Hi Chickadoodles. When Hubs was building our greenhouses, our neighbor asked if we would be interested in some free plastic to cover them with. He knows the owners of a nursery, and they were in the process of changing out the plastic on their greenhouses (they change their plastic out every 3-5 years). We happily took all the plastic they offered, which was enough to do both of our greenhouses, with plenty more for other uses. I'm estimating that the plastic is roughly 8 years old now, and it's still going strong. Not sure what the greenhouse supply co. was talking about. Were they trying to sell you something more expensive, by chance?
Thanks chicmom. Do you have pvc on your greenhouses?
I will likely paint mine to keep it from cracking in the heat anyway.
I don’t even do anything special when or after I planted them. I barely even watered except when it didn’t rain for a month or two.
I didn't do anything with it last year and it has ended up as a messy weed infested dumping area which was making me sad as my washing line is right there and DH cross as he can't get the mower / strimmer in. This morning before it started raining I've managed to weed, flatten, cardboard and thick shredded wood mulch about a metre out from the barn on half the length. I still have the other half to do but it has brambles and all sorts so wont' be as easy. I'm so pleased with the results - very clean and tidy! I also had a hack at some of my hibiscus bushes to tidy them up. The weather is meant to get a bit cooler but clear and sunny over the weekend and into next week so looking forward to getting lots done!
