Glazed

The greenhouse is now full of glass. Okay, so one panel is plywood to replace a long broken piece of glass and a couple of other panes are cracked. But other than these all the glass is in place so we've started relocating plants into it. A couple of chilli plants that were in the kitchen-diner are rehoused, with their fruit turning red as a result, along with most of our tomato plants. Thanks to the sunny dry summer we've managed to grow a decent amount of tomatoes outside against a south facing wall with the first fruit just ripening - and now with the greenhouse this should speed up.

Over the past few winters the lack of a greenhouse has resulted in us losing a few tender plants, mostly fuschias, but also a few pelargoniums and even a tree fern. Hopefully the greenhouse will help to prevent this in future.

We've also cleared a huge patch of brambles and blackthorn so that we can erect the new shed. With a few weeks of clear evenings we may be able to get this sorted soon, and then relocate the log store before autumn arrives. It'll also mean we can then finally say goodbye to the old woodshed that lurks beneath the horse-chestnut tree.