This is not your normal greenhouse 🙂
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Hey James!
Maybe if you can scavenge a bathtub, you can install a big worm bin in the greenhouse?
My other suggestion: wear a seatbelt! 😉
Giant radish!
inspiring
James, what flowers do you have in your backyard? I'm curious to see some ideas companion planting wise so I can have my food/flower forest
Might be slightly late for best growth, but perhaps some carrots. To dig into the soil for you, plus carrots can be stored right where the are in the ground until it freezes (if it does). Or Verge Permaculture's favourite: daikon radish.
Elliot Coleman points out that covering plants in a greenhouse or tunnel shifts the growing climate (I believe one) zone south. And looking up that for confirmation (didn't find it), apparently lettuces are hardier when young, especially drought tolerant ones. so you could grow baby lettuces and grown them under a cover inside the greenhouse.
So awesome!!
I don't use my greenhouse through the summer either. This year I planted a couple sweet potato slips in the bed after a suggestion from Patrick at One Yard Revolution. They really loved the heat and are completely overgrown. I can't even walk in there anymore. I'll be harvesting tonight and I hope there are plenty. Just an idea of what you could plant into that floor.
I love it!
Hi James if it were me I’d plant bunching onions in the greenhouse but any would do fine. They like the humidity . Great video And good luck .!
I love that your brother helped you salvage the windows. What a great memory to have as you travel through life.
That's brilliant. Don't forget to give the inside a good clean in early spring (including a bit of bleach) every year too. Good advice re painting the timber too. It will save it from rot as well as reflecting light around the inside.
i have a 12×12 greenhouse , i found that barrels of water do not keep it warm. one day without sun and the water stays cold. i have 3 large compost containers and they seem to substain a level of warmth. just something that might work with yours.
Great tip to dampen the soil before sifting to prevent it being really dusty! That soil looks great. WOW, that black leaf mulch looks amazing!
Ideas are so important!
I remember when you built this.. so cool
can throw extra wood chunks into the bottoms of any planters, to save money on potting soil and also provide a bit of drainage and oxygen to the root area
If you have old tiles: Stack them high up at the North wall of the green house so they get warmed by the sun during the day.
Here's an idea if you have a heavier duty sreening process to do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioXGL-5hhT0 and another https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8-XitNJigk
Hey James! If you dig down/clean out 18 inches inside the greenhouse, , nothing will freeze on that greenhouse floor..it will be below the frost line ,,, ( use stone or brick to insulate the floor sides) in Finland, they dig down 4 FEET inside the greenhouse to get below the freeze line … just make a couple of steps down…:) dont have to move the greenhouse, just dig it out
Keep hearing only fresh wood chips tie up nitrogen
It is so exciting to see your series of posts about your recycled greenhouse. I have been saving my windows and doors for two years now for this purpose and am finally ready to build. You have given me some GREAT ideas!!! Thank you for sharing your process and outcome, and for the adorable clips of your furbaby keeping you company in the garden.
You have become my go too garden guy in the states. I love self sufficient me as much as I love your channel. Great work. Hugs for Tuck
Oh you do have a green house. Commenting from the newest video on how you need one. This is nice. Tuck has a nice area to cool off. How about a new tour since this is an old video.
It may be easier to use a garden rake?
You should paint your greenhouse white it will become much brighter.
My greenhouse was built with recycled windows. I saved all my windows when I replaced them. Glad to see another one actually being used
Perfect, thank you for mentioning the grapes helping with light in the greenhouse. I was going to plant my grapes on the back side of my greenhouse but was concerned.