Homesteading on 2 Acres – a Girl and her Dogs
Homesteading on 2 acres in a tiny house; a girl, her dogs, and some vegan recipes
When i first began the project of adding grow lights to the greenhouse, i very much didnt know where to start. I was overwhelmed with which lights to pick and where to get them from. There were so many options. How was i to know which would be good for what i needed them for? …
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So, when i began the project of installing grow lights in the greenhouse last year, i envisioned lights hanging down 7 foot chains that could be adjusted to be shorter as the plants grew. I figured i would start with the lights right above the little seedlings and then raise them up higher and higher …
Lately the temperature at night has been hovering right around freezing and ive been leaving the greenhouse lights on overnight to keep it a bit warmer in there considering theres two open wall vents that let the outdoor air in even when i close the windows. That means the roses in there have had 24 …
These roses are meant to be a deep maroon but must reside in the greenhouse due to requiring protection from biblical amounts of grasshoppers. im hoping once i bring the lights down closer those roses will darken up considerably, but without fail they still smell amazing, especially the blush colored ones.
The tuff shed green house was a hail mary last ditch effort to grow vegetables on my property. However, the grow lights were meant to be hung from chains and sit right down near the plants beneath them. The guy helping me install them said no theyd be fine up at the ceiling and there …
Before i bought the property i live on now i spent about a decade living in apartments. I had balcony gardens. I had courtyard gardens. I had hanging gardens…but i always had a garden of some sort. I did fairly well for having everything in containers. I grew roses and double blossom hibiscus, herbs and …
My main objective here is not to grow food. If food results that will be lovely but ultimately i want a room where i can be surrounded by healthy thriving greenery and after a hard day of peopling, i can go in there and just be with plants. So i have selected food plants and …
Most of the interior of the greenhouse is done with boat paint. It has a rubbery feel to it and any water that gets on the walls or floor will not sink in and rot the wood. Well, the plan was to prime all the particle board looking surfaces, then paint them, and stain the …
Ever since i realized grasshoppers were an insurmountable obstacle to gardening out here and 70 mph winds tear down any traditional greenhouse i erect i’ve had this idea that i would turn a tuff shed into a greenhouse by putting climate control insulation in it and customizing it to have windows all the way around. …
When i left in the darkness of the pre-dawn morning i could see on the radar that it was going to storm before i returned. 60 mph winds and hail were expected. The radar screen was alive with color. As i sat in the darkness of the chapel during another one of our thursday meetings …