Greenhouse Update
Every time I go into the greenhouse, I’m impressed with all the work that The Man of the House is doing. He grew the tomatoes from seed. The peppers are from last year. He kept them alive in the winter … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Greenhouse
Bell Peppers and Garlic
The Man of The House (TMOTH) has been busy! Yesterday he harvested 2.5 pounds of bell peppers from the greenhouse.
Continue reading →Tomatoes are Growing
Our tomato plants are growing. It’s still too cold at night to move them to the greenhouse. (The greenhouse isn’t heated.) But it won’t be long now. We’ve had a hard time clearing new planting areas because there’s been so much … Continue reading →
Starts and Snow
The Man of the House has tomato, pepper and onion plants started. While we’re getting ready for the spring, the weather isn’t always cooperative. (See the snow out the window.) Speaking of the peppers, we tried to keep the pepper … Continue reading →
Love Those Walking Onions
Greenhouse Update – November 2015
Things have slowed down in the greenhouse, but with the help of the grow lights the plants are still alive. Area temperatures are dropping and it got to 39 degrees in the greenhouse overnight recently. Vegetable production has slowed dramatically, … Continue reading →
Greenhouse Still Going
We recently pulled out all the tomatoes and green pepper plants that had been growing beside the house. It was getting too cold for them at night. The greenhouse is another story though. We’re extending the growing season there by … Continue reading →
New Siding Over the Greenhouse
Some of the siding on the RV Garage was failing. It was in the gable over the greenhouse, and I didn’t see a good way to get up there to work on it without damaging the greenhouse. The contractors we called had to … Continue reading →
Greenhouse Still Producing
It’s October and the Man of the House is still getting peppers out of the greenhouse! We’re going to try to keep things going by using the grow lights a couple of times during the day.
Continue reading →Green Pepper Sunscald
We noticed a problem with the green peppers over the weekend. Many of the peppers in the greenhouse have discolorations on the side facing the sun. We think it’s sunscald. The affected area isn’t mushy or black like blossom end rot. … Continue reading →