Signs of Spring
Early morning sights on Maitri Homestead. Wine cap and Lion’s Mane mushrooms, pear blossoms and baby blueberries, pea shoots and greenhouse starts, and mullien… I 💗 spring!
Getting Tomato Plants Ready
Sarah has been doing seed swapping on Facebook recently, so we have many new varieties to try. Tomato seedlings waiting until our last frost date before planting out.
Growing Blueberries From Cuttings
We have 8 blueberry bushes in our garden, but we would like to plant some in our new little orchard. Below is a link to an article about propagating blueberries from cuttings. We will be trying this in a couple months. https://homeguides.sfgate.com/start-blueberry-plants-another-grown-plant-57053.html A honey bee pollinating a blueberry blossom in the garden.
My Parents Greenhouse
Brent and I have been helping our dad build a greenhouse. Between the rainy weather and corona virus precautions the progress on my parents greenhouse has slowed way down. Greenhouse progress…all pressure treated framing.
2020 Garden Seedlings
We are already getting our seedlings started inside for the spring garden. For these seedlings we’re using a standard set of 4 foot LED lights as grow lights…nothing special. We also use a couple thermostatically controlled heating mats to help some seeds germinate. A 10″x 20″ flat of brassicas (brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and broccoli) planted
Cut and Come Again Lettuce
This is the fourth full harvest from our lettuce bed in the greenhouse. I thought it would be bitter tasting by now, but it still tastes good. Over 2 lbs of lettuce harvested from this little bed this morning.
Greenhouse Tomatoes Love The Heat
The greenhouse has 3 small raised beds in it. The largest one is planted out with Oregon Spring determinate tomatoes. There are also four pepper plants behind the tomatoes that are full of blossoms. Both the tomatoes and the peppers are loving the heat and humidity in the greenhouse. Ginger and Turmeric haven’t yet come
DIY Greenhouse Using Cattle Panels Anyone Can Build.
We needed a quick greenhouse to start seeds in early. Here is my attempt with some of the important points shown below and a link to further instructions. Thanks to TexasPrepper2 on youtube for the inspiration. This greenhouse is built using 3 cattle panels. Each panel measures 16 feet long by 50 inches. The base
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