'd hoped!

However, some common sense and a couple of bags of new bolts later (to replace those that'd sheared off) the frame is now up. We just need to rescue the glazing from the advancing brambles before cleaning it off and putting it into the frame so that we have a sun trap for our tender plants. It'll also be a place to ripen off any tomatoes if the rain that has appeared over the past week persists for the rest of the summer.