progress- learning curve. The Sewing hut is a great idea- a place to get away from the house walk to a new building and concentrate on that one task in a dedicated space. At night is the temperature dropping more than you expected? They have those rubber heating mats for snow on steps and sidewalks- wonder if you put one of those under the pot if it would make a little microclimate on the coldest nights. Or possibly creating a composting pile around the pot.
Good morning Curt. You read my mind - I have 2 seed-starting mats arriving tomorrow. I'm going to try wrapping 1 on the lemon and 1 on the lime. If they don't work then at least I can use the mats when starting seeds in the spring. If they don't work, then plan b is a tent or greenhouse over the plants. I'm already drawing up plans in case I have to pull them together quickly. I've watched a few videos of people providing heat to the greenhouse running tubes through compost piles outside the greenhouse but I'm not sure I want a compost pile inside the greenhouse - too much room and I wonder about the smell in an enclosed space.
Hello I have enjoyed the tour very much … I have not been leaving comments for sometime but like you I have been very busy. The place is looking great, you have been keeping yourself very busy, well done. I would like to offer a little suggestion about your vegetable garden but this is just my hubby and me. We have a garden also full of veggies of all kind and we have raised beds lot easier to take care of and maintain. Our raised beds are double the height and filled with bags and bags of good compost, and everything thrives in it we think there is too little compost in your raised beds not enough depth most vegetables have a very big rooting system and roots need good light compost for easy growing. Our garden is all organic. You should look up N.P.K. (nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus) all plants need all three of these nutrients in varying quantity and at a specific time of growth. Your local garden centre should be able to help you with this. First thing, the raised beds should be deeper (unless the ground under your existing beds was aerated and not compact).
Hi Denise, thank you for continuing to follow and for the kind words. I don't cover it in many videos because I don't want to bore long-time followers but I've actually been gardening for more than 50 years where gardens at former homes have been on 'home and garden' tours and people driving by would literally stop to comment. I grew up in a gardening family; grandpa was a master gardener and wrote a gardening column in the newspaper for 30 yrs. My mother grew test roses for a national rose brand. I have made a study of micro-nutrient fertilizers and wrote the 1st article covering the law of hazardous waste-derived fertilizer published in any law journal in the U.S. But I've never had a greenhouse before, never had to irrigate 100%, never had to deal with spider mites or powdery mildew, never purchased dirt from this supplier before, never tried to start vegetables so late in the season. I got the soil test results last night after this video was done and I wish I'd had the soil tested earlier and saved myself a lot of grief. I'll go into the results in a future video but teaser - it wasn't lacking organic matter :-)
Good morning Shawn. So nice to see flowers blooming in your outdoor area. Once you get some great soil in that area I am sure the flowers will love it and produce a healthy plant. I like the use of both your sheds. Putting a window in the spot where the door is will bring a lot more light into your shed, great idea. Next year I am sure will be much more successful with your greenhouse gardens. I think the greenhouse trees are looking much better. The pea plants look better also. Maybe they are liking the cooler weather. Nice tomato and I bet you enjoyed eating it. I really like those leather faces of your Mothers. I wish you luck with your lemon tree. This might be a too personal question and if it is then ignore it. :0) Since your wall space is very limited, why do you have diplomas hanging instead of some colorful art that you love and feeds your body, mind and Spirit? Your orchid adds color and life to the space. Is there a reason why you aren't using more 'low light' plants in your living space? There are wall hanging pots to add life to your tight spaces Thank you for your monthly tour and sharing more of your journey. I always look forward to your videos. Stay healthy and safe dear lady.
Good morning Lark. Thank you for your thoughtful and supportive comments. Regarding the wall art - I do, actually, have mostly colorful work hanging but the common denominator is not only that it's colorful and (I think) beautiful which feeds my soul, but each is also connected to a person or place that has special meaning to me. My grandparents were central during my formative years; my grandmother was a woman ahead of her time and my primary role model. Grandma painted the colorful cabinet in the sitting area, was a docent at the Seattle Art Museum for 20 yrs, spoke 5 languages, made almost all her own clothes, and was 1 of only 9 women graduating from NYU's college of Banking and Finance in 1933. Grandma also worked in ceramics (one of hers is on the kitchen window sill), and metal (mostly jewelry). But she also knew hardship as a 5 yr old having to escape Hungary on foot in the dead of night with only what they could carry, as a young teenager during the great Depression, and a wife of a career Army officer during WW2 and Korean wars with 3 small children. Hanging our university degrees acknowledges I stand on the shoulders of a giant who was not just ivory-tower educated but went to go, do, and be in the world with curiosity, grit, and grace. Regarding indoor plants - I have 4 plants in the kitchen, 5 in the livingroom, and 1 in the shower. I used to have dozens of plants inside at a previous home that took a lot of time to water, pinch, repot, check for insects, etc. Now this is about all I want to care for inside the house. I'll focus on getting to plants year round in the greenhouse.
