Another newbie from Norfolk - be afraid ;-)

[blackcrow]

Hi all,

my name is Tally and i am a selfsufficient-aholic (phew... i feel good for that confession!)

sadly i only have a very small south-facing, white-wash walled, backyard rather than lots of garden space (in my dreams...) so everything i grow is in various containers or growbags. last year i manged to grow... spring onions, spinach, watercress, tomatoes, aubergine, peas, squash, various types of lettuce, radish, mustard, strawberries, chillis, cucumbers, peppers, herbs and a compost heap!

this year i hope to add a few more - climbing courgettes, cherry tomatoes, potatoes, sweet peas, insect-loving flowers like poached egg plants and marigolds.

at the moment i am very excited as i just bought a lean-to greenhouse (in plastic rather than glass as its about an 1/8th of the price and i am on a strict budget) that is now up and ready to be filled with the plants that are currently squatting on my kitchen windowsills and shortly to be evicted big-brother style...

i would like to ask if anyone on here has any experience of growing in a plastic greenhouse? i know i am very lucky to have such a sheltered growing spot (plus being 5 mins walk from the beach means that we very rarely get ground frost, only occasional air frosts and snow almost never lays for long) but i am really hoping that it will extend my growing season to about 10 months of the year (march to december)... last year i was still picking tomatoes off the vine in late october!

also, if anyone has any tips or experiences they would like to share re: growing vegs in small spaces/ containers i am all ears

Tally

[ina]

i would like to ask if anyone on here has any experience of growing in a plastic greenhouse?

Ask again in a year's time - maybe I'll have mine up by then! It's still in bits in my spare room...

Anyway - welcome to the world of Ish. I think you've done extremely well for "just a backyard space".

[old tree man]

Hi and welcome
Russ

[Archie]

Welcome Tally (Ho)...I'm t'other end of Norfolk. Growing in a plastic greenhouse is 'warmer' than aluminium tho not so good as wood, but they dear.
And being sheltered is a bonus.

[kiwirach]

g'day Tally, welcome....sounds like you've gone really well within your space.

[hedgewitch]

Hello and welcome to the forum Tally.

[cinders]

Hello another one from norfolk

[Thurston Garden]

Ahoy Tally!

[marshlander]

Hello Tally!

Good luck with the green house!

[red]

hi Tally, welcome

[lsm1066]

Hello from The Wash Tally. Good luck with the greenhouse. I picked up half a dozen miniature poly-tunnel type things from the pound shop last week. Hopefully I get a chance to get them in this week. Who knows what will happen then.

Lynne

ps. I've got toads in my garden! Hooray!

[blackcrow]

hi again everyone... thanks for all your words of encouragement and friendly hellos, you are are all very welcoming

archie... Tally is short for Natalie (think norfolk accent spoken by kids who cant say long words yet and you can see where it comes from ) - i was interested to hear you say that aluminium greenhouses are colder than plastic, i suppose it makes sense logically but as i know nothing at all about greenhouse growing it is all completly new to me, i wonder why so many people hav aluminium greenhouses instead of wooden or plastic ones if they are cooler?

i will try to organise myself and open an appropriate thread on this site somewhere to list all the good/ bad experiences, and interesting things to note, about growing under plastic throught this year - and if others join in (hopefully?) then it will be informative and helpful to others to read. what dya think?

Tally

[Millymollymandy]

Hiya and welcome!

Go for it with the plastic info - it will be good to hear how you get on.