Here in zone 5b Ohio we’ve had some crazy weather this seasons. The summer was wet and oddly cool enough to keep the garden looking beautiful as long as it wasn’t a heat tolerant plant. The peppers and tomatoes struggled this year in my raised beds and field garden. Now that the days of Autumn [...]
Greenhouse
Before You Build… Consider This
It is that time of year when I start sharing more images of my garden and how I’m continuing my growing experience by moving my favorite herbs, annuals and even some veggies into my 10′x12′ greenhouse I’ve been using for the past 2 years. In the first year I was networking my greenhouse experience on [...]
Greenhouse
Time Stand Still
Hoping to fit this wordless onto the G4B blog before Wednesday was complete but my lack of organization leaves me with having to add a few words on Thursday. As I walk out to my greenhouse growing area each day I feel like I’m behind because there was so much more I wanted to do [...]
Greenhouse
Mammoth Birth
Spring arrives in my northern greenhouse in late January as long as we have at least 4 hours of sunshine in a day. This is when my bulbs that I’ve brought in for the winter usually start to show some green. One of my favorite containers that I wintered over this year was my mammoth [...]
Greenhouse
It’s Not Always Salsa & Blooms
Each time I open the door leading to my green world located in my greenhouse here in Ohio I always have my cell phone in hand to tweet the adventure. Fan of growing year-round or not , those warm cheerful photo shares will surely brighten the viewers day. Blooms & Salsa are some of my [...]
The Lady GaGa of Gardening
As a northerner living and growing in zone 5b my greenhouse is a place to grow and nurture my plants from the winter elements. I must admit that I forget about the southern growers who rely on greenhouses for some of the same reasons that I do. I had the honor of connecting [...]
Houseplants
House Plant Mystery
Growing Year-Round via Houseplants I spent most of the evening at home improvement stores browsing for tile, stone, and collecting paint samples for the ‘sun room’ we recently added on to our home. After all the design inquiries and help I’ve been receiving from my garden friends I have decided to call this a ‘garden’ [...]
Facebook Connection : Debbie in Zone 6 Kansas
Social networking has played an important part in my adventure in growing year-round. I do believe I would have had a greenhouse eventually even if I wasn’t so active online in the field of gardening. Getting to know and connect with the gardeners online has truly added to my success in growing year-round. When [...]
Hoop House Grower : Diana of Voice In The Garden
Something wonderful has come to my attention with social networking in the New Year. I’ve noticed my ‘live stream’ has been showing some images of greenhouses and other tools used to grow year-round. You can imagine my excitement to find one of my Facebook garden connection sharing images of her new hoop house online this [...]
Going Green with Samsterland
One of the exciting things about garden networking is meeting the amazing people who make that community grow. During one of the #gardenchat events on Twitter I had the privileged of ‘tweeting’ Sammy of Samsterland : Going Green with the Samster Website. It isn’t that often I meet garden enthusiast online who own their own [...]
