Mini greenhouses are smaller than full-size greenhouses, but big in usefulness! The term mini greenhouse can refer to several styles of greenhouse: A set of shelves for plants, with a plastic cover fitted over the top to protect them A very small conventional-shaped greenhouse, with a plastic sheet cover or rigid plastic glazing A lean [...]
Among the many different styles of greenhouses, the lean-to greenhouse can range from a quickly-built temporary lath-and-poly shelter for hardening off seedlings, to a solidly-built extension to the house with a foundation, heating, etc etc. Between those extremes, many people find that a kit-built or ready made lean-to greenhouse is easy to build and extremely [...]
If you use your garden greenhouse to overwinter plants which can’t stand frost, then you’ll need some method of heating it – usually a greenhouse heater. If it’s attached to the house you may be able to hook in to the home heating system or simply leave a door open between the house and the [...]
Why start plants from seed? It’s far cheaper than buying seedlings if you want lots of plants You can get many varieties which are not available at nurseries You’ll have seedlings ready at a time which suits you You can grow organic seedlings without paying a premium price for them Seed-starting methods There is a [...]
Once you’ve grown your own seedlings, or bought them at the nursery and brought them home, what’s the best way to get them in the ground and growing well? There are two main parts to this – the state of the transplant, and the state of the place you’re going to plant them into. The [...]
