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About the gardens inside and outside the greenhouse

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Living in a Greenhouse: April’s Surprises, Challenges, and Small Victories

April really ramps up the pace of work inside and outside the greenhouse – here’s what late spring looks like when you live inside a greenhouse. April’s Weather: A Month of Extremes Temperatures swung from the low 30s to the low 70s outside, while the greenhouse itself ranged from the mid‑40s to nearly 90 degrees. I kept the roof closed longer each day so that … Continue reading Living in a Greenhouse: April’s Surprises, Challenges, and Small Victories

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March in the Greenhouse — A New Season Begins

March has a way of keeping me busy and this year was no exception. As spring sprung across my property, the greenhouse is waking up again after winter — and so am I. This month brought temperature swings, new growth, unexpected setbacks, and a few big wins worth celebrating. March temperatures demonstrate one reason I love living inside a greenhouse – outside was cold, rainy, … Continue reading March in the Greenhouse — A New Season Begins

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2026 Food Garden Plan

This is my 2026 food garden plan. Color-coding is the amount of sun. I’m intentionally leaving some blank space for new suggestions, nursery finds, donations from friends. The greenhouse is on an almost perfect east-west axis so the south side gets sun almost all day except mid to late afternoon the south-west corner is shaded by tall trees. This is start of my 4th year … Continue reading 2026 Food Garden Plan

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Best Garden Decision Ever

Here in the Pacific Northwest of the United States it is difficult to grow peaches outside. Rain and relatively cool summers generally cause peaches to die from one disease or another. Inside the greenhouse, however, year 3 for this Sam Houston peach tree has surpassed all expectations! November 2022 2023 2024 2025 Even the tiny peaches I thought were non-viable have ripened and are tasty … Continue reading Best Garden Decision Ever

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Surprise!

This is an Arbequina olive that I purchased on a whim when passing through a hardware store. It was first planted in 2023 and moved early in 2024. Last year it had a mass of flowers but I did not see any fruit. Yesterday I decided to prune a couple crossing branches and imagine my surprise to see this single olive hiding below one of the … Continue reading Surprise!

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A Maintenance Reality Check

Living inside a greenhouse has been wonderful. Actually, as wonderful as I’d imagined from the first time I saw a video of one. But when I read comments on my videos or videos of other greenhouse-enclosed homes in Europe, the attention seems to be on heat and humidity. Those are pretty well solved through design, material choices, and systems. The next most frequent group of … Continue reading A Maintenance Reality Check

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