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The Greenhouse Is Almost Done

Saturday, January 18, 2025 0:01

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The last time I blogged about the greenhouse, Dan had just repaired the rainwater collection system. Several rains later, I can tell you that it leaks no more! Gradually, a little here and a little there, we’re at the point where our greenhouse to-do list is pretty much checked off.

For setting up the inside, it took me awhile to figure out what I wanted. When we first got serious about plans for the greenhouse, I collected all sorts of neat pictures of greenhouse interiors. Some of them had shelves for pots, others planted directly into beds dug into the ground. I spent a lot of time trying to envision our greenhouse and what my goals were.

I was initially assumed I just needed shelves, until I started thinking about how I actually want to use it. For one thing, I want cold weather veggies for fresh eating in winter. I also want a place for spring seed starts, and someplace to store pots, potting soil and compost. For spring starter trays, shelves make a lot of sense, but I knew I didn’t want to plant lettuce and broccoli for the winter in small pots. It made more sense to use larger pots to give the roots some room.

First Dan finished the interior walls beneath the windows with cement board.

Then he made a bordered bed from old mill lumber, given to us by a neighbor.

Then I moved in the lettuce, kale, and chickweed I started outside in gallon pots, and tucked them in with spent straw from the barn.

Surrounding the pots with straw will act as good insulation.

The bed can hold 14 one- and two-gallon pots pus 3 half-barrels from 55 gallon drums. There’s enough room on the end for more pots if I want.

Then there was the other wall.

This is where Dan built the bench.

The shelves are made from the tongue-and-groove boards he tore out of the front bedroom in anticipation of remodeling its closet. I have plenty of storage space for pots and buckets of soil and compost. The top shelf has plenty of room for starting spring plants.

The other thing checked off the to-do list is the hose for the rainwater tank.

The wand type nozzle I attached works well for potted plants. I got it from Amazon.

Still to do is stone for the floor and finishing the trim around the house door. Oh, and I have a little more painting to do. In the meantime, I’ve got stuff growing in it! And that’s the main thing.

by Leigh at http://www.5acresandadream.com

Source: https://www.5acresandadream.com/2025/01/the-greenhouse-is-almost-done.html

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