EDITOR DES AND HIS GREENHOUSE – AN UPDATE

Hello Dear People

Well because my vegie growing was so awesome, my guardian Pauline Conolly finally agreed to buy me a little greenhouse.

My greenhouse in a box!

The only trouble was  that she took the cheap option (what a surprise….NOT) and it came in at least 100 bits.  OMG!!

Good grief!

At first I was going to send it back, but  in the end my strength of character  preev…..preval……shone through,  and I decided to  give it my best shot.

It took me nearly all day to put the first ten pieces together. I did call out for help,  but nobody came (what a surprise). Things got a bit easier when I found a sheet of instructions. It was very hard to reach the high parts but I managed to clamber up. Climbing is in my blood.

My heart was in my mouth!

SUCCESS

It was nearly dark when I finally finished and put its green raincoat on  It was very tight and the zippers were a bit tricky.  Looked awesome though.  I pushed it into place behind my kitchen garden. Note my tomatoes in the photo below.

Looking good.

Next morning I went out to admire my handiwork. There was just one more thing to add. I needed a piece of paper and a red pen.  Aah yes….now it’s the perfect Ed Des Shed. No more hiding in the wood heap to indulge in my little vices. Hahaha.  Do you know what?  I sleep in there sometimes. Especially if  (when) Pauline is annoyed with me.

The final touch

Bliss! A little sip and a puff before bed.

DISAPPOINTMENT!

Good grief!  I’m afraid my greenhouse turned out to be what Pauline said is called. NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE.  Winter came  and after a couple of frosts the covering just disintegrated. I admit I cried for quite a while. What to do?  We had a family conference and  Pauline suggested we could use the frame to grow a passionfruit vine. So that’s what we did.

Doing well.

Just look at the amazing flower.  The bees love the nectar..

Photo-Research Gate

I wrote my name on the first fruit so the possums  and cockatoos would know not to eat it.

Wow!

My very own.

Finally it was ripe and I was allowed to have it on a custard tart for my tea. So you see the story ended quite happily.

Oh yes, delish!

Well did you know I have a FACEBOOK  page of my very own?  Just click here…..EDITOR DES    I AM TRYING TO GET MORE ‘LIKES’ THAN PAULINE, PADDINGTON AND POOH!!