And indeed too high humidity. It’s just that having pollinators around or giving a helping hand would improve results.

Always experimenting :)

Thank you. Glad it was helpful :)

I’m going to split some this year (cutting top off the seedling) did a few last year too, it’s good.

It’s always good to admit your mistakes :)

Glad you think so :)

Thanks for the tip, I’ll try that :)

Well it’s not a 4 season version but I’ll be observing the temps to see how well it works. The original plan was aways to extend the growing season not all year round. I will play with my grow lights as I think they operate on 12v. Thanks for the comment.

Yeah it’s all possible, I’ve kept kale in the greenhouse (old one) over winter. We can’t now as we keep chickens in the. I have a special kale that they don’t seem to sell seed for over here called red Russian kale or ragged kale and that survives without any protection and then will be the first green thing next year. We don’t use any heating so plant frost sensitive crops later but as you’ll see in other videos I’ve made I grow earlier cold hardy crops around march which I grow under grow lights in feb. Here’s one vid kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aJ2jfK2Sv9naqp8.htmlsi=MC4IAue2uAjZQLw_ but also if you want something more arty there’s the seed to salad short film I made. Also this spring there’s some tour videos covering what I grew.

Do you mean ground space as they’re only a foot tall at most. I ask that as we had some other variety in the other greenhouse that were much taller and they took over I just pulled them out in the end before they went to seed. Re bed sheet I’ve been on the lookout for that stuff that goes behind radiators to reflect the heat, whilst I’m not convinced how effective it was at that job I think it would be perfect for rolling out and reflecting light and still look quite neat. I know this stuff is in the UK but haven’t seen it over here. Black stuff is just coincidence, it’s ground weed mulch used to hold up the insulation in place, that final video is still to come. Thanks as always for comments and suggestions.

@@BalticHomesteaders You are welcome Gary. My French marigolds grew to about two feet tall and crowded out part of one bed. I tried using the radiator foil stuff before but found that it breaks down quickly and disintegrates in sunlight. I thought that the black wall was useful as a heat sink but as the season goes on maybe the white sheet would help with reflecting light. Good luck.

@michaelmcclafferty3346 ah ok then I shall avoid it, thanks.

That's the plan but I need to pull my finger out, as usual everything else taken over, you know how it is :)

@@BalticHomesteaders believe me, I know 🤣🤣🤣

I’ve found that if you can stop the ground from freezing using fleece and hoops inside the greenhouse then you can grow some winter crops like kale spinach certain lettuce and even early strawberries but you need the plants in now so they can get established before it gets too dark

@@davemunden8489 yeah, I've done it in the past really well. The best year was so low tunnels outside filled with some proper winter lettuce. My trouble seems to be mice and it puts me off when I see things nibbled. The cat just doesn't seem to earn its keep. Trouble with my plot is the wet rather than the cold, the last few years even my purple sprouting brocoli rotted off at the base. I think Gary's greenhouse would be ideal for crops like that though, maybe transplanted in at a quarter grown size when other crops are taken out.

Thanks for visiting :)