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Old 04-05-2004, 07:06 PM
Tim Nicholson
 
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Default Now we live 'up North'.....

Hi all

Been a lurker here for a while on and off, but I now need some 'local'
assistance from you good people. In a previous life we lived in sunny
Oxfordshire, and could grow just about anything we liked outside as we
seemed to have a never ending growing season. We now live in Ayrshire,
and the climate's proving ever so slightly different.

Some of you probably contributed to my 'what kind of greenhouse should
I build' thread about a year ago, and I'm pleased to say it's now 90%
functional ( I didn't bother with installing the auto roof vent
openers, they're still in the box), and we have many plants on the go,
ready to be planted out into newly prepared raised beds (once the
railway sleepers arrive). However, I'm not sure about what'll survive
outdoors here, hence the call for help. I have tomatoes (cherry and
plum), courgettes, melons, cucumber, chillies, sweet red peppers,
cayenne, garlic all looking ok in the greenhouse at the mo, and will
be planting root veg directly outside as soon as I can. (as mentioned
in another thread, SWMBO has some potatoes in car tyres on the go too)

I have a south facing, pebbledash wall about 14 ft long that I could
put vine wires on to train the toms etc, will they be ok? and what
else might grow well beside them?

Looking forward to all your tips - then we'll get on to the composting
questions.

Thanks in advance

Tim