Victoria Day Weekend Update on the Greenhouse Gardens

[gunsfishand4x4]

i love the twine spacing im going to do this! i should have used the natural wood-chips in my house!

[NickDeBusk]

Looks great. We had the same problem over here in Spokane WA with broccoli. Our bug was slugs not worms or goffers. Have you looked into backyard chickens? If your going green thats got to be considered. We've had ours for a year now and its great!

[VivianRinSC]

Looking better and better! Gorgeous strawberries. I'm really envying you those. :)

[goneways]

Nice greenhouse! I wounder why do you have the cold weather plants like broccoli, spinach and radish in the greenhouse? Zucchini also grow perfectly outside even in Alberta, it would save you lots of space in the greenhouse for all the summer crop.

[GettingThereGreen]

@goneways @goneways When we planted it was cold and we didn't have the plastic up on the greenhouse. So the cold crop stuff just got put in there. Also, we don't have another outside bed to put the cold crop stuff in. We have to build a couple more beds... which is in the plans, just need to find the time. ;) As for the zucchini... they are doing awesome in the greenhouse... better than we've ever had any other time. :) -Randy

[GettingThereGreen]

@UrbanRedneckGardenin There are no holes in our yard and nothing coming up though our garden beds. Since we blocked the hole nothing has come into our garden... except for squirrels ... but squirrels we can deal with. ;)

[Revolutionisnow1]

Wow looking awsome, great job.

[rickvanman]

Looking great guys! Bet you can't wait till harvest time :o)

[cavealaska1]

wow everything is looking great, I am glad we dont have gophers in the UK, I am having enought trouble with grey squirrels. but I am having no trouble with that other mass veg eater, the slug! I have gotten around that problem

[GettingThereGreen]

@cavealaska1 That squirrel video was something else. What do they REALLY taste like?

[cavealaska1]

@GettingThereGreen they really do taste like chicken, more like the brown meat on a chicken, maybe just a little stronger, they really are causing me a problem!

[bcgarden2010]

beware of blocking the gopher hole. if they are anything like skunks they will actually be encouraged to dig under the things you place on top... I would suggest burying some wire mesh so they can't dig through it.

[GettingThereGreen]

@bcgarden2010 we did block it with a brick, but it managed to dig around it and moved the brick. I then put a heavy concrete cylinder over it and so far so good. We shall see. 3 nights with no invaders!

[pinetar100]

heat does wonders wow your plants are looking good .gopher are good eating

[GettingThereGreen]

@pinetar100 Your comment made me go look up gopher traps... lol...

[jihadacadien]

I'm probably gonna use your model when I buid a new greenhouse. Pretty sweet! The spinach will start to seed as the weather gets hot. Just like any letuces...so just keep them in the dirt! Yay my pumking is growing!!! Hope you get a big one from it!

[GettingThereGreen]

@jihadacadien I wasn't planning on pulling the spinach out, I just want to know when to harvest the seeds... and where exactly the seeds are located.

[jihadacadien]

@GettingThereGreen Well last year, my August spinach grew flowers like 2 and a half month after they sprouted. But usually the plant starts the flowers when the summer comes as the temp goes up. So I suppose around July. And the flowers are gonna be on the top of the plant. And it will stop making edible leaves from the top. You could probably take the seeds and sow them in August too!! ;)

[flyinggig1]

Gotta love the parents who think a Quad is a good babysitter.....holy crap! LOL

Greenhouse looks great......strawberries....wow­!

Happy Victoria day.....!

[GettingThereGreen]

@flyinggig1 Yeah, the back alley is actually a great place to bike/quad. It's not used anymore. Perhaps some day our neighbors will want to pay to have the city close it off so we can all have bigger yards. We'd gain about 20 feet. That would be nice. :) -Randy

[Michigansnowpony]

The best stuff you can get for those cabbage worms on your broccoli is any product containing Bacillus Thuringiensis, or BT for short. You mix it up with water and spray the plants. It's a virus that infects the catepillars, so it's organic too. Your strawberry plants look fantastic. Are you going to flip a coin for that first red one? : )

[GettingThereGreen]

@Michigansnowpony Luckily there are a few red ones all at once. So we will be able to have a few each! Can't wait!

[Michigansnowpony]

Root crops usually don't transplant well, not just radishes.  : )

[GettingThereGreen]

@Michigansnowpony Good to know. Will certainly keep that in mind when planting any more root crops! Thanks!!!