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    My Unheated and unused greenhouse!

    Can anyone give me ideas for what I can use my unheated, small (3 x 3 panes of glass) greenhouse for?
    I inherited it when I moved here and have never used it other than a dumping ground. I can't afford to heat it but surely I must be able to put it to good use somehow?

    All advice much appreciated.

    Thanks
    Nestled somewhere in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Good soil, strong winds and 4 Giant Puffballs! https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...lies/smile.gif
    Always aim for the best result possible not the best possible result     https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...ilies/wink.gif
    Forever indebted to Potstubsdustbins https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...lies/smile.gif
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    Mine is unheated. It's really well used in the spring/summer/autumn. Even now it has sweet pea seedlings, broad beans and hardy lettuce in it. I put spuds in containers in there weeks ahead of the time I plant in the garden. If a hard frost is forecast I put that heavyduty bubblewrap stuff around them. I have my frost tender stuff in there ages before I would trust it outside in the ground. In summer it's full of peppers, toms, aubergines sometimes early crops of climbing beans. I wouldn't be without it - and don't feel it would be worth my while heating it.
    Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

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    • #3
      The only reason ours is heated (thermostat keeps it at a minimum of 4 degrees using an electric heater) is because my mother keeps some tender perennials and cacti in there.

      The vegetables that I overwinter are actually fully hardy - lettuce, other salad leaves, broad beans etc - so I probably wouldn't need or want to heat it if they were on their own in there.

      There's lots of benefits to a greenhouse whether heated or not. Even shelter from the wind alone can improve some crops and enable others to get off to a better start.

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      • #4
        Mine is also unheated and all my seedlings are doing ok so far, I will only use the paraffin heater if it gets really cold and hard frost is forecast or seedlings not doing too well.
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        • #5
          Wouldn't be without mine (a Norfolk plastic jobby 8' x 6') Don't heat it but use it to overwinter seedlings, cuttings etc and come spring it's full of seeds waiting to go out onto the lottie. In summer I grow my tomatoes and peppers in there. Wind and rain protection are high on the list of benefits, and even if you don't provide artificial heat you usually get a lift of 3 or 4 degrees on outside temperatures even in winter.

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          • #6
            Thanks everyone.....you have all inspired me and as a result I have just ordered a 4 tier shelving thingy from wilko's £7.99, a couple will fit perfectly along one side ao I'm going to get all organised now!

            Thanks again!
            Nestled somewhere in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Good soil, strong winds and 4 Giant Puffballs! https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...lies/smile.gif
            Always aim for the best result possible not the best possible result             https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...ilies/wink.gif
            Forever indebted to Potstubsdustbins https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...lies/smile.gif

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