Ladies and Gentlemen, START YOUR SEEDS! Imagine planting seeds in the ground in March and having a harvest of cold weather veggies by Easter! If you have hoop houses it is worth a shot! I live in Minnesota, so I am just now getting things ready to start my seedlings for planting in May and […]
The Winter Harvest Handbook, Year-Round Vegetable Production Using Deep-Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses, by Eliot Coleman is a very detailed and exhaustive look at winter greenhouse gardening in zone 5. I am loving the look of the greenhouses on page 64, with snow piled up around the bases of a few large greenhouses! This book […]
If you haven’t heard, here in Minnesota we are experiencing some seriously warm weather for this time of year. Last week and this week typically being our coldest weeks of the entire month temperatures have reached the 40’s more than a few times and as I type this to you now it is 50 degrees! […]
I am so excited because I just read this great book. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to have a permanent greenhouse in zone(s) 4/5. They do use some supplemental heat and a small amount of electricity in the coldest/darkest months. Their greenhouse employs many innovations for keeping it’s cost and carbon footprint to […]
I’ve been out of touch recently, but I’m back in 2012 with new inspiration! I have found a few great resources about winter gardening in Minnesota! Can you believe other people are as crazy as I am? 🙂 After my little plastic greenhouse got ripped apart by all the wind we’ve been having this Fall/Winter […]
Powdery mildew peaks in the fall when temperatures are cooler, the sun’s heat and light is more moderate and less direct, and humidity is still high. The amount of dew that forms during the fall is a lot more than in summer months due to the temperature crossing the dew point at a very low […]
For those of you wondering what the heck to do with all the green tomatoes you harvested look no further! If your counter is cluttered with tons of green tomatoes because you had a recent frost warning this is a great way to use them up! Green tomato salsa by the quart Ingredients Directions 4-6 […]
Watering your garden when there might be a frost seems a little backward, but it will protect your plants. A healthy well-watered plant will do better than a weaker, drier plant will in cooler night time temperatures. You don’t want the plant to be wet, but you want the Earth to be nice and damp […]
When a frost is coming it is important to know which vegetables to harvest first and how to get the most out of your garden at the end of the season, or try to extend it further into the season. Warm-weather vegetables should be considered first. If frost is a “maybe” you can harvest all […]