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A Cost/Benefit Analysis of a Greenhouse
The Farm is no longer productive. The berries have all but stopped, the herbs have been gathered and are hanging from the rafters as they give up and dry already. The last of the apple peelings are drying in the greenhouse. Oh. Yes. Well, I guess that part is still productive. In the greenhouse there is row after row and shelf after shelf of our winter greens. Or they will be. Right now it is just dirt. Dirt I have to keep moist and warm. This will be the first year for the greenhouse for us. We’ve had cold frames in the past with some success, but this is new.…
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Getting the Winter Greens in, Putting a Garden to Bed, and a Good BLT
Today the sun is shining brightly down, taking the sting off the chill. The greenhouse soaks up all that sun and makes it feel like July. Which is good, since that’s where I spent most of the day, planting the Winter greens. There will be spinach and arugula, beet greens and kale, wheatgrass and the lettuces. Some will be for the animals (they like a nice green treat in Winter, too), but most will be for us. The culinary/medicinal herb garden was officially put to bed today, with the last row being tucked in with leaves, then coated with mulch (that helps to keep all those leaves from blowing right…
