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Holy cannoli’s people. The pollen is EVERYWHERE. The greenhouse, on top of the cars, the front porch, I can’t even spend 10 minutes outside without getting it all over my black shirt. Sheesh. It’s a good thing I’m not allergic to the stuff or else I’d have to lock myself in the house for the Read More >>
This past week I planted another row of lettuce in our greenhouse gutters, and let me tell you Bob, things are sure filling up in there. This time I transplanted out a nice red leaf variety. I figured it will compliment the Romaine lettuce I transplanted a few weeks ago in some of our dinner Read More >>
Yesterday I spent the afternoon transplanting lettuce starts in the greenhouse. For the past two springs I have grown lettuce in my greenhouse gutters with great success, so I figured hey, why not do it again. Why mess with a good thing, right? 😉 You don’t have to have a greenhouse to try this. Nope, Read More >>
Have you planted your peas yet? I planted my first round of peas in early February in gutters and then placed them in the greenhouse. Yes, it was a wee bit early to be planting peas and we did get a hard frost the day after I planted them, but luckily, they are starting to Read More >>
Yesterday Lucy the Puggle Dog and I ventured out in the wind and the rain to see how our winter crops were coming along in the greenhouse. I was originally planning to buy some sort of heater this winter so I’d be able to grow more vegetables, but I just never got around to it. Read More >>
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