{"id":95,"date":"2009-06-08T21:16:55","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T20:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2009-08-15T20:02:43","modified_gmt":"2009-08-15T19:02:43","slug":"greenhouse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/?page_id=95","title":{"rendered":"Greenhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Principles &#8211; What is special about our greenhouse ?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">TOP is intended as a model garden, with ideas others can adopt. Within our 16&#8217;x10&#8242; aluminium frame greenhouse, which we retrieved second hand for \u00c2\u00a3100, we aim to explore and provide innovative examples of Organic, Low maintenance and Permaculture practice.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Raised Beds for Tomatoes, Peppers &amp; Winter salads<\/li>\n<li>Automatic and semi-automatic Irrigation<\/li>\n<li>Heat stores through water storage and paved flooring<\/li>\n<li>Ventilation &#8211; a mix of purchased vents and home grown<\/li>\n<li>Communal space for meetings, working towards wheelchair access<\/li>\n<li>Potting bench including irrigation<\/li>\n<li>Space for a Fig tree and a <a href=\"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/?page_id=242\" target=\"_self\">Grape Vine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_108\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108\" title=\"greenhouse-sept-08\" src=\"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/greenhouse-sept-081.jpg\" alt=\"Greenhouse full of tomatoes Sep 08\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/greenhouse-sept-081.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/greenhouse-sept-081-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greenhouse full of tomatoes Sep 08<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Diary of Progress<\/h3>\n<h3>Apr 2002<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>After considerable delay, the greenhouse is up !<\/li>\n<li>Water collected from greenhouse and feeding tanks &#8211; see <a href=\"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/?page_id=54\" target=\"_self\">water storage project<\/a> page<\/li>\n<li>Raised bed constructed and first early salad crop eaten- greek cress, rocket, lettuce &amp; radishes<\/li>\n<li>Potting bench in place, including the kitchen sink !<\/li>\n<li>Paving area including socket holes for seed rack<\/li>\n<li>Fig tree planted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>June 2002<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Purchased and installed additional automatic vents<\/li>\n<li>Completed irrigation &#8211; Urinal cistern to automate flow<\/li>\n<li>Benches and pipework for 2 baths<\/li>\n<li>Organise overflow out of greenhouse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>July 2002<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Planted a Vine &#8211; summer shading and autumn vintage<\/li>\n<li>Irrigation system working well, but header tank not big enough<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_97\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97\" title=\"green_cistern\" src=\"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/green_cistern.jpg\" alt=\"High level cisterns for flushing pebble bed\" width=\"437\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/green_cistern.jpg 437w, http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/green_cistern-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-97\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">High level cisterns for flushing pebble bed<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>2009 update<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The irrigation system has proved excellent, with tomatoes automatically watered approximately 3 times per 24 hour period.<\/li>\n<li>After a slow start, the grape vine now fills the greenhouse, and in 2008 we had a lot of small sweet\u00c2\u00a0 grapes &#8211; too good for wine.<\/li>\n<li>a hydroponic system, constructed from refrigerator shelves and webbing suspends tomatoes and peppers above one of the baths. Again a great success in 2008.<\/li>\n<li>the greenhouse proves a popular meeting place for eating and socialising in the winter months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principles &#8211; What is special about our greenhouse ? TOP is intended as a model garden, with ideas others can adopt. Within our 16&#8217;x10&#8242; aluminium frame greenhouse, which we retrieved second hand for \u00c2\u00a3100, we aim to explore and provide innovative examples of Organic, Low maintenance and Permaculture practice. Raised Beds for Tomatoes, Peppers &amp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P11qW2-1x","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions\/99"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tatnampatch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}