Shawn, this story you just told me is wonderful and I hope your viewers read it. Your Grandmother was a wonderful woman and a great example of faith and trust in oneself. She must have had great stories to tell you. Lucky you and I am sure she was very proud of you. I can see where you get your hard working life style from. I love hearing stories about ones choice of artwork and how you got it. Your Grandma's cabinet in your sitting area anchors the entire area. Great stories and wonder memories. Thank you for sharing. @@liveinagreenhouse
If I could make a suggestion. For bugs I like the captain jacks’s spinosad. It’s all natural and approved for organic growing. I have just had great success with that over BT and neem. Additionally you will be able to treat thrips with spinosad vs bt. Love your journey so far thanks for the video!
Thanks for that update. It is good to see what the home in the greenhouse is like during different parts of the year. I hope to do a similar project and have learned alot from wathcing your videos. Question: I noticed you have a Jackery power system in the greenhouse. I was doing some research and have decided to get one also. It would be good to hear your thoughts on it, once you start using it.
Regarding the Jackery - I got the 1,000 with 100W solar panel for emergency backup. It only arrived a few days ago so I'm still trying it out on different things I'll want to run during a power outage to test both the drain and the solar recharge. So far it has passed 'lights alone' and 'tea pot alone' but haven't had to recharge yet and haven't tried multiple items plugged in. So can't give it either a thumbs up or thumbs down yet. Will probably cover in a future video later in the winter.
Love what you have done.
Thank you for the video. Beautiful !
Glad you enjoyed it!
I really like it.
Thank you!
progress- learning curve. The Sewing hut is a great idea- a place to get away from the house walk to a new building and concentrate on that one task in a dedicated space. At night is the temperature dropping more than you expected? They have those rubber heating mats for snow on steps and sidewalks- wonder if you put one of those under the pot if it would make a little microclimate on the coldest nights. Or possibly creating a composting pile around the pot.
Good morning Curt. You read my mind - I have 2 seed-starting mats arriving tomorrow. I'm going to try wrapping 1 on the lemon and 1 on the lime. If they don't work then at least I can use the mats when starting seeds in the spring. If they don't work, then plan b is a tent or greenhouse over the plants. I'm already drawing up plans in case I have to pull them together quickly. I've watched a few videos of people providing heat to the greenhouse running tubes through compost piles outside the greenhouse but I'm not sure I want a compost pile inside the greenhouse - too much room and I wonder about the smell in an enclosed space.
Hello I have enjoyed the tour very much … I have not been leaving comments for sometime but like you I have been very busy. The place is looking great, you have been keeping yourself very busy, well done. I would like to offer a little suggestion about your vegetable garden but this is just my hubby and me. We have a garden also full of veggies of all kind and we have raised beds lot easier to take care of and maintain. Our raised beds are double the height and filled with bags and bags of good compost, and everything thrives in it we think there is too little compost in your raised beds not enough depth most vegetables have a very big rooting system and roots need good light compost for easy growing. Our garden is all organic. You should look up N.P.K. (nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus) all plants need all three of these nutrients in varying quantity and at a specific time of growth. Your local garden centre should be able to help you with this. First thing, the raised beds should be deeper (unless the ground under your existing beds was aerated and not compact).
