Remember my last post, when I talked about sowing seeds in my flimsy plastic greenhouse? The greenhouse is a plastic one, and while I've weighted it down as much as I can with large stones, the plastic does flap about quite a bit, and I suspect is in danger of catapulting the seeds off the shelves if I don't place them carefully. Well, later that very day, the greenhouse came adrift from its clearly-not-very-secure moorings and flipped on its head. The pots, and the seeds, where everywhere, some in a heap under the greenhouse itself, some blown half way down the drive. I fully expect to see tomatoes popping up in the middle of the road in a few weeks. The greenhouse itself was remarkably intact, and as far as I can tell, only one plastic connector is broken. I've earmarked a more sheltered spot, and was going to rebuild it today, but got sidetracked by a trail race and unexpectedly joining the local wind orchestra.... So it'll have to stay on the ground until next weekend. Hopefully the weather will be a bit warmer by then anyway. I've had slightly more success with my attempt at building a series of compost bins. These are just a few pallets I found in an outbuilding, various bits of wire fencing, and some breezeblocks encouraging the whole thing to stay upright. I'm slowly bringing the hay from the outbuilding round and layering it with fruit and veg peelings. In other news, we had a fatality in the garden yesterday... I nipped outside to give the grubby front door a wipe, and disturbed what I think was a sparrowhawk feasting on these feathery remains. We're going to have to get used to being rather closer to nature out here. There's currently at least one mouse galumphing around in the loft at night (it's never just one...). We've put a humane trap up there, and it's got a few more days to jump in before we take more drastic measures. Not ideal, but I'd rather the livestock stayed on the outside...
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Auntie Lou
9/4/2018 08:43:17 am
Oh no! On the plus side, there can't be many people in the peak district who may be able to forage for tomatoes and various veg at the side of the road! Loving the compost bin xxx
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mitty
10/4/2018 01:22:23 am
We have a similar greenhouse and have weighted the frame with 6 cinder blocks, which I think you call breeze blocks. The plastic is staked down separately. Hope this helps!
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TDQ Karen
10/4/2018 06:04:17 pm
Sorry to hear about the greenhouse. We don't live in the countryside but had a couple of mice a few years ago. We bought an electronic gizmo from Amazon that you plug into the mains and is supposed to emit a sound so high a frequency that the vermin leave home!!!! Not seen signs since so it seems to work and it can't be heard by humans. Worth a go?
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