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Easy Greenhouse DIY – From a Kit
This is the 10′ x 12′ greenhouse kit that we got from ‘Harbor Freight’. Started all the spinach, broccoli, and herbs inside last winter (2015) and planted out in March. Unfortunately, the Summer heat slammed in right after that…so we lost the spinach and the Chinese Cabbage and lettuce bolted.
We added water inside and out and a potting bench and sink at the back outside.
Summer 2017 After the greenhouse had sat through a Florida summer the panels had deteriorated so badly that when we got our annual hurricane storms, many of them crumbled and blew off. We replaced them (Winter 2016) with higher quality poly-carbonite panels. We’re headed into Summer 2017 now, so we will see if they withstand the weather any better.
This is an ok greenhouse kit for the money, if you want something that is easy and fast to put up. Perhaps you are beyond the point where you can build something from scratch (or want to!), like us. It’s a good alternative, if you wait until it goes on sale.
Happy Homesteading
T.
Tea Garden Early Years
This is what we started with in the Tea Garden…lots of sand. We planted a few flowering bushes, ornamental banana, iris, etc. and built a firepit area with an ornamental wood grill. The house faces east so the are gets morning sun all year round. In the summer the afternoon sun is quite strong, tracking a bit lower in the winter. There are those days in between (Spring and Fall) that the weather is perfect for using this pleasant little outdoor space for tea sipping.
Check out what else we’ve done with the Tea Garden Project in the other posts…
Happy Homesteading,
T.
