Mini Glasshouse-recycling style!

the niftiest bit of recycling in an age

Just when I think I have seen it all someone does something that completely surprises me. Today was one of those days. I was in Fedamore, with my afternoon class when one of the girls arrived in asking us if we had seen her glasshouse?!

Turns out she had intended bringing it with her to class but couldn't fit it in her car so she left it out the front of the community centre earlier that morning. Her "glasshouse" was a fantastic halogen light (minus the bulb). She filled the case with compost, sowed her seeds and popped the clear light case over it. It even has clips to keep the cover in place which was a good job, as she showed us a seed tray chewed by her dog-not good!!

Everyone was well impressed with the talk quickly turning to all the stuff that's thrown out that could be useful for growing plants. There was even a mention of going to the recycling centre for a good poke around!( this would be my husbands idea of hell). Mind you as Katherine said, if you do consistently keep items that might one day come in useful your place starts looking like a junkyard and you cant find anything when you do finally need it.