The Green House and Garden: Final Chapter 2011

Its always kinda a sad day when you realize it's time to clean up the yard cause all the plants have died off for the winter. The green house seems to be the same way.  I consider the whole experiment a success even if it could have used more care than it got. All summer I served lettuces and spinach from the green house and yesterday I harvested what was left ( and it was alot) of the tomatoes and stuff. Those tomatoes where mostly green so now I'm going to make green tomato chutney. Should be good.

I think the recipe I'll use is this one from Instructible. http://www.instructables.com/id/Grans-Green-Tomato-Chutney/?ALLSTEPS

The Garden Part 2

Well you got to love the weather in the Crowsnest Pass. Last week end saw me happily working away in my garden , cleaning and planting and getting everything ship shape for the summer season. Then the weatherman hit with his news * SNOW* freezing temperatures etc. etc. etc.  There should be a law against weathermen changing their minds. When I planted all those flowers there wasn't a temperature lower than 6 C predicted. Then  it changed. So out came the tarps and the plastic and all the flowers got covered or brought in the house.

   The little guys look like they made out ok but time will tell. The forecast now is looking better so maybe the tarps can come off today. It's the end of May for god sakes!

On a better note the green house is doing well. Had the first salad from lettuce grown there earlier this week. What a great taste. Soon the watercress and spinach will be usable. So things aren't so bad.

The Green House

I found myself in the position to have access to a green house where I can grow herbs and vegetables. Well of course I immediately took my friend up on the offer. Since that dark winter day I have sprouted my little seedlings under lights in the basement - spinach, basil, peas, lettuces, rosemary, oregano, etc. Now to a seasoned grower these may be strange things to start. I used these little pellet things and now all I have to do is stick them in the beds in the green house. Really I choose those things because they are the stuff I use daily and can't wait to use them.

 So today ,being a lovely sunny day, I headed across the ally to the green house thinking it would be a good time to clean out the beds and get them ready to stick these little guys in . It took no time at all to clean them up and turn and break up the soil. Now it looks like this.

Now the real question is : is it to early to put my little friends out in their new home? I have no clue but I'm going to try with some of the bigger ones and see how they fare. I'm already dreaming of all the good things that can be made from the products harvested from the green house. I can't wait for the first trip of the year to Spring Break Garden Center to get tomatoes and cucumbers and stuff. Poor Mark just cringes at the thought - more space to plant things,more trips to Val's green house. Hehehe but he'll get over it when he gets to eat the stuff. Gotta love growing things