We have a little dilemma here which maybe you lot can help/advise on.
When we bought this house we inherited a 15m x 7m hole in the ground normally called a swimming pool (derelict). After looking at it for the last five and a half years and planning how to renovate it, the exchange rate has now hit us and we have lost about 25 percent of our income in one fell swoop!
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We thought it might be good idea under the circumstances to try and extend our growing season with a greenhouse, and my hubby duly built a small one. I then remembered a Gardener's Question Time programme on which a lady asked the panel what they thought was the best use of an old swimming pool in her garden. Bob Flowerdew said, stick a glass roof on it and use it as a greenhouse.
As this project probably won't happen until maybe next autumn, I've got quite a few months to think about what the heck I'd grow in a 100 sq m underground greenhouse which would benefit our budget the most!
Any ideas gratefully anticipated. Also any pitfalls you can think we might encounter. We did think we might put in a large block-built bay for fresh horse manure in the winter for a hot bed, but do you think the light levels will be too low to produce much of use?
Even if we put a smaller pool in the garden as well, this is a much cheaper option than doing up the swimming pool as it stands.
What do you think?
Thanks,
Chris