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26-02-2007, 07:18 PM
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 Hurrah..! Mine is up as well. Greenhouse that is. I'm sure the blood will wash off, and I've lost several fingernails, but hey just call me Woman Who Builds Glass Box.  But why did no one warn me about the evil invention that is the W clip.  Hope it does not get too windy in the next week I've not got it drilled down yet. As its brand new it look's like it's made out of sliver. Got loads of extra bits to fit, staging etc... Then sowing the hundreds of packets of seed I've accumulated. Roll on spring. . . . . (Spring roll..?!?)       |
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26-02-2007, 07:24 PM
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| Lol! Well done Seasprout! Bet you feel really chuffed that its up, I know I did when we did ours! Have to agree, the w clip is a pain, methinks its a medieavel torture device thats just been found a new job, worst is when it twangs off and hits your fingers, just above the nail, swearing I found was a useful way of releasing the pain! 
__________________ Blessings Suzanne (aka Mrs Dobby) 'Garden naked - get some colour in your cheeks'! The Dobby's Pumpkin Patch - a blogspot work in progress! Last updated 10th August 2008 - updates! |
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26-02-2007, 07:29 PM
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| I'm sooooo jealous of you greenhouse types............but my time will come! Meanwhile - just call me woman with seed trays on big pile of furniture under Velux in an attempt to catch every last ray of light! Well down seasprout! 
__________________ Hazel www.hazelandjanesallotment.blogspot.com update Thu 28/08/2008......Disaster Strikes!...... |
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26-02-2007, 07:33 PM
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| Lol Hazel! Thats where half our seedlings are at the moment, on Mr D's exercise bench in the loft, under the velux! The greenhouse we've currently got is unheated and on the plot, so too cold for toms / chillis / aubergines / melons yet, but we are going to pop some more onions and leeks in it next weekend! Hopefully the small 6' by 4' greenhouse we are getting soon is going in the back yard, and if we can rig up some electric to it, then we can have it heated, so will make life a bit easier, but I still recons we will end up with windowsills as full as they are now! lol!
__________________ Blessings Suzanne (aka Mrs Dobby) 'Garden naked - get some colour in your cheeks'! The Dobby's Pumpkin Patch - a blogspot work in progress! Last updated 10th August 2008 - updates! |
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26-02-2007, 07:40 PM
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| What you need is an old screwdriver with a slot in it like this  
__________________ ntg Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/ ================================================== The All New Home page of Hartshill Allotments full of useful bits http://www.hags.btik.com |
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26-02-2007, 07:41 PM
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Thanks for the kind words guys, I know I'm being daft but I've wanted one since i moved in a few years ago, I saved for ages last year to buy one during the winter, worked over Xmas to be able to afford the one i wanted, Then the car broke down 3 times since then, and took all the overtime but I thought SOD IT, I'm worth it and paid for it out of my savings. And I built it all myself, with no help from the boyfriend because the 6 nations was on.! All I need now is an 8 year old to tell me how to post a photo of it on this site. |
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26-02-2007, 07:46 PM
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| LJ has the instructions on how to do it! (Post a piccy before you say anything Nick!)But if you want to put it on as an attachment, then try and follow this 1 CLICK GO ADVANCED BUTTON 2 CLICK ON THE ATTACHMENT ICON (PAPERCLIP) 3 CLICK ON BROWSE AND FIND THE PICCY IN YOUR COMPUTER THAT YOU WANT TO UPLOAD 4 CLICK ON UPLOAD 5 CLOSE THE WINDOW AND FINISH YOUR POST, THEN IT SHOULD APPEAR AS AN ATTACHMENT Hope this works!
__________________ Blessings Suzanne (aka Mrs Dobby) 'Garden naked - get some colour in your cheeks'! The Dobby's Pumpkin Patch - a blogspot work in progress! Last updated 10th August 2008 - updates! |
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26-02-2007, 07:49 PM
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__________________ ntg Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/ ================================================== The All New Home page of Hartshill Allotments full of useful bits http://www.hags.btik.com |
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26-02-2007, 07:49 PM
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| Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
__________________ Blessings Suzanne (aka Mrs Dobby) 'Garden naked - get some colour in your cheeks'! The Dobby's Pumpkin Patch - a blogspot work in progress! Last updated 10th August 2008 - updates! |
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26-02-2007, 08:02 PM
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| LJ's instructions are simple - read Bens instructions!!!! Seriously Ben has posted instructions for resizing and posting pictures on the Grapevine in the first thread Please Read Before Posting on the Fruit And Vegetable Showcase.
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28-02-2007, 02:22 PM
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| Congratulations to SS and SS on the greenhouse achievements. Mine arrived yesterday so I had loads of fun laying it out in the livingroom and pretending I was inside it. They will lock me up some day vey soon
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01-03-2007, 12:19 AM
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| Mandy, always remember, you are not on your own doing these daft things. Don't you know, theres a little bit of madness in all gardeners otherwise we would'nt all be out in the freezing weather trying to grow stuff that others just go to the supermarket for. |
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01-03-2007, 08:28 AM
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03-03-2007, 07:15 AM
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__________________ There is no such thing as truth. People who really know what happened aren't talking. And the people who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up. Tom Waits |
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05-03-2007, 04:23 PM
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| Hi Shirl, Just picked up on this, funny. Tempted though I am it is going up outside! mandy
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06-03-2007, 07:35 PM
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| Eureka... Think about it though.... erect greenhouse in spare bedroom, put daylight or grow-light bulb in light fitting.. Viola~ could save a fortune on heating it. It could work, it really could.!! |
now THAT's a cunning plan !|
06-03-2007, 09:46 PM
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| Sounds like a great idea - no worries on a windy night ... My last greenhouse (the one that exploded and then blew away in a hurricane) got built three times. My husband and son cemented in the blocks then put up the frame, but realised that it wasn't quite right.  So they came in for lunch and son then went off to the rugby and an evening out with friends (or something like that). While son was away husband took down frame and rebuilt it. Following morning husband and I came back from church to find greenhouse lying in bits on the grass. Son had dismantled it thinking he and husband were going to rebuild it that afternoon. Great communication in our family! No wonder it blew away it was doomed from the start. |
