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How is your day going so far? Pretty good? I’ve been out in the garden all morning pulling weeds and for the most part staying out of trouble. I snapped a few pictures on my phone today that I thought you might enjoy. The first picture is of my greenhouse. Later today I plan on Read More >>
Back in early March I did something a little crazy. I installed gutters our greenhouse and planted strawberries in them. I knew it was possible to grow strawberries in gutters because the man I bought the greenhouse from had them in his greenhouse. But it was February when I first spotted his gutters, and obviously Read More >>
For the most part, everything is coming along nicely in the greenhouse. All the smaller tomato starts have been moved outside {I still have another flat under grow lights in the house} and the pepper plants are starting to fill out a bit as well. Everywhere I look lately there seen to be new blossoms. Read More >>
Things are really starting to heat up in the greenhouse… Remember when I planted the strawberries in gutters? Well, when I planted the strawberries, I was under the impression {from the Greenhouse Guy} that I would only need to water the strawberries two or three times during the summer. Boy was I {he} wrong. I’m Read More >>
Here we are, the end of April and the backyard garden plot is finally starting to take shape. Just a few more weeks to go until I can plant my tomato starts and really start to see some progress from above. The recent cold weather has done wonders for the peas, broccoli and cabbage plants. Read More >>
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