Sunday, July 22, 2012

How the greenhouse structure has improved my gardening

So, I was given a small collapsible greenhouse that my grandpa wasn't using. I have had the structure for about three months and I cant believe the growth of the vegetables which are all in pots due to the clay soil I have at my apartment. The crops I am growing are sweet corn, swiss chard, golden beets, cucumber, purple majestic potatoes, zucchini and lemon grass.

Also, I had an aphid problem that was affecting my tomatoes with leaf curl and my Aunt Ruby tomato, leaves were turning soft and limp as well as some blooms dropping off. I am not sure what is going on, but I do have some ladybug friends which has cut down on the problem. I also have the wondrous black slugs that feast when the sun goes down. I found that the best method is to hand pick them off which is also a recommendation in the Horticulture magazine. Well, I would love to share some photos and get any feed back.

I find this summer has ignited my desire to grow as I enjoy being a plant detective when insects or diseases arise it is my job to solve the mystery.




Ruby's got some fruit growing



Golden beet, I love beets

just another angle of the zucchini

Decorative pots outside the greenhouse to jazz it up. Calla lilly, lobelia, petunia and potato vine

Borage, oregano, with osemary in the back along with sorrel in the clay pot.

Fun by the front door with Buddha as the peace greeter a fern and sedum bloomin
golden beets with some lemon grass, love that as a tea

rainbow swiss chard

cucumber being grown in a topsy turvy, haha

I am so happy to see multiple cucumbers on the vine, yeah

Aunt Ruby, lookin good girl

Sweet corn, my first time growing corn so excited.

Zucchini there are five on this plant and they are sharing the pot with some beets.

Swiss chard, beets, green zebra, zucchini

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