Anyway, here it is.
Our heavy rain last week (over 4.5 inches in less than 24 hours!) tested it out. No leaking! That's a relief. Walls are next.
Greenhouse: Roof Done! © June 2023
June 17, 2023
Greenhouse: Roof Done!
It's been almost two months since my last greenhouse blog post. Progress has been slow for a lot of reasons. One reason was my sewing room, which started as a rainy day project. Then Dan kept going to finish his part of the project (he doesn't like having too many unfinished projects on his plate). A tree fell on the fence and had to be dealt with (more on that soon). And seasonal chores, of course, such as pasture work and harvesting our small patch of wheat.
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Absolutely stunning! Are you planning on raised beds, or just pots and ground growing. Really great addition! Congratulations!
Second question, how did you get that shot? Are you standing on a roof?
Wyomingheart, right now I'm planning on container growing. So benches for small pots and maybe a place for some large pots on the ground. I don't think I'll be able to keep anything in there in summer because of the heat, so it will be primarily for winter growing and spring starts.
I took the pic from a ladder! And then held the camera over my head. Mine has a tiltable LCD preview screen that comes in very handy for shots like this.
It looks great! Wow, what a fantastic space for growing! Let the sun shine!
Daisy, it's shaping up! The plan now is to put it into use this winter.
A lot of future possibilities! Can’t wait to read those posts.
Congratulations, Team Five Acres! What an exciting addition to your gardening toolkit. I love the way you come at things from multiple angles. Which reminds me: can you recommend a seed mix for creating goat browse? I seem to recall you trying one but not sure the results were exactly what you'd hoped for? Maybe I'm misremembering; if so, sorry. Anyway, I'm going to try planting at least a small area as an experiment, because the price/quality/availability of hay is genuinely frightening at this point. Thanks for any advice, Leigh.
Very nice! What will you grow in it?
Beautiful! What possibilities!!! Love how you guys make use of what you have, making it work.
Love it! Nice job. Looking forward to future blogs & use. Don't know how you guys do it, but keep it up. You are an inspiration. :)
Ed, just today I was thinking how wonderful it will be to have early starts for so many things. Right now I have no place to do that, so it's exciting that it will finally happen.
Quinn, thanks! I need to think more in terms of alternate angles.
The mix I originally tried was called something like Herbal Ley. I can't find the company I bought it from, but a number of seed companies sell these. I do better to buy a deer and turkey forage mix from the feed store and then add my own extra seeds; things that I know grow well here. We use this for pasture, hay, and cover crops.
Sandi, thank you! I will grow mostly cool weather veggies and make early starts for my tomatoes and melons. Hopefully, lots of herbs too.
Rosalea, making it work is a lot of work! It seems like more think time goes into it than actual construction time. :)
Agent X, we don't know how we do it either, lol.
Woohoo! That looks wonderful. Not just a step done, but done very well.
Tpals, thanks!
Looks good!!!
Great blog
PP and Rajani, thanks!
Looks great Leigh! Glad to hear it passed the rain test.
TB, yes! That's the number one worry. So far so good.
Wow! It looks great! I'm glad someone is getting projects done this summer lol!
Kristina, thank you! Hopefully, we'll finish it by fall!
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