To build or buy a greenhouse can be very costly and depending on the style you want, you can easily be spending hundreds or thousands of pounds green that needs constant maintenance and additional equipment. Even before you have selected your greenhouse you may have to do extensive groundworks to ensure you have a stable flat and solid area. Greenhouses often require additional heaters or fans to regulate the temperature as the temperature can vary significantly, they can be super-hot or super-cold. Not only that you’re paying to heat all the air above paths where your crops or plants are unless you’re really clever with shelving systems Greenhouses can also reduce the moisture in the air, meaning the soil can tend to dry out faster and requires more regular watering or bespoke irrigation systems. This just adds more cost. Also, regardless of season, sun is the crucial ingredient to year round growing. Make sure your Vegepod is positioned in a sunny and level spot in your garden. Tip #3- Size does matter There are lots of benefits from having a greenhouse, however, there are just as many disadvantages that you might not have thought about. Choosing a Vegepod can actually solve these disadvantages – believe us, let’s explain how and why. Timing: We’d all like an abundance of lettuce, just not at the same time. So plant some seedlings a week apart for a few weeks so you have your veggies staggered in time with your needs. Be sure to plant seasonal veggies too for variety of produce. Vegepods are great for things like a salad bar, and would also be wonderful for a dedicated strawberry patch, herb garden, etc.

Here are 5 of our favourite benefits we’d like you to know about the quintessentially simple and easy raised garden bed – the Vegepod!Are you in need of a covered garden but have no idea what will work best? Tunnel house? Greenhouse? Vegepod? Let’s break down the differences between Greenhouses and Vegepod Raised Garden Beds. SOME KEY THINGS TO CONSIDER The Vegepod solves some of the most common concerns that myself and fellow gardeners often have when it comes to growing veggies successfully such as keeping up with watering + keeping out pests. What are the actual benefits of a raised garden bed? How do you build a raised garden bed? Are there raised garden bed kits? What do you plant in a raised garden bed?

If you’re not sure about spacing, you can always try the ‘ruthless horticulturalist technique’. This basically involves sprinkling a whole bunch of seeds in a particular area and when the veggies sprout, pulling out the weaker ones to make room for the strong looking shoots - a mini version of Darwin’s survival of the fittest if you will. Tip #4 - Playing the FieldIf you have a large space but want to have them easier to move, then go for multiple medium beds as you can get them on wheels. If your container garden does not adequately drain water, then your plants run the risk of yellowing and dying. Many decorative pots don’t have adequate drainage, so you will need to add some more by drilling in some sections. Vegepods however, have a built-in drainage and reservoir system so all your watering worries are taken care of –container garden dreams! Stands and trolleys are available so that you can raise the garden bed at a comfortable level for gardening. Plus the trolleys are perfect so that you can wheel it around your garden easily to chase the sun or change its location! It has a built in mister which you can connect to your hose for easy irrigation. Of course, you can simply hand water it as well when needed.