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
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
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!
Thoughts on the food garden’s first year. Continue reading Food Garden 2024
The very first blog post asked these questions: What’s it like to actually live in a tiny home inside a greenhouse? How is it different than a more conventional tiny home? Will the reality measure up to my hopes and the hype? Now into the second summer living fulltime inside a 400 sq foot home inside a 60’ by 36’ greenhouse, I won’t bury the … Continue reading What’s it actually like to live in a tiny home inside a greenhouse?
