I just love greenhouses and polytunnels.  I can’t quite put my finger on what it is, but I think they are magical.  We’ve been lucky in that each house we’ve moved into has had a greenhouse left behind and we’ve made good use of each one.  A couple of years ago, we bought a greenhouse and we absolutely love it!  When I went to pick some salad the other day, it struck me how much was ‘going on’ in there…so took a piccy.  Later in the season it’ll look very different.

So what’s what?

1. Some radishes that I sowed in Early February for an early spring treat!

2. Strawberry runners that Emma found had rooted in our fruit cage…dug up and popped in pots

3. An old washing tub, now used for compost – convenient and warms the soil

4. Some Begonias and Dahlias for the sitting area in front of the greenhouse (the ‘admire your hard work’ spot)

5. Carrots planted in a container

6. Some bamboo canes from last year’s runner beans

7. Spare raspberry canes (malling admiral I think) that we’re growing in pots

8. The netting system I used last year for growing cucumbers – worked a treat!

9. Buckets of water (from water butts) warming for general greenhouse use

10. Right in the corner…some gnome thing that one of the kids got as a present

11. My perpetual salad system…8 trays (4 on top and 4 below).  I’ll plant one tray per week rolling

12. Some chilli, aubergine and capsicum plants

13. A thermometer that’s partly broken (measures lowest but not highest temperature)

14. Outside the greenhouse -Water butts that come from the greenhouse

15. Tommies – We’re growing a few different varieties this year. Harbinger, latah, sungold and sungella

I wonder if other people’s greenhouses are such a jumble as ours at the moment?