This is my urban back yard, as viewed from the back fence looking towards the house. See if you can spot: Two sparse beds of strawberries trying to re-establish themselves The curly water hose that I used to wet the fast compost pile My cold frame, which has seemed unnecessary this year as we stopped [...]
Posts Tagged ‘hoop house’
15 Sep
Fall Garden Finally Planted
I finally got the little seedlings planted out in my fall / winter hoop house garden bed. Of course we are still far behind on the rain schedule, so I have been watering these little tiny plants at least once a day. Hopefully these will take root and grow well, allowing us to have spinach, [...]
30 Nov
Greenhouse Update (Ooh Baby It’s Cold Outside)
Temperatures were forecast (at one point) to be in the teens overnight this week. They have since been revised upwards a bit, but I got my greenhouse heater in place. In this case I am using a string of 100 red, green and white incandescent christmas tree lights. The lights should add a few degrees [...]
16 Nov
Inside the little hoop house – November
Things are growing very well in the little hoop house I built over a 4 x 8 foot garden bed. Here’ s a peek inside. Unfortunately my arch-nemesii the moles have found there way up under and inside here. There will be blood.
22 Sep
Cold Frame / Hoop House / Winter Garden
The things I seeded in the winter garden bed are coming up nicely. I thinned the radishes and it’s time to thin the turnips. I’m pretty excited about seeing new life this late in the season! I caught this pair of mourning doves hanging out there one morning, probably finding a few of my seeds.
12 Sep
Hoop house for fall and winter
This year we’re going to try a different approach to the greenhouse idea. I added a PVC hoop house to this 4 x 8 foot bed last weekend. Well, everything except the plastic cover…it’s too soon for that. I bought 6 pieces of half-inch PVC pipe and 2 pieces of the size that was big [...]
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