If you’re not using your greenhouse year-round, and even if you are, you’ll want to take time for some thorough greenhouse cleaning and winterizing to keep everything properly maintained and prepared for the following year. Start With Cleaning The maintenance process...
The Tiny Greenhouse
If you're pressed for space, the thought of having a greenhouse might seem like a consideration for the future. We're here to say that this need not be the case! If you want to be growing fresh flowers or herbs, a few vegetables, or even something more exotic like...
The winter greenhouse: tips and options for producing year-round
There are a few key fundamentals when it comes to maintaining an effective year-round greenhouse in a northern climate: a deep structural foundation, an ideal location with maximum sun visibility and orientation, and a glazing material with strong insulating and light...
Canning and Seed Collecting
With the growing season winding down, we'd like to continue to look at how to preserve the year's harvest. Canning is a great option for keeping a wide range produce; you can make jellies and jams, pickles, sauces, salsas, chutneys, even condiments, and they'll store...
Food Preservation I: Fermentation
If you're using your greenhouse primarily for your household, then you might find that you're simply producing too much to eat everything fresh. This month we'll look at how we can utilize all that excess vegetable matter. Fermentation is a process we humans have...
DIY Composting Options For Your Greenhouse or Garden
Composting is a great practice for all gardeners, regardless of scale, and it's wonderful for the environment as well. Composting safely breaks down and recycles food and other biological waste that would otherwise go to landfills and provides an abundance of rich,...
Greenhouse management and maintenance
This month we'll be looking at some basic management and maintenance techniques to utilize in your greenhouse throughout the year. Also, we'll briefly expand upon the concepts from last month's entry. The first management tip to consider is record keeping. This is...
Weighing Your Greenhouse Options
Getting stuck choosing the best greenhouse? There are many factors to consider, and a variety of options available when it comes to greenhouse setup and design. In this post, I'll break down and explain some key elements to keep in mind when browsing for your first...
Starting Plants from Seed indoors
Spring has arrived! I'm writing this at the first week of May, and even though the weather is still a bit erratic, each warm and sunny day is a reminder that growing things are starting to wake up. Of course to get a jumpstart on the season, and to save yourself from...
Guide to Choosing The Best Greenhouse
Different Types: Cold Frame - Mini greenhouses designed to be set directly on a garden bed for direct seed germination. (click here to see our selection) or print pictures of shed Started Greenhouses – Small, medium size greenhouses for propagating seeds and started...