Caution. Lady with the palest legs on the planet ahead.
We are going through a transition in the greenhouse this week. Since most of the seedlings have already been started and are breaking through the soil, I went ahead and removed the folding tables and put the flats on the ground.
I plan on hauling my free potting containers I scored at The Home Depot last year into the greenhouse and setting them up in the center aisle to grow tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse again.
Now that the baby chicks have moved out of the stock tank and into the chicken run, the container will now be filled with 2 green zebra tomato plants, onions and carrots.
This morning I got started, but after loading a batch of my DIY potting soil into the stock tank I discovered I would need to make another wheelbarrow of the mixture. The tank is so huge! I’m out of supplies so now I’ll have to make a run to the garden center.
Over the weekend we harvested over half of the romaine and mesclun lettuce from the gutters. I think after we harvestthe next batch I’ll go ahead and pull the plants {even though they would keep on producing} because once the weather warms up, it will be too hot in there to grow lettuce anymore.
The strawberries are looking awesome.
And Lemon, the Meyer lemon tree is coming back to life again. At first I thought I would put her outside in the summer time but now I’m thinking about keeping her in the greenhouse instead. What do you think? Good idea? Bad idea? This is my first lemon tree so I’m not sure.
Oh and one last thing. I couldn’t stand looking at the spent bulb foliage so I pulled up all the bulbs. This is naughty. Don’t do it. You are suppose to leave the bulbs in the same spot until the leaves die back before you transplant them. But I just couldn’t stand it any longer.
I’ll be planting them somewhere near the front of the house and hope they come back again next year {they should be okay, but again, I’m not suggesting you do this}.
It’s not pretty, but it’s getting there. Hopefully by next week the greenhouse will be back to normal.
~Mavis
You can see more pictures of our greenhouse and the progress we are making, in my Growing Vegetables in a Greenhouse Series.
Dale Ann says
Gosh…I think my legs may be even whiter…being covered from such a longgggggg winter!
Wonderful News Flash from near Duluth, Minnesota!!! We just hit 77 degrees!!!!!!!! And the lake here just opened today (by my weather log…7 weeks later than last year)! The ground has thawed, and is just now warm enough to start planting some of the cold weather crops (with row cover protection)…..
So today I was finally able to plant some veggies!
YAY!!!!!!!!!
Mavis says
Okay, if you are from Minnesota your legs might just a little more pale. 😉 77 degrees… Wowza!
Heidi says
I need a greenhouse education…..Why do you grow tomatoes in your greenhouse when you can plant them outdoors with the others?
Also, what do you plan to do with the hanging baskets?
I wouldn’t worry too much about the bulbs. They’ll be fine. I completely understand how you felt about them. Our tulips are driving me crazy.
Mavis says
Hi Heidi,
Last year I planted a green zebra tomato plant in the greenhouse and by the end of summer it was growing out of the top. The tomato plants get HUGE in there and produce a bunch of tomatoes. It’s fun to grow a couple in there as well as outside.
As for the hanging baskets, I’ll be posting those tomorrow. 🙁
indio says
After seeing your stock tank filled with plants last year, I bought two yesterday. I got lucky and they were on sale because they were used to hold the spring chicks. It holds 109 gals. I drilled drainage holes, put a shallow layer of gravel and used some of the split tree limbs that came down in Hurricane Sandy. I basically built a stock tank huguelkultur to save on soil. I loaded it up with some free horse manure from craigslist and 8 bags of organic soil. A tomato seedling went into the center of it and then I planted plenty of soybean, seeds. Hopefully, the seeds wont get washed into the nooks down below.
Mavis says
Awesome! Send me a picture once your plants get going. I loved growing tomatoes in mine last year. 🙂
Dena says
Available today (05/15) FREE GARDEN POTS at Rosedale Nursery in Gig Harbor. Was originally listed on Monday on Craig’s List, so call to see if any are left. Just got back from getting some & there are lots left.
Mavis says
Sweet! Thanks.
Rob @ Bepa's Garden says
I happened to stumble upon your blog and love your growing vegetables in a greenhouse posts! I never thought about growing in gutters, awesome idea! I use my custom built 6′-10″ x 8′ greenhouse to start all my seedlings for the garden but then it is usually empty by June. I also use cold frames, which I have plans for on my site, to grow my winter garden, but now I am thinking about installing some gutters in the greenhouse to grow some extra greens! Great blog!