The Greenhouse Proper

That greenhouse is a whole city unto itself.  It is totally self-contained and it is like walking into another universe to go in there.  It smells good, it is warm and sunny.  I can feel the plants growing and the quiet is amazing.  I could make this my version of  a man cave.  I just need a bit more room for my computer, a mirror, some music, a place for my books and I am set.  There is always one vent open so it doesn't get too humid.  Now with the shade blanket on...I have to admit, the temperature stays very warm and steady.

I still have the peppers and the tomato starts in there.  It is still so cold around here (50's and 60's most days) that I don't dare put them outside.  The peppers are in big enough pots that they may be able to stay in there.  The tomatoes, however, I don't think will grow anymore until they have more space.  I am just waiting (patiently) for the sun to come out on a regular basis.

I went out to the garden last evening to look around again.  The peas are doing well.  The bunching onions are still little threads of green.  The salad bowl lettuce looks like it hasn't done anything since I put the starts in the ground.  All the seeds I planted a little over a week ago are still seeds.  My guess is that I am a bit impatient (shocker), and it is still a little cool for much activity.  I am hoping the seeds are lying in wait for summer and will begin to sprout as soon as the sun comes up.

I read about a woman who raises everything in her greenhouse.  She gets lots of good food, and it survives and thrives in the greenhouse.  I have decided that I am going to get a huge 30 gallon pot, fill it with soil and plant three or four different kinds of lettuce, and leave it in the greenhouse.  I am going to get another big pot and take a crack at growing some cucumbers.  I am going to just leave them in the greenhouse and see what happens.  I have planted the pumpkin and summer squash and am anxiously waiting for the summer squash.  The book says it is a cool weather crop...so I am waiting for the green to appear.

I have begun looking at some composting information.  There is a composting box thingy out behind our greenhouse.  I don't remember the details, but evidently there is stuff I can dump in the decaying garbage to help it break down into something really stinky that I can put on the soil after the garden is done growing.  I have to read some more to see if it would be like fertilizer to put it around the plants.  Someone also told me that I could add some sort of worms in the whole mess and they eat all the garbage and then what I have left is some very nutritious worm poop for on the garden.  Yummmmmmm  sounds delicious. 

I think that the Woodland Park Zoo still sells Zoo Doo.  Is that just hysterical or what?  What a fabulous recycle idea, and I bet it is great for the dirt.  I am thinking if we get some giant animal poo like lion or elephant poo, it will keep the small herbivores out of the garden.  I mean what raccoon or deer is going to want to risk being eaten by a lion or smashed by an elephant foot?  I am liking this concept. I wonder if they deliver?????

Until next time...
Karen