I went up on Sunday and saw Dave there, I had my drill with me so we both had a go at fixing the missing panes on the greenhouse. We had about 4 massive gaps where wind/rodents/rain etc was getting in so we patched up those areas. You can tell it's sealed as the greenhouse is....warm! It's incredible!
I'm afraid to say that we fixed most of the greenhouse with wire but it does work!! I drilled around the panes and tied them up with wire using the metal supports.
Karl dug up the weeds surrounding the pathway and dug over the runner bean patch from last year. I started on the brassica patch by the woodchips and where slugs may be nesting. I have a cider-death plan for March to kill off the blighters!
The lotty is really starting to look great and if we don't have a soggy summer, we should have a good year. I'm a tiddly bit excited!!
Yes, I know it's wire but the greenhouse is old and we don't really know how to fix it properly. We're improvising!
You can tell it gets very windy here as one side of the greenhouse is glass and the other side is purely poly! A few smashed panes there from falling clutter!
After mending the greenhouse, cleaning the greenhouse, digging 2 patches and filling 3 garden bags of weeds it was time for a rest...in the wheelbarrow!
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Your greenhouse is easy to repair, although I think you have done a great job anyway.
The glass/polycorbonate are fixed to the frame using glazing spring clips
http://www.harrodhorticultural.com/HarrodSite/pages/product/productEnlarge.asp?prod=GRE-423&url=www.harrodhorticultural.com
each section has two panes, the top one rests onthe lower one with lap clips
http://www.harrodhorticultural.com/HarrodSite/product/Greenhouse%20Equipment_Greenhouse%20accessories/GRE-425.htm
Hope that helps.
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