A greenhouse for a green home

Mister bought me a greenhouse.  We had talked about getting one but I didn't think it would be this year.  Wow, was I surprised.  We decided to make the base out of pretreated lumber and used 1 x 12 and then put 4 x 6 on top and attached it with really long screws.

I had it facing long end north to south.  Mister didn't like the direction and decided to turn it 90 degrees.  I was wondering how in the world we would move the greenhouse without taking it apart and all.  He stepped inside and lifted the whole thing! Then, we turned the wood base and he sat the greenhouse on top of it facing the direction that he liked.

The one we chose is an 8 x 10 greenhouse.  Not too big or too small.  They had a larger one but I don't think it would have fit in the space and I don't believe that I would have been able to put that one together by myself.  The smaller one I think would have been too small and not served our family well.  Also this size will be easier to keep up on maintenance as we get older without having to rely on others. 

Now to fill it full of plants and start them growing before the last frost.  I should point out that we are zone 5 which means that we just had an inch of snow 4 days ago and frost last night and today it will be 69 degrees! 

Our next blog will be about the finishing of the inside and all the plants that we are growing.  

Until then~Old Wives Pails

The Garden in Spring

I know that it has been a while since I updated everyone on what has been going on.  We have been going crazy!  Mister and I have been working in our garden; tilling the soil, pulling weeds that survived the cold, and we had to reinforce the potato bin.  

 

Let's start with the potato bin...we started out just like the other parts of the garden with a raised bed, however, as the plant grows we must mound more dirt on top of the plant to keep it growing.  Well, I am not sure what kind of soil we have.  I KNOW we didn't use any kind of chemicals on our garden and still those plants grew to be about four feet tall!  Mister added side walls to the potato bin and they just kept growing.

The walls started to bow and since we didn't empty the potato bin of the extra dirt we had a problem.  We had to  take out about a ton of dirt and reinforce the bin walls so that they will not bow again.  In doing so Mister also gives the bed little seats.  Anyone who has ever dug a potato bed knows that this is tiring and tedious work.  Not to mention the strain on ones back.  Mister was able to kill two birds with one stone as the adage goes. 

Introducing our new and improved potato bin.  Twice the amount of potatoes that we planted last year with room for the plants to grow and be mounded. Not to mention the terrific seating for when the time comes to dig those potatoes.  I am so pleased. 
More to come soon.  I promise...Old Wives Pails