The advantages of a greenhouse far outweigh not having one. But many people are intimidated by the whole process so today I am going to show you how to plant in a greenhouse. If you need a starter plan for a greenhouse, see how we built ours by clicking here for Part 1 and clicking here for Part 2. WHY PLANT IN A GREENHOUSE? It’s simple, therapeutic, rewarding and will save you TONS of money from having to buy plants full price at a nursery. A packet of seeds can cost $1-$3 and sometimes you get 30, 50 or even 100 seeds. A pepper plant usually costs around $3-$4 at my nursery, so you can see how if I plant 30 pepper seeds at $2…
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Continue ReadingI have always wanted to learn about how to build and grow in a cold frame garden bed. Last year that dream became a reality when Mr. Wonderful added the top frame on one of our regular garden raised beds. Let me show you how he did it. Here is what our raised beds look like. I wish I had all the room in the world like my sweet friend Marie at the Lazy W but I absolutely LOVE our raised beds! By the way, in case you’re wondering -the red structure on the sides and overhead is for when the heat hits in Oklahoma in July through September. We attach 50-50 garden shade fabric over the top to help prevent scorching and help ease…
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Continue ReadingSuperthrive is the miracle drug that revives distressed or transplanted or newly planted plants! What do you do when your plants look sickly from transplant shock or are stressed from heat or other damage? The gardener in me wants to share the knowledge! Actually, drug is not the best description. Superthrive is more like a vitamin/mineral solution for sickly plants. Think of it as super-supplement on steroids for your garden plants. Except steroids are bad…and this isn’t. This planting season alone it has brought back to life a few things for me -my grown-from-seed Canterbury Vines, which were browning and not growing and are now green and luscious and climbing to the sky, and some coneflowers I purchased at a local nursery sale that I…
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Continue ReadingOklahoma food blogger Katie Johnstonbaugh shares how to grow tomatoes vertically using less space in small gardens
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Continue ReadingIt’s been awhile since I did a garden update. Because …well it’s been winter. After the holiday excitement passes by, it helps that I start getting seed catalogs. This stirs the inner spirit animal in me that is always missing my garden during the bare cold months of winter. I have tomato and pepper seeds going in the greenhouse and they are already pushing against their clear lids clamoring to get out! We use a small ceramic electric heater inside so we can get an early start on the seedlings around the first of February. Back in October we visited The Silos, Chip and Joanna Gaine’s place in Waco. It was during Silobration and we had so much fun experiencing the organic wonderful vendor fair…
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Continue ReadingHey friends! Wow! Spring has kicked in around here and we’ve done what we usually do, migrate outside at every possible chance and putter in the garden, greenhouse. Somehow I’ve still managed to cook, and even made this French Creamy Mustard Chicken recipe in between but let me show you what’s been up around the garden! The Sweet Williams, Amaryllis and Johnny Jump-Ups are ambitiously reaching for the sky. This is my first year planting Cardinal Climber (bottom left of that pic) vines and I am so in love with their brilliant almost fluorescent fuchsia color! I may never plant morning glories again! We have scads of spring produce coming up like Buttercrunch, Romaine, Mesclun Mix, Kale, Spinach, Radishes and more. Mr. Wonderful, has finally…
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