My husband built me another small flowerbed to transplant some of the flowers in. It’ll look pretty when the flowers have more blooms.
~Greenhouse Update~
The last of the greenhouse plants, squash and marigolds, are now planted in the flowerbed and garden. We took our greenhouse down and stored it away until next Spring.
I hope y’all are having a lovely week.
One of the reasons I enjoy my greenhouse is that we can buy our plants for the yard and garden and not have to plant them right away.
I’m thankful we have the new plants in the greenhouse because we’re in the midst of one of our little winters. I’m not sure which little winter, we have so many between Spring and Summer.
We’ve been covering my Asiatic lilies and peonies the past few nights to protect them from frost.
My peonies are full of bloom buds and my lilies are lush and green. I would hate for them to get frost bite.
I’m happy that it’s possible that one or more of my boxwood cuttings from my bouquet might root actual grow into a bush. I transplanted all of them in the flower bed and so far, only a couple has died. The others look like their trying to grow.
I had to take down and store my small greenhouse. We had it anchored inside with some heavy concrete blocks. Unfortunately, the greenhouse had no way to anchor it on the outside. The wind proved to be mightier than the anchor blocks and toppled it over.
I’m fortunate that the only plants in it was the lettuce and chard. They were bounced around but didn’t get broken or smashed. They’re living happily in our garden now.
I had been planning to replace my small greenhouse with a larger greenhouse with more shelves. I had a new one ordered and was waiting for it to arrive, so it was kind of a help the wind toppling my small one.
We had fun putting the new one together. There’s nothing much more amusing than two old folks figuring out directions on how to assemble a project. lol
The new greenhouse has anchors on each outer corner to tie it down. We’re using concrete blocks on the lowest shelves and around the bottom edge of the cover as extra anchor weight.
I guess I should add in here that meaning of the red ribbons on the tie-downs is that a ‘clumsy old lady owns the greenhouse’ and needs the ribbons to highlight the tie-downs, (so I won’t trip over them whilst going to open/close the windows. lol)
The new greenhouse has 3 windows with hook & loop tape flap closures. You can see them in the different pictures. The windows are blessing to circulate fresh air when needed.
The 3 windows were a defining factor in my choosing this green mesh greenhouse. Also, the green mesh cover will hopefully help to shade me a bit more than the clear cover would. It might protect the plants by shading them a bit more from the hot rays of the sun.
When I’m going to be in the greenhouse any length of time, I have to have the main door flap open. It presents a problem because of wasps and bugs. I’ve pretty much solved that problem by hanging a curtain I fashioned out of netting. The netting also helps keep more air circulating too.
I’ve got a few trays of seeds planted and hopefully they’ll begin to grow soon.
Wishing you all good things this Spring.
My husband put up my small greenhouse. I’ll be trying to start some seeds soon. Even though it’s small, I really enjoy having it. I like that after I’m finished with it for the season, we can fold it up and store until next year.
I bought some ‘bright lights chard’ and ‘romaine lettuce’ to put in my greenhouse. It makes me happy to see the healthy plants in there. If we don’t eat them all first, I’ll transplant them to a pot and/or the garden.
I’m trying to get a few cuttings of roses, that were in my bouquet, to take root. There was one carnation stem that had buds, so I thought I’d give it a try too. I seriously doubt that any of them will take root, but it’s fun to try.
For the first time in my life, I used a root-starter to give the cuttings a better chance. So, maybe one will take root. I’ll let you know how they do.
We spent this past weekend working in the garden. My husband tilled the garden a few times, fertilized it and tilled it again, then made a few rows for me to plant onions and potatoes. We’re hopeful, we have a good foundation for a productive year, (if the weather and garden-pests play nice. 😉 )
Wishing you all an April full of pleasant weather and relaxing days!
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