Comments on: The greenhouse in high summer http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/07/23/the-greenhouse-in-high-summer/ This is a journal, of sorts, of an organic garden in SW Michigan. "Ut sementem feceris, ita metes: non semper erit aestas." Tue, 29 May 2012 17:42:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: El http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/07/23/the-greenhouse-in-high-summer/#comment-3572 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:34:15 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=914#comment-3572 Hi Kevin. I let mine get reddish (actually dark orange) and the biggest ones are about 6-7″ long, but most of them are only about 5″ long. Hope that helps!

]]> By: Kevin Connolly http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/07/23/the-greenhouse-in-high-summer/#comment-3569 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:24:20 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=914#comment-3569 What size should I pick my yellow Hugarian peppers ?
Kevin

]]> By: Kevin Connolly http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/07/23/the-greenhouse-in-high-summer/#comment-3568 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:23:14 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=914#comment-3568 What size should I pick my Hungarian yellow peppers ?
Thanks,
Kevin

]]> By: gigi http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/07/23/the-greenhouse-in-high-summer/#comment-3314 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:20:16 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=914#comment-3314 The greenhouse looks outstanding El — what a great job you have done and the season is far from over! :)

]]> By: El http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/07/23/the-greenhouse-in-high-summer/#comment-3269 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:22:24 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=914#comment-3269 Danielle, I love my raised beds. It keeps that nasty rhizomatous grass out. Plus it makes my work seem so…finite. That’s probably hard to believe but I can kid myself into saying “I only need to weed these three beds” or whatever my cutoff is at the time.

Hello Laura. The assembly of the hoops took about 2 hours (putting them together then erecting them). What took me the longest time was digging a ditch all the way around and burying metal fencing to keep the voles out. I won’t be doing that step with the new one. What I can say is if you are mildly handy with a drill and a hammer, this is fairly easy to do. It is a two-person job though especially putting the plastic over it.

]]> By: Laura H http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/07/23/the-greenhouse-in-high-summer/#comment-3268 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:01:31 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=914#comment-3268 I to am dreaming of a greenhouse..but what was the difficulty level in the assembly and start :)

]]> By: Danielle http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/07/23/the-greenhouse-in-high-summer/#comment-3267 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:15:43 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=914#comment-3267 I’d venture to guess that it’s the good combination of raised beds and the tunnel that create such growing conditions. ;)

I planted paprika peppers for the first time this year, and I’m quite excited. I also have some Thai chili which is in desperate need of weeding.

]]> By: El http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/07/23/the-greenhouse-in-high-summer/#comment-3266 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:49:15 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=914#comment-3266 Meg: I swear one of my biggest faults is overthinking things. It’s not always helpful in gardening!

CC: And yes, I would love to live in there, at least in winter!

Amber: Almost everything I learned about cold-season gardening comes from Eliot Coleman’s book Four-Season Harvest. I got it when I lived in Minnesota and had been dreaming about having one for years. With a layer of Reemay on top of the beds, it adds a zone and a half to your growing conditions, so your Zone 4A will become a Zone 6B. Not bad! I got my greenhouse kit from Grower’s Solution. Including all the lumber and shipping, it came to under $1000. It’s 16′ wide by 20′ long and about 9′ high at the center.

]]> By: amber http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/07/23/the-greenhouse-in-high-summer/#comment-3265 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:43:16 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=914#comment-3265 I was wondering if you know any good books that describe cold climate, winter gardenning. I like your greenhouse, it does not look like it costs a fortune. I am just wondering what kind of soil temps I would expect, what kind of plants I could grow in the winter and how early I could plant things like tomatoes and peppers? I would especially like to have a longer harvest of cauliflower and broccoli and lettuces. I live in Southern MN, zone 4. I have space for it next to a hedge of honeysuckle bushes, so that should protect it some from the North and West winds. I also have a 24×24 garage that I could tear off the siding and leave the framing, tear out the concrete floor (it is bad anyways) and possibly turn that into a greenhouse, but I think the expense would be a lot more even though the framing is all done. I have been looking online and I have not come across anything yet.

]]> By: cookiecrumb http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/07/23/the-greenhouse-in-high-summer/#comment-3264 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:33:24 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=914#comment-3264 Ah, yes, I just noticed the side vent.
Quite the little Biosphere you’ve created, El.

]]> By: Meg http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/07/23/the-greenhouse-in-high-summer/#comment-3263 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:14:58 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=914#comment-3263 Oh yeah! Well, I suppose that makes sense.

]]> By: El http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/07/23/the-greenhouse-in-high-summer/#comment-3262 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:47:56 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=914#comment-3262 Hiya Meg. Well, you pick plants that don’t need pollinators, or you pick things that aren’t fruiting (all lettuce, most root crops). Tomatoes, peppers and eggplant are perfect, meaning they self-pollinate. You can grow what they call English or hothouse cucumbers in there. Without a bug pollinating them, they don’t produce seed. But you know what? Bugs do get in there. I have deer netting covering up the door, vent and side vent (3/4″ square holes) and yes some flies and bees are readily seen. No cabbage butterflies though!

]]> By: Meg http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/07/23/the-greenhouse-in-high-summer/#comment-3261 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:31:22 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=914#comment-3261 Lately I have been daydreaming of a greenhouse like yours and all the stuff I’d stick in it.

How do you get pollinators inside? Do you do something to attract them, or do they just sort of find their way?

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