Here a Fig of my old'n crappy wooden gardenshed that I'm modifying right now. Already moved the right (East) side wall, as one can see in the pic. On the space at right that has become free, next year will be a lean-to-wall polycarbonate greenhouse, for chillies and tomatoes, inside their own raised bed. Greenhouse and raised bed will match in footprint, 140cm width x 70 depth. The current raspberries, visible at right, will have to go somewhere else. At present, the shed entrance faces South. I'm also considering disassemblying the shed completely (how the hell do I remove the Bitumen layer on the roof?), and reassemble it rotated 90deg, so the Greenhouse side (the cut side), will face South rather than East, so better for tomatoes. Please comments.
It would depend whereabouts you are as to whether it would be worth the effort of turning it @Albe. They only need reasonable protection from bad weather, and even poorer summer days are absolutely fine, in terms of warmth, for tomatoes. The light should still be fine for them.
I think you may need to replace the roof if it's not in great condition, but it would depend on whether you think it's worth it or not. I find it quite easy to cut roofing felt with a Stanley knife or even sharp scissors though. Is that what you're trying to remove? Perhaps you could do a polycarbonate section where you want the greenhouse bit, and a solid roof on the rest. Best of both worlds.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It would depend whereabouts you are as to whether it would be worth the effort of turning it @Albe. They only need reasonable protection from bad weather, and even poorer summer days are absolutely fine, in terms of warmth, for tomatoes. The light should still be fine for them.
I think you may need to replace the roof if it's not in great condition, but it would depend on whether you think it's worth it or not. I find it quite easy to cut roofing felt with a Stanley knife or even sharp scissors though. Is that what you're trying to remove? Perhaps you could do a polycarbonate section where you want the greenhouse bit, and a solid roof on the rest. Best of both worlds.
It would depend whereabouts you are as to whether it would be worth the effort of turning it @Albe. They only need reasonable protection from bad weather, and even poorer summer days are absolutely fine, in terms of warmth, for tomatoes. The light should still be fine for them.
Rotating it would be for sure a hard dirty ugly struggle. The thing as it is, it is simply too big heavy bulky to rotating without first disassemblying. And althought disassemblying the walls is going to be easy-peasy, I would first have to remove the roof, which has the ugly bitumen sheets kind of glued on it. But hard ugly dirty garden struggles is what I love (how else to survive job stress, a problematic teeny at home, and everything else in between?). Realistic I won't be able just to remove it without destroying it.
BTW I'm in northern Germany, same latitude and climate as northern England. Every summer I go back "home" to northern Italy, I'm ashamed seeing how gorgeous the local garden tomatoes. And yet looking at those very same tomatoes, I hear people from the south of Italy saying "of course they're still so pale, not enough sunshine and warmth here". So not sure I subscribe to the sentence "They only need reasonable protection from bad weather, and even poorer summer days are absolutely fine, in terms of warmth, for tomatoes."
I'm further north than that, and don't have a problem with ripening toms in a greenhouse, and I've had them in various aspects. They generally need protection here where I am because it's a very wet part of the world, apart from the odd changes in the climate we've had in the past couple of years. Many people further north than I am can grow toms without any problem too. Our season is shorter here, which makes a difference, as we can't put plants out until later, even in a greenhouse, but they continue growing and ripening until October as long as they have that protection. I have to leave the doors open and sometimes use shading on hotter days, but on cooler, cloudy ones - which we get plenty of during the growing season, they're fine with minimal ventilation and attention. We often struggle to have temps in double figures at night for example, even at this time of year, and daytime temps can often only be mid teens in the greenhouse. It isn't a problem.
The varieties you choose could also be a factor, but you'll have to make the decision as to what suits your location.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Already moved the right (East) side wall, as one can see in the pic. On the space at right that has become free, next year will be a lean-to-wall polycarbonate greenhouse, for chillies and tomatoes, inside their own raised bed. Greenhouse and raised bed will match in footprint, 140cm width x 70 depth.
The current raspberries, visible at right, will have to go somewhere else.
At present, the shed entrance faces South. I'm also considering disassemblying the shed completely (how the hell do I remove the Bitumen layer on the roof?), and reassemble it rotated 90deg, so the Greenhouse side (the cut side), will face South rather than East, so better for tomatoes.
Please comments.
I think you may need to replace the roof if it's not in great condition, but it would depend on whether you think it's worth it or not. I find it quite easy to cut roofing felt with a Stanley knife or even sharp scissors though. Is that what you're trying to remove?
Perhaps you could do a polycarbonate section where you want the greenhouse bit, and a solid roof on the rest. Best of both worlds.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Yes, this is indeed the current plan
Rotating it would be for sure a hard dirty ugly struggle. The thing as it is, it is simply too big heavy bulky to rotating without first disassemblying. And althought disassemblying the walls is going to be easy-peasy, I would first have to remove the roof, which has the ugly bitumen sheets kind of glued on it. But hard ugly dirty garden struggles is what I love (how else to survive job stress, a problematic teeny at home, and everything else in between?). Realistic I won't be able just to remove it without destroying it.
BTW I'm in northern Germany, same latitude and climate as northern England. Every summer I go back "home" to northern Italy, I'm ashamed seeing how gorgeous the local garden tomatoes.
"They only need reasonable protection from bad weather, and even poorer summer days are absolutely fine, in terms of warmth, for tomatoes."
Our season is shorter here, which makes a difference, as we can't put plants out until later, even in a greenhouse, but they continue growing and ripening until October as long as they have that protection. I have to leave the doors open and sometimes use shading on hotter days, but on cooler, cloudy ones - which we get plenty of during the growing season, they're fine with minimal ventilation and attention. We often struggle to have temps in double figures at night for example, even at this time of year, and daytime temps can often only be mid teens in the greenhouse. It isn't a problem.
The varieties you choose could also be a factor, but you'll have to make the decision as to what suits your location.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...