Mark 2

Previously on Contentedly Discontent:
The original greenhouse survived the summer but as the year came to a close it fell victim to the weather.

The latest (and ideally last) installment:

So last weekend Greenhouse Mark 2 was constructed. Complete with three bags of B&Q's finest quick set cement, every single nut, bolt and clip included in the box as well as a few salvaged from Mk 1. Of course this weekend was blowing a gale resulting in one sleepless night. But, apart from an emergency replacement of a few clips whilst still in pyjamas on Sunday morning, it seems to have withstood the weather this time.

While I was constructing, the wife was harvesting stuff planted in the autumn (in pots rather than the greenhouse for obvious reasons)


The first carrot - I think that the shape makes it obvious that this is an organic carrot (the suits in Europe wouldn't approve of). It was delicious. I didn't manage to snap the first leek before it went into tonights dinner.


Throughout construction, I was being watched by two cuties - the wife won't let me post her picture here but Freddie didn't object: