my recycled greehouse

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Big Al
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my recycled greehouse

Post: # 215259Post Big Al »

Well it's virtually finished now so here is the first photo of my recycled greenhouse. It is around 4m x 3.4m and made from totally recycled materials with the exception of the concrete for the foundations and the sand and cement for the brickwork. I also had to buy some silicone to put the glass in and some stain to make it look decent.
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The staging was from my candlemaking bussiness that ended in 2006 and has been in the garage since because it "will come in handy one day"
In total it has cost me around £70, 2 large boxes of fruit and veg,12 plants of sweetcorn, 12 votive candles a lot of serious pain and about 2 years.
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Post: # 215261Post Green Aura »

That's brilliant, Al. You'll have some great tomatoes in there next year :thumbright:
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Post: # 215269Post homegrown »

well done, more people should do the same instead of buying plastic non fantastics
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Post: # 215273Post oldjerry »

Excellent.

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Post: # 215276Post Millymollymandy »

Wow! That looks fantastic Big Al, you should be really proud of yourself! :salute: :salute: :salute:
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Post: # 215280Post The Riff-Raff Element »

Pretty big too! Very impressive piece of work.

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Post: # 215282Post Rosendula »

That looks great. Don't forget to put a nice comfy chair in there :wink:
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Post: # 215296Post old tree man »

Now thats realy cool mate, nice job :thumbright: :flower:
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Post: # 215300Post pelmetman »

Welcome to the recycled greenhouse club :thumbright: Yours is bigger than mine :mrgreen:

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