Mini greenhouse

[Enfys]

Ours was lovely, Daisy. It was a tiny cutting I took from my in laws and it produced lovely black grapes.

[Daisy]

Once a vine gets going there's no stopping it is there. Ours was green grapes, but sweet ones. The trick was to get to the grapes a few minutes before the birds decreed they were ready, because they'd strip the whole vine in a day!

When I had to dig it up to make way for the greenhouse I gave to my DS1 and it grew really well in their garden as well.

[Plantaholic]

We had a black grape growing in the greenhouse, provided shading for my plants. I had to have it cut down after my OH died because it took a lot of work keeping it under control.

[Nana]

I've always fancied the idea of a greenhouse. Both of my siblings have one. Brother has magical green fingers & sister's OH knows his stuff too. I just feel the challenge is too big with too much to learn from scratch. Plant it sounds as tho you made the right choice.

[Daisy]

Plant - I bet you were very sad to see your vine go, but they do take quite a bit of work.

Nana - you don't have to recreate Kew Gardens in your first growing season! Perhaps starting with something like the mini greenhouse Enfys is thinking about would be a good start. You can buy a good range of baby vegetable plants in the garden centres or online, and most things will look after themselves provided you water them.

If we're going to be confined to barracks for a long time it might be a nice creative project, with something to show for it. Growing baby salad leaves is really quick and easy, together with some tomatoes and cucumbers and you've got the makings of a home-grown salad for weeks.

[Nana]

Something worth thinking about then. Thanks.