Greenhouses are a prized item when it comes to gardening. Not everyone can have one because of restraints on the budget and on the size of the garden. However they can greatly enhance your gardening experience and extend your gowing season by several months.

You can sow your seeds earlier in the season and then be able to grow on tender plants. You can over winter your more delicate plants and during the summer you can grow vegetables like Italian tomatoes, peppers and aubergines that just would not do so well outside in the variable UK weather. And if it’s cold, wet and windy your greenhouse is the perfect place to continue gardening in the dry.

But you need to make your greenhouse work to its maximum capacity to get real value out of it. For this you’ll need some type of storage and a decent working surface. In a smaller greenhouse you might find that a potting bench is all you need. You can sew and pot on using the bench in spring and store the plant pots underneath during winter.

However, for most people a potting bench is too small and restricting. A much better option is aluminium greenhouse staging that comes in a variety of sizes to fit greenhouses both small and large. The staging can have one or two shelves underneath for storage or even no shelves at all if you want.

The greenhouse staging can have slat tops for better ventilation or solid tops to provide a working surface. Some staging folds up or folds down to allow you to use the space during the growing season for growing plants.

Being flexible with the insides of your greenhouse will help you get the most out of it. At times you’ll need to cope with a mass of young growing plants and at times it could be almost devoid of living vegetation.