Comments on: Assessing greenhouse clean-up http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/26/assessing-greenhouse-clean-up/ Daily photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools...! Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:45:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Meg http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/26/assessing-greenhouse-clean-up/#comment-17311 Meg Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:05:55 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/26/assessing-the-clean-up/#comment-17311 Ah. Thanks for the info, Mike! Ah. Thanks for the info, Mike!

]]> By: Mike (tfb) http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/26/assessing-greenhouse-clean-up/#comment-17238 Mike (tfb) Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:34:03 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/26/assessing-the-clean-up/#comment-17238 <b>Meg:</b> Floating row cover is usually spunbond polyester, looks/feels kinda like...interlining, the white stuff used to stiffen up jackets. I've posted more info <a href="http://gear.tinyfarmblog.com/2007/12/agribon-floating-row-cover/" rel="nofollow">here</a> (I've gone a little tiny farm blogging crazy, a couple of months ago I started Tiny Farm Gear to post about tools and the like.) <b>Deborah:</b> The greenhouse is 20'x32'. I have it set with the ends pointing east-west. The position of the tables to avoid shading stuff planted at ground level is really significant during spring, when the sun is still low from the south...and that's when I use the greenhouse for growing! <b>BSM:</b> First lettuce should be going into the ground at the beginning of March. I'll record the event! You can see what the early lettuce was like last year by looking around March-April 2007, back there are at least a couple of lettuce pics... Meg: Floating row cover is usually spunbond polyester, looks/feels kinda like…interlining, the white stuff used to stiffen up jackets. I’ve posted more info here (I’ve gone a little tiny farm blogging crazy, a couple of months ago I started Tiny Farm Gear to post about tools and the like.)

Deborah: The greenhouse is 20′x32′. I have it set with the ends pointing east-west. The position of the tables to avoid shading stuff planted at ground level is really significant during spring, when the sun is still low from the south…and that’s when I use the greenhouse for growing!

BSM: First lettuce should be going into the ground at the beginning of March. I’ll record the event! You can see what the early lettuce was like last year by looking around March-April 2007, back there are at least a couple of lettuce pics…

]]> By: BSM http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/26/assessing-greenhouse-clean-up/#comment-17178 BSM Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:10:02 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/26/assessing-the-clean-up/#comment-17178 Is the lettuce in the ground? Could we see that too? Is the lettuce in the ground? Could we see that too?

]]> By: Deborah http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/26/assessing-greenhouse-clean-up/#comment-17154 Deborah Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:33:35 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/26/assessing-the-clean-up/#comment-17154 How 'small' is that greenhouse as it looks big to me :-D And thank you for the tip about seedlings to the north side, I'd never really thought of that. It didn't make much difference where things were in my small (6ft*10ft) glasshouse in the UK. Seeing your greenhouse is really making me want to get mine as soon as possible but I have a wood to plant first, not to mention a myriad other things to get on with, not the least being preparing the site for the polytunnel. How ’small’ is that greenhouse as it looks big to me :-D

And thank you for the tip about seedlings to the north side, I’d never really thought of that. It didn’t make much difference where things were in my small (6ft*10ft) glasshouse in the UK.

Seeing your greenhouse is really making me want to get mine as soon as possible but I have a wood to plant first, not to mention a myriad other things to get on with, not the least being preparing the site for the polytunnel.

]]> By: Meg http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/26/assessing-greenhouse-clean-up/#comment-17142 Meg Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:15:39 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/26/assessing-the-clean-up/#comment-17142 Boy, it looks positively toasty in there. A question for you: What material is your floating row cover made out of? I know it's some kind of breathable fabric, but does it have a specific name? Does "floating" in the copy indicate that it's light enough to throw on young plants? I took a quick spin through your row cover posts, but didn't see a name, if there is one. We were annihilated by cabbage worms last year and want to avoid a repeat of that, so we're definitely in the market for some kind of cover. Boy, it looks positively toasty in there. A question for you: What material is your floating row cover made out of? I know it’s some kind of breathable fabric, but does it have a specific name? Does “floating” in the copy indicate that it’s light enough to throw on young plants? I took a quick spin through your row cover posts, but didn’t see a name, if there is one. We were annihilated by cabbage worms last year and want to avoid a repeat of that, so we’re definitely in the market for some kind of cover.

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