I use ex plastic greenhouses as shelves to store all my pots in my work area. I sue the ex door flap of a bigger one to protect the back of OH's new car when I go on plant raids.
We recycled empty wine bottles to make a wall to sit on and retain earth at the back of our terrace. That always gets interested comments when people come. We've used old pallets and offcuts from floorboards to make 3 big compost heaps with removable fronts.
I've painted old galvanised laundry tubs found in flea markets. One is black and gold and holds ice and beers when we have a party. Another is red and gold with stencilled gold snowflakes and Xmas trees to hold the Xmas tree and another is waiting to be painted up and be used as a pot holder.
Old clothes get recycled as gardening clobber till they really haven't got the will to hold together any more.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
What I also do is "harvest" my Arundo Donax and use it as well as bought canes..I'm saving the thickest & longest for the top of a pergola when we finally build or buy one. We "gathered" some in Greece from a dry river bed for our friends who have it on their pergola,( In Greece...didn't bring it home ) it's on a very windy but sunny roof terrace and it's still fine, secured with wire, 5 yrs later.
I also thin out my black bamboo and use them as pea sticks.
I made staging for the GH from a really cheap special offer shelving unit from a French supermarket. The extra staging for baby plants in the spring is cheap planks of wood on cheap metal trestles that I take down when the plants go in the cold frames to make room to plant the tomatoes. The cold frames are made from cheap building blocks with air holes in them, lined with polystyrene.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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No I get backache, sitting there like a garden gnome. Perhaps I should have mentioned my potting station on DAFT things thread.
The ideas not daft, its just it would be more suited to very short people,perhaps those with pointed ears and fishing rods!
I use ex plastic greenhouses as shelves to store all my pots in my work area. I sue the ex door flap of a bigger one to protect the back of OH's new car when I go on plant raids.
We recycled empty wine bottles to make a wall to sit on and retain earth at the back of our terrace. That always gets interested comments when people come. We've used old pallets and offcuts from floorboards to make 3 big compost heaps with removable fronts.
I've painted old galvanised laundry tubs found in flea markets. One is black and gold and holds ice and beers when we have a party. Another is red and gold with stencilled gold snowflakes and Xmas trees to hold the Xmas tree and another is waiting to be painted up and be used as a pot holder.
Old clothes get recycled as gardening clobber till they really haven't got the will to hold together any more.
Photo of big cloche, half polycarbonate half spare piece of tempered glass from greenhouse
Detail of very sophisticated fastening involving bamboo and wire
Bean wire mesh used to keep the dratted pigeons off peas.
Homemade plant stand for herbs by back door
Staging that I made from treated wood for g/h much cheaper than ready made, £43 for 8' length.
Artjak are you available for hire?
What I also do is "harvest" my Arundo Donax and use it as well as bought canes..I'm saving the thickest & longest for the top of a pergola when we finally build or buy one. We "gathered" some in Greece from a dry river bed for our friends who have it on their pergola,( In Greece...didn't bring it home ) it's on a very windy but sunny roof terrace and it's still fine, secured with wire, 5 yrs later.
I also thin out my black bamboo and use them as pea sticks.
I made staging for the GH from a really cheap special offer shelving unit from a French supermarket. The extra staging for baby plants in the spring is cheap planks of wood on cheap metal trestles that I take down when the plants go in the cold frames to make room to plant the tomatoes. The cold frames are made from cheap building blocks with air holes in them, lined with polystyrene.
Right Busy that's you and Artjak needed here, pronto.
I use old net curtains to protect brassicas from cabbage whites, and secure them to the supports with clothes pegs.