Greenhouse

I got a second hand greenhouse from searching one of the recycling forums. When I picked it up it was nothing but a mass of mangled aluminium with no glass. I managed to reassemble it in my small back garden and bought glass panes from a local glass supplier. The best thing about the greenhouse is that you can start off seeds in trays in it before planting out. I put down layers of seaweed and compost and have had great crops of tomatoes last year.I grew Sungold, F1 Shirley and Moneymaker tomatoes and some chilli and sweet peppers last year. Learnt a valuable lesson from the year before where I lost everything to blight because I was watering the plants directly. This year I plan on starting off my seeds and garlic in the Greenhouse. Also to grow a few different Tomato varieties.

Garlic

24th May

9th May

Was reading Klaus Laitenberger book "Vegetables for the Irish Garden" and the section
on growing Garlic.
He says that garlic needs a cold spell after planting out in order for the bulbs to split into cloves.
Otherwise all you get is one complete bulb. I started the Garlic off in the greenhouse so hopefully I
will not experience this problem. Will update.




12th April 

Garlic is doing well since it was planted out into the allotment beds.

Elephant Garlic 









3rd February

Garlic really taking off now. I'm going to leave it as long as possible in the Greenhouse. Temperatures durning the day have varied between 10 and 15 degrees which is a few degrees warmer than outside. They are also protected from the frosts.








15th January
 
Only planted the Garlic 5 Days ago in pots in the Greenhouse and the Illico has started to come up already.


It should be ready to plant out in another 2 weeks.

Allotment

I got my allotment too late last year to really do anything with it except dig it over and remove as many of the weeds as possible.
It was hard work. The council had already turned it over but by the time I got it in August the weeds had taken over again.



May