Monty Don on Gardening with Changing Weather
BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast
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The Cost of Heating Your Greenhouse
Greenhouses evolved in the 17th century because coal was starting to be mined and shipped down south so people could heat buildings. I seriously thought of putting a wood burning stove into my big greenhouse as a way to try and fuel it but then the fluid would have cost more than the stove. There comes a point when it's cheaper just to buy new plants, that's saying something giving how expensive plants I've got. We can't keep going as we are you know unless you're a billionaire and you just want to do that but none of us are.
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