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Greenhouse lizards

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:08:28 +0000

A very interesting idea to help deal with greenhouse pest control, as mentioned most notably in books by Stefan Buczacki, is to keep lizards in the greenhouse.

The green anole is a very active climber and will escape through vents but the brown anole or anolis sagrei naturally lives closer to the ground and looks a [...]

Growing on

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:09:46 +0000

What was that about spring approaching? Surpised by the amount of snow overnight, which you can see on the edges of the pictures. So it was back to the greenhouse and at least get some seeds into a heated propagator.

Taken through the lid of the propagator, at the back we’ve got sweet peas. Front left-hand side has [...]

Greenhouse staging

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:25:12 +0000

Having looked yet again at what’s around, I opted to make the greenhouse staging, because it is:

easy to do can be customized to the size you require much cheaper Four tips from this setup, which might not suit all tastes: - you can hide screws neatly by working out the best way to build the frame - use braces across the [...]

Greenhouse building

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:05:46 +0000

Building the greenhouse took two of us just under two days and was relatively easy. The first picture shows the rear and side frames built and the trench for the electric cable can also be seen. The gravel has the weed control underlaid.

One very useful tip for this particular set-up, not stated by manufacturers, is [...]

Greenhouse base preparation

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:43:10 +0000

The position of the greenhouse is convenient in our garden and fits a few of the conventional principles:

The ridge will be positioned east-west It will not be overhung or under any future threat of anything overhanging It has a nice open aspect

The nearby fences are not an issue. I intend to build a hedge at the rear as a windbreak. I [...]