Who's getting their greenhouse prepared?

[Joel_BC]

The snow is leaving here at our place, in fact it's gone in some spots. Night temps are tending to get no colder than the freezing point and are sometimes even remaining above freezing. I was just out cleaning up the greenhouse of spent/dead plants in the beds, and sweeping out the floor. We haven't watered in there since the end of last November, so the bed soil is dry.

Tomorrow, I'll moisten-up the soil. I guess before that, I'll add some fishbone meal for phosphorus (22% phosphorus is what the analysis says). According to the test toward the end of last gardening season, phosphorus was quite low. I'm also trying Azomite this year. I've seen a tremendous boost in the vigor and quality of seedling starts we've raised in a potting soil with 10% volcanic soil added. (Can't get that brand anymore, but Azomite is made largely from pulverized volcanic rock so I'm trying it.)

I think I'll be working in some material or other for nitrogen, too. Always seems like a good idea at the neginning of a new gardening season.

What are you doing in your greenhouse?

 

[Gypsi]

Mine has a koi in a stock tank, bog plants filtering his water, tomato and pepper seeds in little pots on a heating mat, tomato plants from the feed store a couple of geraniums, some summer snow flakes and several vines I didn't get planted last year. BUT I'm in Texas. Which is not to say the inside of my greenhouse didn't freeze this winter, it did. I have plastic draped 9 inches below the ceiling and sealed up wind spots and it still froze my tilapia, who don't tolerate temps below 55, 300 watt aquarium heater and all

 

[Denim Deb]

So far, nothing. I'm trying to figure out a way to heat it, but so far, haven't. However, I do have an old fridge that I'm going to finish setting up today to see if I can use it for starting seeds.

 

[mrscoyote]

I am still waiting on hubby to build my green house. Til then I fill the kitchen and laundry room with seed flats and fight with the cats to stay out of them. The weather finally warmed up enough for me to move them to the screened in porch where they are waiting on me to get them in the garden.

 

[TanksHill]

I hate to say, a green house doesn't work for me. I'm in north county San Diego. I direct seed in early march. If I DID have a greenhouse I could grow year round. We have many nurseries tucked into our hills. Usually open end hoop houses. I have tried a couple tiny greenhouses in the past. One got so hot it melted the planting trays. The other was small and blew away through the yard taking weeks of hard work with it.

I do have dreams of using one. ...just not sure when it will happen.

G

 

[Joel_BC]

One got so hot it melted the planting trays.

Until I put ours up, I never fully appreciated what I heard from friends who had greenhouses. They said cooling the GH in summer was as big a reality as the extra heat provided in spring and fall (and in the morning and evening of each summer day).

 

[moolie]

Ours is just a hoop house, and we took it down for the winter to better preserve the parts. We have left it up over the winter in the past, but once our season is over it's not worth leaving it up to get damaged. The garden beds that it covers are on the northern edge of our property so they are all snow-free now, but waterlogged because we had a heavy snow year--won't be doing anything with them for a couple of weeks at least.

We've started lots of seeds indoors, some under lights already, so the garden is getting started

 

[Britesea]

A greenhouse is not in the cards for me; I have a seed starting heat mat and an adjustable grow light bar. I have two cold frames that need to be re-framed (the cheap plastic frames didn't work) and then I could put the sprouted seeds out in the frame during the day at least.
I am desperately trying to keep myself from planting anything in the garden yet, but it's hard. The daytime temps are in the 50's, and the soil is at that "chocolate cake" stage... but I'm still breaking ice off the ducks' water dish in the morning so I know it's still too early. Next month is the earliest I can plant things like peas and fava beans.

 

[Hinotori]

We bought a small greenhouse from a friend. I need to get it up. I'm hoping with it I can actually get tomatoes ripened here.

 

[DimondaleBergs]

We just have the tiny, indoor greenhouse for now But since we live in a small town, with less than a 1/2acre lot at the moment, it will do We do have plans for an actual greenhouse when we get our property.