Greenhouse flowers
This winter’s tatsoi (mustard greens) crop is in full bloom in the greenhouse. The leaves are no longer yummy, but I’ve left the plants to flower because the blossoms make me smile whenever I step inside. The seed...
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Fresh mustard
I’ve never cared much for mustard greens. The canned variety just tastes nasty, I think. The fresh ones gathered in the pasture when I was a kid weren’t much better. Still, they were on the list of cold hardy greens...
Read MoreWinter again
January 3 overnight low – 14 degrees. January 5 high – 71 degrees January 6 high – 73 degrees January 7 high – 71 degrees Cover the greenhouse beds, uncover the greenhouse beds, yada yada yada. We had...
Read MoreBlankets for plants
I’ve been using floating row covers in the greenhouse lately to add an extra level of protection on cold nights. Jugs of water around what few tender plants remain in there help a lot, too. The water warms with the...
Read MoreAlmost finished
It really looks like a greenhouse now that the plastic covering is on. We used a special 6 mil greenhouse plastic that’s UV treated to resist sun damage. It’s supposed to last 4-6 years. It’s not a fun task to...
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The doors, windows, and peak vents are in, and the genius husband is finishing the framing so we can put up the plastic. The black tarp over the center section is the old, leaky tarp that covered the above ground pool when we...
Read MoreA work in progress
My genius husband got the side rails and the arches up for the new, improved greenhouse here at the farm. The arches themselves were purchased used a few years ago and already have been through one incarnation at our last home....
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