BACKYARD GARDENING
WITHOUT THE BACKACHE
Watering Plants in Your Greenhouse Garden [Hometown Structures]
Proper watering and humidity management are essential for healthy plant growth in a greenhouse. By understanding the specific needs of your plants and maintaining optimal conditions, you can create a thriving environment for your garden.
Pollination in Greenhouse Gardening [Hometown Structures]
By far the most common question I get about growing vegetables in my Hometown Structures greenhouse is “but how do the plants get pollinated?” And as with most things in gardening, the answer just isn’t that straightforward. Of course, it is an important consideration when planning what you will grow in your greenhouse garden! The truth is, I don’t rely on pollinators in my greenhouse the same way that I do in my outdoor vegetable garden, and there’s a few reasons for this - as well as a few techniques I use instead to ensure my flowering plants are being manually pollinated by hand so they can produce the harvests I want them to.
How To Control Greenhouse Temperature [Hometown Structures]
Plants are fussy - and while we can do everything in our power to work with nature and not against it by planting things in season that love the heat or cold, there will always be times in owning a greenhouse where you want to control the temperature. Thankfully when I designed my greenhouse with Hometown Structures we were able to implement a lot of features that help to keep things cool in the summer and warm in the winter, but since different plants have specific temperature requirements for germination, growth, flowering, and fruiting, maintaining these conditions with every available tool is important to ensure healthy development.
What To Grow In a Greenhouse [Hometown Structures]
Choosing the right plants for your greenhouse is absolutely crucial for its success. It's like having the perfect kitchen but picking ingredients that don't go together - you might end up with wasted time, effort, and resources. Different plants have specific requirements for temperature, light, humidity, and spacing. Matching these needs with your greenhouse's capabilities ensures the plants thrive. Imagine putting a cactus in a constantly damp environment - it wouldn't do well! Choosing plants suited to your greenhouse minimizes the extra effort required to maintain ideal conditions.
Thirsty Earth Olla Watering System Review
Did you know you can water your entire garden bed without lifting a finger, without setting up an expensive complicated drip line system? (by the way, this method also wastes 61% less water than drip lines) This rainwater fed olla watering system from Thirsty Earth makes it possible - but if you’re a skeptic like me, let me explain exactly how this works and give you my full review of the Thirsty Earth system from my own experience installing and using it in my vegetable garden.
Starting Seeds in a Greenhouse [Hometown Structures]
One of the things I was most excited about doing in my Hometown Structures Greenhouse is seed starting. With summer upon us, you might be thinking “seed starting is over for the year!” But if you’re trying to grow year round like I am, July and August are actually when we need to start planning our seed starting for our fall and winter gardens. So the cycle is beginning again and while a greenhouse makes seed starting easier in so many ways - with it comes some challenges that are unique to starting seeds in a greenhouse that we’re going to dive into today.