My latest purchase is a $39 wire and plastic greenhouse from Bunnings - already I know it’s going to be money well spent. As the weather down here in Tasmania is starting to get a little cooler as we head into Autumn, I found that the new lot of seeds I’d been trying to germinate were taking their sweet time to come up.

So the day before yesterday I put the greenhouse in its place on a north-facing wall next to the house and set up my seedling trays. Yesterday at lunch time I checked to see what was happening in the little greenhouse and guess what? All of my broccoli and cauliflower seeds had suddenly popped out to say hello to me.

I couldn’t believe the amount of humidity that gets stored up in that little greenhouse (actually perhaps its too much humidity as some of the other seedlings had wilted a little). Each day I’ll have to go out there at lunch time and unzip the door to let some air circulate through there.