About the greenhouse
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
Discover why I chose an 8mm twin-walled polycarbonate greenhouse for tiny house living in the Pacific Northwest—insulation, durability, and comfort. Continue reading Why I Chose an 8mm Twin-Walled Polycarbonate Greenhouse
I love living inside a greenhouse but it does require maintenance such as cleaning the roof. My greenhouse has twin-walled polycarbonate panels instead of glass. It is 60’ long by 36’ wide by 12’ high at the gutters and approximately 24’ high at the roof ridge. There are clear panels on the north-facing roof and translucent light-diffusing panels on the south-facing roof. Ideally a greenhouse … Continue reading Washing the Greenhouse Roof
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
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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Hard to believe it has been 2 years already. See the progress inside and out on YouTube. Continue reading 2 Years in the greenhouse
