Peter Whyte gives tips on growing winter greens

Winter greens You could pull out the last of your summer crops from your greenhouse, clean it up for the winter and close it until spring.  But why not have it produce fresh green salads for you all winter?  If you didn’t sow any leaf greens in recent weeks you can still sow turnip seed [...]

Growhouse prices are due to increase by 10%

Growhouse (Western Red Cedar Greenhouses) have just announced prices are going to be increased by 10% from the 1st of November.  If you were thinking of getting one now would be a good time to order to save yourself some money.  Click here to go to our Growhouse page:  http://www.polydome.ie/subcategories.php?maincatid=3&catid=79 There is a second good reason for buying [...]

Photo Competition Winner

Many thanks to everyone who contributed photos in our recent competition for Glasshouse and Polytunnel customers.  We had such a good response that our email system at one point was unable to cope under the weight of all the pictures!  All photos were greatly appreciated and it really showed the enthusiasm that people have for [...]

Peter Whyte’s Blog for October – battening down the hatches in case of storms

Storms can do a lot of damage to polytunnels and glasshouses.  Wind-pressure increases with about the square of its speed, so doubling windspeed quadruples its force.  But there’s plenty you can do to prevent it. Buy the strongest-framed structure you can afford.  Secure it well into the ground, following the supplier’s instructions for your conditions.  [...]

Back from the Ploughing

We are back from the National Ploughing Championships which was the best attended show ever with numbers attending topping 220,000. We ran out of brochures as mentioned in my last blog and I have to give a great big thanks to The Print Factory in Birr for their outstanding customer service. At 4pm or so [...]