Focus on… Greenhouses
Next week: Rhubarb, check maincrop potato stores and order tubers, harvest chicory and endives, repot congested containers, protect bay trees, try tomatillo.
OPINIONS are changing about how we should protect our plants during winter. Gardeners are becoming increasingly concerned about the environmental impact of their actions, so pumping harmful waste gasses into the atmosphere, or purchasing yet more plastic-based items, are frowned upon.
Where does this leave the greener gardener? Well, at the moment, it leaves them in a quandary because technology is still catching up with desire. An idealist DIY pioneer could rig up a solar panel or wind turbine to power a battery that runs their electric heater. The rest of us, however, must remain content with what is still
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