October 19, 2008
· Filed under Gardening, Greenhouses · Tagged Christmas, flower arrangements, flowering blooms, fresh flowers, garden greenhouse, greenhouse, Halloween, holiday wreaths, New Year's Eve, plants, Thanksgiving, traditions
One of my favorite things is to have fresh flowers throughout the holidays. I couldn’t do it without my favorite helper; my garden greenhouse. I have more fun in the fall pampering my plants and getting everything ready in the house to decorate with fresh flowers for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
I get more complements for the wonderful smells from the flowering blooms and the pleasure of using fresh cut flowers in the fall flower arrangements and holiday wreaths. It was something my grandmother always did when I was little and I am just so happy to be able to continue doing these time honored traditions the same way she did. Not living in the country and having the land to pull from because I live in the city, I would not be able to accomplish this without a greenhouse. I am just so grateful this time of year!
October 14, 2008
· Filed under Greenhouses, Patio Structures · Tagged cold frame, gardeners, Gardening, greenhouse, home garden greenhouse, winter gardening
Winters brings a stop to the bustling of gardening activity. People are left to browse through the catalogues of seeds and bulbs as they dream and make plans for their spring gardens. For those who are fortunate enough to have a home garden greenhouse, winter gardening becomes not only possible, but relatively easy.
For those who wish to grow something during off season but don’t yet have a greenhouse, you can make use of cold frames. There are many styles of cold frames and some use glass as a covering and others use different plastics. The underlying planter box creates ventilation for the plants to breathe. Some people grow plants directly in their cold frame while others use them to hold containers. The glass or plastic on top of the cold frame should be covered with a cloth if there is bright sunlight capable of harming tender plants. Gardeners can successfully grow their flowering plants and vegetables with the help of cold frames even during winter months.
October 5, 2008
· Filed under Gardening, Greenhouses · Tagged backyard greenhouses, garden greenhouses, greenhouse kits, hobby greenhouses, Outdoor Living
With travel becoming more and more expensive, the prospect of a quick weekend trip is growing rather bleak. So to help sort out the day-to-day stresses of our lives, nothing helps to set a mind straight like a few pleasant hours spent in one’s own backyard garden greenhouse.
Think about it ladies! For the same reason guys for years have had their own little workshops or garages to retreat to for mental sanity, we need our own little corner of the world, perhaps a green and quiet place to be with our own thoughts, and a small greenhouse affords us a veritable oasis of peaceful, oxygenated goodness. And, it has the built-in requisite excuse for being somewhere for a little while: growing healthy plants (and tending to our internal gardens).
I could site studies and research that shows how a regular dose of outdoor living regenerates us, but I’m sure you already have an innate understanding of the concept.
Consider so many gorgeous garden greenhouses to choose from, and many priced just right for a dollar-for-dollar tradeoff with that weekend in Vegas that you’ll never get back, and suddenly a hobby greenhouse looks very attractive.
This blog is going to cover many of the unexpected benefits of outdoor living, but consider for a moment just how a lovely fall afternoon spent planting a few herbs and baby greens from seed will make you feel.
