Summer success…

In summer, a cold greenhouse can be used for growing tomatoes, chillies and aubergines or melons and cucumbers, which thrive in slightly warmer, humid conditions. Damping down the floor on hot days will add moisture to the air. Be mindful that these tender plants need to be sown early in the warmth, so if you can’t afford to heat the greenhouse at this crucial time, buy young plants along with tender vegetable plants like runner and

French beans and sweetcorn, to be grown on outdoors when the risk of frost is passed. Summer salads that can be sown and grown to maturity in a cold greenhouse include beetroot, lettuces and radishes.