Hi Denise, thank you for continuing to follow and for the kind words. I don't cover it in many videos because I don't want to bore long-time followers but I've actually been gardening for more than 50 years where gardens at former homes have been on 'home and garden' tours and people driving by would literally stop to comment. I grew up in a gardening family; grandpa was a master gardener and wrote a gardening column in the newspaper for 30 yrs. My mother grew test roses for a national rose brand. I have made a study of micro-nutrient fertilizers and wrote the 1st article covering the law of hazardous waste-derived fertilizer published in any law journal in the U.S. But I've never had a greenhouse before, never had to irrigate 100%, never had to deal with spider mites or powdery mildew, never purchased dirt from this supplier before, never tried to start vegetables so late in the season. I got the soil test results last night after this video was done and I wish I'd had the soil tested earlier and saved myself a lot of grief. I'll go into the results in a future video but teaser - it wasn't lacking organic matter :-)
Good morning Shawn. So nice to see flowers blooming in your outdoor area. Once you get some great soil in that area I am sure the flowers will love it and produce a healthy plant. I like the use of both your sheds. Putting a window in the spot where the door is will bring a lot more light into your shed, great idea. Next year I am sure will be much more successful with your greenhouse gardens. I think the greenhouse trees are looking much better. The pea plants look better also. Maybe they are liking the cooler weather. Nice tomato and I bet you enjoyed eating it. I really like those leather faces of your Mothers. I wish you luck with your lemon tree. This might be a too personal question and if it is then ignore it. :0) Since your wall space is very limited, why do you have diplomas hanging instead of some colorful art that you love and feeds your body, mind and Spirit? Your orchid adds color and life to the space. Is there a reason why you aren't using more 'low light' plants in your living space? There are wall hanging pots to add life to your tight spaces Thank you for your monthly tour and sharing more of your journey. I always look forward to your videos. Stay healthy and safe dear lady.
Good morning Lark. Thank you for your thoughtful and supportive comments. Regarding the wall art - I do, actually, have mostly colorful work hanging but the common denominator is not only that it's colorful and (I think) beautiful which feeds my soul, but each is also connected to a person or place that has special meaning to me. My grandparents were central during my formative years; my grandmother was a woman ahead of her time and my primary role model. Grandma painted the colorful cabinet in the sitting area, was a docent at the Seattle Art Museum for 20 yrs, spoke 5 languages, made almost all her own clothes, and was 1 of only 9 women graduating from NYU's college of Banking and Finance in 1933. Grandma also worked in ceramics (one of hers is on the kitchen window sill), and metal (mostly jewelry). But she also knew hardship as a 5 yr old having to escape Hungary on foot in the dead of night with only what they could carry, as a young teenager during the great Depression, and a wife of a career Army officer during WW2 and Korean wars with 3 small children. Hanging our university degrees acknowledges I stand on the shoulders of a giant who was not just ivory-tower educated but went to go, do, and be in the world with curiosity, grit, and grace. Regarding indoor plants - I have 4 plants in the kitchen, 5 in the livingroom, and 1 in the shower. I used to have dozens of plants inside at a previous home that took a lot of time to water, pinch, repot, check for insects, etc. Now this is about all I want to care for inside the house. I'll focus on getting to plants year round in the greenhouse.
Shawn, this story you just told me is wonderful and I hope your viewers read it. Your Grandmother was a wonderful woman and a great example of faith and trust in oneself. She must have had great stories to tell you. Lucky you and I am sure she was very proud of you. I can see where you get your hard working life style from. I love hearing stories about ones choice of artwork and how you got it. Your Grandma's cabinet in your sitting area anchors the entire area. Great stories and wonder memories. Thank you for sharing. @@liveinagreenhouse
If I could make a suggestion. For bugs I like the captain jacks’s spinosad. It’s all natural and approved for organic growing. I have just had great success with that over BT and neem. Additionally you will be able to treat thrips with spinosad vs bt. Love your journey so far thanks for the video!
Thank you for the tip. I've never heard of spinosad but will definitely look into it.
Thanks for that update. It is good to see what the home in the greenhouse is like during different parts of the year. I hope to do a similar project and have learned alot from wathcing your videos.
Question: I noticed you have a Jackery power system in the greenhouse. I was doing some research and have decided to get one also. It would be good to hear your thoughts on it, once you start using it.
Regarding the Jackery - I got the 1,000 with 100W solar panel for emergency backup. It only arrived a few days ago so I'm still trying it out on different things I'll want to run during a power outage to test both the drain and the solar recharge. So far it has passed 'lights alone' and 'tea pot alone' but haven't had to recharge yet and haven't tried multiple items plugged in. So can't give it either a thumbs up or thumbs down yet. Will probably cover in a future video later in the winter.