Around the Greenhouse...
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Flooring Solutions for Greenhouses
Flooring is a somewhat dull but important aspect of greenhouse building and maintenance. Some greenhouse kits may include a specific flooring type. However, the vast...
Greenhouse Equipment
A quick visit to the local garden centre soon highlights the wide range of equipment available to the greenhouse owner – some of it almost indispensable and much of the...
Heating the Greenhouse
Greenhouses are essentially all about heat. While in the summer a well-placed greenhouse will gain most of its warmth directly from the sun, in the winter artificial...
Lighting Your Greenhouse
If you plan on using your greenhouse all year round, sooner or later you will have to think about getting some lighting for it and with the wide array available – not to...
Paths, Access and Greenhouse Flooring
Somewhere in the excitement of planning a new greenhouse the more mundane questions of access, pathways and flooring can sometimes get left behind....
Plant Support and Shelving in Your Greenhouse
Some items of equipment seem to be a feature of every greenhouse and shelving and plant support are high on this particular list! Although the...
Seed and Potting Composts
Although plants will obviously grow in ordinary soil, in the greenhouse it is usual to propagate them in compost – if for no better reason than they can usually be...
Shade and Ventilation in Your Greenhouse
Providing adequate shade and ventilation in your greenhouse is essential. During the height of summer most of the plants – with very few exceptions –...
The Eco-Friendly Greenhouse
Do a quick internet search for any phrase containing the word “greenhouse” and it is a fair bet that at least half of what you turn up will be about greenhouse gases...
Watering and Damping Down
Everyone knows that water is essential for the well being of any plant but in the confines of the greenhouse, the grower has to assume full responsibility for making...
