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-Greenhouses are a common sight in UK gardens; this one is typical - aluminium frame, glass, sliding door, roof ventilation, staging.+_Greenhouses are a common sight in UK gardens; this one is typical - aluminium frame, glass, sliding door, roof ventilation, staging._
  
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-Cold frames made from old windows. They can be propped open further and further until the seedlings are hardened off enough to plant outside. Image: [**Appropedia**](https://www.appropedia.org/)**,** [**CC-BY-SA**](https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights)+_Cold frames made from old windows. They can be propped open further and further until the seedlings are hardened off enough to plant outside. Image: [**Appropedia**](https://www.appropedia.org/)**,** [**CC-BY-SA**](https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights)_
  
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-No tomatoes you can buy will beat the taste of home-grown tomatoes from your greenhouse or polytunnel.+_No tomatoes you can buy will beat the taste of home-grown tomatoes from your greenhouse or polytunnel._
  
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-A polytunnel on a smallholding in Wales; polytunnels are cheaper than large greenhouses, and so are perfect for smallholdings or market gardens.+_A polytunnel on a smallholding in Wales; polytunnels are cheaper than large greenhouses, and so are perfect for smallholdings or market gardens._
  
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-Self-built, lean-to greenhouse with lime-rendered, straw-bale shed and lower walls.+_Self-built, lean-to greenhouse with lime-rendered, straw-bale shed and lower walls._
  
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-'Pop-up' plastic greenhouse can be a (relatively) cheap temporary option.+_'Pop-up' plastic greenhouse can be a (relatively) cheap temporary option._
  
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-How about this self-built greenhouse from hundreds of recycled plastic bottles?+_How about this self-built greenhouse from hundreds of recycled plastic bottles?_
  
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-Propagating [**seeds**](/seed/seed_saving) in trays in a greenhouse in the early spring, before transferring to a cold frame, then planting outside.+_Propagating [**seeds**](/seed/seed_saving) in trays in a greenhouse in the early spring, before transferring to a cold frame, then planting outside._
  
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-[Geodesic dome](/geod/geodesic_domes) greenhouses tend to lose less heat at night because they have the minimum of surface area for the internal volume of air.+_[Geodesic dome](/geod/geodesic_domes) greenhouses tend to lose less heat at night because they have the minimum of surface area for the internal volume of air._
  
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-You can find more detailed advice about greenhouses & polytunnels in books or online (see resources) - and here are [month-by-month guides](/grho/greenhouses) to what to sow, plant and harvest in your polytunnel or greenhouse.+You can find more detailed advice about greenhouses & polytunnels in books or online (see resources) - and here are [month-by-month guides](https://www.lowimpact.org/categories/greenhouses-polytunnels/further-info) to what to sow, plant and harvest in your polytunnel or greenhouse.
  
  
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-## Specialists+## Specialist curators of this topic
  
  
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