Buying a greenhouse...any advice welcome

[maxxi]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> Undisputedtruth Wrote:

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> At some

> > point in my life I may take up gardening but

> want

> > to make sure it's done to a very high standard.

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> I too enjoy doing gardening to a very high

> standard. Does anyone else enjoy doing gardening

> to a very high standard? If not, what standard do

> most people achieve when doing gardening?

Oh quite high, I think about 12ft+. No greenhouse - no garden as such just a sunny area of concrete roof/patio festooned with containers - yet still picking ripe tomatoes, chilli peppers, marjoram and thyme etc. and surrounded by tall sunflowers, nasturtiums, lobelia, violets and petunias - all about to die off I'm sure and yet they keep on going.

Or have I just confused standards with altitude?

That's what comes of posters pronouncing from their high horses... or should that be tall horses?

[MGolden]

What else is your garden used for? We have a large garden but our two sons are under the impression it is a football pitch - the seven-a-side goals their dad put up have only encouraged that. Anyway, because the football pitch takes up most of the garden we opted for a smallish first greenhouse and most importantly went for metal frame and acrylic windows - not as asthetically pleasing as I wanted (I was considering wooden frame with real glass windows) but very very sturdy and has withstood direct hits from footballs on more times than I care to remember.

[petercmfjohn]

aluminium is good. Make sure it have steps on it.