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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.
  
  
 ## Further resources ## Further resources
  
 +- [How to build a greenhouse](https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/diy/how-to-build-a-greenhouse/)
 +- [Second Hand Greenhouse – Buying, Dismantling and Re-building](https://www.allotment-garden.org/greenhouse-growing/second-hand-greenhouse-buying-dismantling-and-re-building-a-greenhouse/)
 +- [Month-by-month guide to greenhouse planting, growing & harvesting](https://www.lowimpact.org/categories/plants/greenhouses-polytunnels/further-info/)
 +- [Low-cost geodesic dome greenhouse kit](https://geo-dome.co.uk/article.asp?uname=geo_polydome) 
 +- [Greenhouse Growing](https://www.greenhousegrowing.co.uk/)
 +- [Free DIY greenhouse plans](https://morningchores.com/greenhouse-plans/)
 +- [Why buy a polytunnel?](https://self-sufficient.co.uk/Why-Buy-a-Polytunnel.htm)
 +- [Make your own DIY polytunnel](https://self-sufficient.co.uk/Make-Your-Own-DIY-Polytunnel.htm) 
  
  
-## Specialists+ 
 +## Specialist curators of this topic
  
  
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