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.
I finally got the white rounds on my sunburst granny squares. Now I’m working on the next round. Only two more rounds to go then I can join them and start on another project. It’s taking me a lot longer on this one than the others. To be honest, my interest is lacking at the moment. But with time, I’ll get them finished.
With the exception of a few inside/window plants, I had no intention of gardening nor growing anything but pre-started annual flowers this year. That changed when we went to look for annuals to plants in our flower beds. We got some pretty flowers of several colors.
So I bought some marigold seeds and started some seeds.
The seedlings are looking quite healthy. I’ve begun watering them with chamomile tea water. Many years ago, my brother told me about using weak chamomile tea water to help stop the plants from getting a disease called dampening-off, when I transplant them outside.
I planted a test-marigold outside a few days ago. It’s been through sun and storms and looks pretty good. The chamomile tea seems to have worked wonderfully. I plan on planting the other marigolds outside this weekend if the weather allows.
I needed only a few flowers started this year and didn’t want to spend a fortune on seed trays. So after a while of thinking about it, I came up with the bright idea to order some peat pellets and use my cookie tins as trays for them.
I figure they might rust sometime, but for seed starting, that’s not a problem.
Joys Of Creating 