It has only taken 2 weeks for the weather to play ball and be dry enough for us to lay down the sleepers that the greenhouse base will sit on:
This is almost the lowest point in our garden. As such, it gets a bit wet and DB just couldn't get the soil remotely level due to excess rain. Eventually, we decided to mark the area that needed firming and tamped in no end of gravel. That seemed to work (we had two weeks to stare at it and check).
Once the wood had been painted (twice by me), he used a giant set square thing to get 90 degree angles, before screwing brackets into each corner. This giant frame was then lifted up and dry post mortar was laid, gently watered and the frame replaced on top of it.
We sat the already assembled greenhouse metal base on top to check everything before it was put once more into the back bedroom. Weather forecast seems to show at least another week will pass before it is dry enough, and far less windy, for us to attempt to construct the greenhouse.
Wish us luck!
It's going to look very smart, hope we get a nice calm day for you soon
ReplyDeleteHopefully so. At least it will give a bit more room than the mini one we currently have.
DeleteI'm glad you managed to get it in place. The weather isn't playing fair at all this year for us gardeners is it. More snow is forecast for this week for us!
ReplyDeleteUs too. Yes, I had heard about the weather changing again in a week.
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