Very inspirational
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That was a absolute treat to watch.
I was surprised she simply stacked the bricks... and how well she coped with the old glass.
My grandfather had three allotments in Anfield Plain and on one built a 24foot greenhouse with 2ft brick (cemented) plinth just like hers. Wide enough to have central tressels, so you could walk around.
He gave it to my parents just after they married and they dismantled, moved it 10 miles and reassembled the whole thing in our garden!
Wish I could have seen that.
The glass was fragile, seems like every year a pane would crack. It had a stable door with the upper part glazed.When you walked in, oh the smell of tomatoes in the sun.
Lasted nearly 50 years in our garden before the wood became unsafe. I now realise the work involved.I'm inspired to buy MrsAndy one, and a potting shed.
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That was a absolute treat to watch.
I was surprised she simply stacked the bricks... and how well she coped with the old glass.
My grandfather had three allotments in Anfield Plain and on one built a 24foot greenhouse with 2ft brick (cemented) plinth just like hers. Wide enough to have central tressels, so you could walk around.
He gave it to my parents just after they married and they dismantled, moved it 10 miles and reassembled the whole thing in our garden!
Wish I could have seen that.
The glass was fragile, seems like every year a pane would crack. It had a stable door with the upper part glazed.When you walked in, oh the smell of tomatoes in the sun.
Lasted nearly 50 years in our garden before the wood became unsafe. I now realise the work involved.I'm inspired to buy MrsAndy one, and a potting shed.
@AndyD said in Very inspirational:
The glass was fragile, seems like every year a pane would crack.
That remark recalled to memory an incident that occurred while I was a college student. I was just leaving a class when a thunderstorm broke so I remained sheltered under an outside portico. Shortly, large hail bagan to fall.
The campus was adjacent to Schenley Park, a large public park in Pittsburgh where the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is located.
The sound of shattering glass as the hail pelted the building was an awesome and frightening sound that your post made me recall.Big Al
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That was a absolute treat to watch.
I was surprised she simply stacked the bricks... and how well she coped with the old glass.
My grandfather had three allotments in Anfield Plain and on one built a 24foot greenhouse with 2ft brick (cemented) plinth just like hers. Wide enough to have central tressels, so you could walk around.
He gave it to my parents just after they married and they dismantled, moved it 10 miles and reassembled the whole thing in our garden!
Wish I could have seen that.
The glass was fragile, seems like every year a pane would crack. It had a stable door with the upper part glazed.When you walked in, oh the smell of tomatoes in the sun.
Lasted nearly 50 years in our garden before the wood became unsafe. I now realise the work involved.I'm inspired to buy MrsAndy one, and a potting shed.
@AndyD said in Very inspirational:
I was surprised she simply stacked the bricks...
I was too. I suppose climate may be a factor; that wouldn't work here, of course. Our frost line is 4 feet below ground.
We had a greenhouse for a while when I was growing up. It was more of a polytunnel, being covered in plastic. But I remember the smells and feelings from inside.
She has inspired me to design and build my own greenhouse.
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@AndyD said in Very inspirational:
The glass was fragile, seems like every year a pane would crack.
That remark recalled to memory an incident that occurred while I was a college student. I was just leaving a class when a thunderstorm broke so I remained sheltered under an outside portico. Shortly, large hail bagan to fall.
The campus was adjacent to Schenley Park, a large public park in Pittsburgh where the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is located.
The sound of shattering glass as the hail pelted the building was an awesome and frightening sound that your post made me recall.Big Al
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I was kind of gobsmacked watching this video. How inspirational!
Link to video@Bernard
It was fortunate in one way. The storm occurred near the end of May so the weather otherwise was fairly mild. It's hard to access the panes on a glass building that large. It took them most of the summer before they completed the repairs and all the portions of the buildings could be reopened to the public.Big Al
