Yesterday I showed you pictures of my outdoor winter garden so today I thought I would share some photos of what’s growing in and around my greenhouse garden.
Believe it or not, we’ve still got a bunch of harvestable fresh perennial herbs. On the left side of the greenhouse we have oregano, rosemary and chives.
On the right side, purple sage, thyme and garlic chives. Not to shabby for November if you ask me.
Inside the greenhouse we have lettuce that we’ve been picking every few days for side salads. I figure we probably have enough lettuce growing to last us a few more weeks.
A few weeks ago I also planted some lettuce seedlings in galvanized tubs in the greenhouse. Their growth has been pretty slow due to the cold temps, but for the most part it looks like we are going to get a nice crop of lettuce maybe around Christmas or New Years. We’ll see.
We also have a pot of spinach growing too. It’s not much, but it’s something to look forward to.
And beets seedlings. Yep, we’ve got plenty of those. I just need to find some time to plant them in the main garden and then build another row cover to protect them from the cooler temps or any light frost we might get.
And last but not least, Lemon, our Meyer Lemon Tree. We have two lemons that are beginning to turn yellow, can you believe it?! Everytime I go out to the greenhouse I am amazed that the lemons are still there and they have not dropped to the ground and shriveled up.
Hang in there Lemon!! You can do it. 😉
~Mavis
Bible Babe says
You are so inspiring me to try gardening again–even if it’s just some buckets on the porch with tomatoes and peppers next spring.
I check on the ‘edibility’ (is that a word? If not it should be, I think) of seedling. When I get a lot of them, I either add them to a salad, juice them, or stir fry.
Cliff Hawley says
Why do you go with seedlings on things like beets and lettuce? Both grow so well from seed in the ground and root vegetables are notorious for responding poorly to transplanting. How is the mortality on things like beets?
Cecily says
Do you have a heater in your greenhouse? If not you may want to bring your lemon tree inside before the temperature drops below 30 degrees or it may die. A fluorescent light is a good idea too since lemons need a minimum of 8 hours of light a day and do best with 12.
Jenna Umbehocker says
I second the bring those lemon trees inside vote. They make great indoor plants in the winter anyway. They lose a few leaves, but most stay on.
Trixi Agrios says
Mavis, I’d like some direction on growing a lemon in the greenhouse. After reading about yours I planted this wee little lemon tree in May. It is now about 18 inches tall and the precious little thing has 4 lemons. The temperature in North Vancouver is about the same as Gig Harbour. I’d like to leave Lemon in the greenhouse all year, but the comments today have me worried. I’ve packed the pot with straw, I can turn on a light. What else? Yikes, what to do?
bonnie fuentevilla says
What’s in the red jug ?
Mavis Butterfield says
Water. 🙂
Kristin says
Love your greenhouse! I am going to try winter gardening but upstate NY is not the greatest winter weather. how cold does it get where you live? We get well below zero in January. I am afraid a green house would not heat up enough to keep anything alive.
Auntieclimactick says
I LOVE TO GARDEN! Unfortunately I am the only one who likes veggies! I can great stewed tomatoes that even my veggie hater hubby likes, my youngest will not eat corn unless it is still on the cob, even after having it explained to him that it was cut from the cob for easier storage (who can fight bull headedness?) I am originally from the Tri-City (Richland) area and now live in Ohio. (Our growing season is so much shorter here it just kills me) so I bought a 15 ft greenhouse (tent type)& last year after worrying about high winds blowing it down, it survived only to be flattened by a tree that was not quite as sturdy! I love your green house,& I , as all gardeners are, am an eternal optimist, so I bought a new green house after we moved to a new location with less hazardous trees, decided to have a do-over! I am not the big lettuce fan you are, but I thought I might try some vertical gardening inside of it, but it’s 4/15 & snowing so I will be looking for cold tolerant items, Ideas?