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Happy 50th, Green Bug

23/11/2013

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A QUICK RE-CAP.... HERE’S THE 1ST 50! THANKS TO ALL MY WONDERFUL CUSTOMERS FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE - CAN YOU SPOT YOURS?

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A MASSIVE THANKS TO JO - MY PATIENT, RESOURCEFUL AND ACCOMMODATING WIFE - AND THANKS FOR THE CAKE TOO - JO EVEN GOT THE “GREEN BUG” FONT RIGHT
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...ON TO THE NEXT 50 RIGHT? 
                                         COME ON TIME’S A WASTING......

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It’s the 50th!!!!!

21/11/2013

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50th greenhouse that is!?  You know I don’t look 50 so don’t go there OK!


This is the finished greenhouse for the “Bedfordshire” job I did a couple of weeks ago (see 1st Nov entry).


Look at all that stuff -
hand-cut, sanded, and pre-coated in my workshop in sunny Wales  - it’s great fun going from all that to having the structure up as in the photo below in just an hour or two.


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Just the guttering, cold frames and shelving to go here.

As an after-thought I was asked to fit a cat-flap in the mortice-and-tennoned door I had lovingly built by hand - but I just got on and cut a big hole through it without any complaints coz I’m a professional like! 


Better to have it through the brickwork as it looks better though!

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Well I’m off to celebrate now! 

Here’s to the next 50 eh?


A large base-build in Cornwall next week......I’ll be packing both gazeebos.

Thank you so much to my wonderful customers this week who let me stay with them and fed me when the BnB I had booked turned into a total nightmare.  So very grateful for your hospitality (and it was great fun getting to know you).
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I'm famous - sort of - I got recognised  at Sandbach services (Northbound M6)

16/11/2013

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Greetings and thanks to the truck-driver who gave me a happy greeting as I made my way to pay in the earlier hours - with the words:- <i>“You don’t know me but I feel like I know you - you’re the greenhouse guy aren’t you!” </i> </richText></textBox>
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It turns out he’d been looking for a greenhouse too and had been reading my blog and watching the videos and recognised me from the “Tour of my workshop” vid.



Really chuffed - I felt famous for a minute and we had a good chat about things before heading on our separate ways.





“Keep writing the blog” he told me - well this one’s for you buddy!

 
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Already High Wycombe...!

14/11/2013

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I must be getting a bit quicker at this - I was only here a couple of weeks ago!

These guys are fantastic - tea galore, apple pie and custard brought out to you in the afternoon sun - I wore my shorts it was so nice!

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What do you need to say - I’m happy with how that looks and my customers, and even the neighbours, are chuffed. 

I’m so lucky to meet such great and interesting people on my travels - thanks guys!

-----Original Message-----
From: caroline
Sent: 17 November 2013 17:19
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Greenhouse


Hello Robin,
We love the greenhouse! Thank you so much...fancy you being recognised at the services!*


Attached are some photographs for your use...let us know if you would like any more.


It was great meeting you and a pleasure to serve you the puddings (and the KFC)!


Best regards,
Caroline and Tony.


* see the next entry ....

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Rochdale

9/11/2013

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You know that line from the Samuel Taylor Collerage poem “The Rhyme of the ancient mariner” -“water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink*.”  -this place is surrounded by fields, acres of land rolling as far as you can see but Heather and Trevor have a small spot in the middle to call their own - just enough for my smallest greenhouse at 1.5m wide by 2.5m long - about as big as your dining table.  
But they don’t seem to mind - they realise that land management is a responsible, serious position and that you can do a lot with a little space so long as you cultivate the ground properly.  Great folk!

* by the way, I’m not well read at all - I only know that quote through Iron Maiden
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And here’s the finished greenhouse base taken at 6pm - not late, but the light goes by 4pm at this time of year.

I’ll get back here to construct the finished greenhouse before Xmas.

Hasn’t the winter returned with spite for the wonderful summer we had?  Constant rain - but thankfully my  gazebo kept the rain off so I could build the walls within the curtain of rain around me.
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Bedfordshire

1/11/2013

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I designed this greenhouse to fit snugly in the top corner of this garden in place of an old greenhouse structure.

Their previous greenhouse was wooden too but just resting on concrete blocks resting on the ground - so I started by digging my usual trench 12”deep and adding a dry concrete mix to bed my solid block foundations in to.

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I added the foundations and a wall inside to provide a raised bed - great for tomatoes and other water hungry plants.


I’ve also added a long cold frame structure outside.  The overall structure just fits the space - only just. I had to lift, cut and re-bed quite a few of the existing patio slabs to tidy up the space around the new greenhouse.
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I’ll be back here in a couple of weeks to put this one up -that’s quick for me, right?
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