OUR GREENHOUSE JOURNEY
WHEN I started out germinating my own seedlings I worked out pretty quickly that it would be much easier if I had a greenhouse of some description. As well as providing a dedicated area to keep the seedlings, and providing a warm environment, the greenhouse would keep out pests like the cabbage white butterfly which could lay waste to a brassica crop before it started. So began my journey.
THE SMALL ONE
We started out with a small unit: steel tube and plastic fittings with a clear plastic cover that zipped up in the front. The original one we bought had three shelves, which for the work I was doing at the time was plenty. It had a small footprint of roughly 50cm x 70cm and was probably about a metre high so it could fit in almost anywhere.
You need to visit your greenhouse regularly to water it and check on your seedlings so while I
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