Undercover operations
HOW on earth did we manage to run the garden without a greenhouse? It’s something we often wonder, especially at this time of the year when they come into their own. A greenhouse is one of the most useful tools in the gardener’s arsenal. They broaden the range of plants you can grow, from tender ornamentals to more exotic or temperature-dependent crops. More importantly, they allow gardening to become a year-round activity. In spring you can sow your tender seeds and pot on overwintered tender cuttings, and when autumn comes around you have space to store newly taken cuttings and exotics that would otherwise turn up their toes in our less temperate winters. Now we are entering one of the busiest times for greenhouse use. It has been a strange year – the…