Comments on: Greenhouse overgrown http://tinyfarmblog.com/greenhouse-overgrown/ Daily photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools...! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:18:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alanhttp://tinyfarmblog.com/greenhouse-overgrown/#comment-45597 alan Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:48:53 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=2236#comment-45597 Your green house looks a bit like mine.  Had to wade through 6 inches of mud to get there today.  Last week it was 6 inches of ice.  It will change fast now that the days are getting longer! Your green house looks a bit like mine.  Had to wade through 6 inches of mud to get there today.  Last week it was 6 inches of ice.  It will change fast now that the days are getting longer!

]]> By: Kevinhttp://tinyfarmblog.com/greenhouse-overgrown/#comment-45589 Kevin Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:43:08 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=2236#comment-45589 Yikes!  Assuming that you are not anti-plastic (which seems a safe bet since your greenhouse is covered with the stuff) why don't you put a tarp down on your greenhouse floor?  We did that, and then covered it with a little sand for aesthetics.  Voila, no weeds!(Edit: I'm editing this post because you're cool software allowed me to. I don't have anything to add, but the ability to edit comments that you've posted is just plain cool. High five to whoever made this possible.) Yikes!  Assuming that you are not anti-plastic (which seems a safe bet since your greenhouse is covered with the stuff) why don’t you put a tarp down on your greenhouse floor?  We did that, and then covered it with a little sand for aesthetics.  Voila, no weeds!

(Edit: I’m editing this post because you’re cool software allowed me to. I don’t have anything to add, but the ability to edit comments that you’ve posted is just plain cool. High five to whoever made this possible.)

]]> By: Chiot's Runhttp://tinyfarmblog.com/greenhouse-overgrown/#comment-45571 Chiot's Run Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:20:43 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=2236#comment-45571 Oh, how I wish I had a greenhouse.  I don't even have enoug land for one. Oh well, I guess that allows me to buy from all the local farmers (if only the farmer's market ran all winter) Oh, how I wish I had a greenhouse.  I don’t even have enoug land for one. Oh well, I guess that allows me to buy from all the local farmers (if only the farmer’s market ran all winter)

]]> By: homemomahttp://tinyfarmblog.com/greenhouse-overgrown/#comment-45570 homemoma Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:34:37 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=2236#comment-45570 that arugula looks oh so familiar. i have the same look in my greenhouse probably. that arugula looks oh so familiar. i have the same look in my greenhouse probably.

]]> By: Charlottehttp://tinyfarmblog.com/greenhouse-overgrown/#comment-45568 Charlotte Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:08:23 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=2236#comment-45568 That's what my wild arugula looks like as well -- I seeded it in the raspberry patch as ground cover (preferable to weeds) and well, it grows like a weed. Mine is a different variety from the cultivated arugula -- it gets tall like that, the leaves are quite thin, and it has a fabulous flavor -- like arugula on steriods. But it will take over ... That’s what my wild arugula looks like as well — I seeded it in the raspberry patch as ground cover (preferable to weeds) and well, it grows like a weed. Mine is a different variety from the cultivated arugula — it gets tall like that, the leaves are quite thin, and it has a fabulous flavor — like arugula on steriods. But it will take over …

]]> By: Katie Hobsonhttp://tinyfarmblog.com/greenhouse-overgrown/#comment-45547 Katie Hobson Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:30:42 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=2236#comment-45547 WOW!  That is quite a jungle. Do you find that the arugula takes over and spreads seed when allowed to go wild like this? WOW!  That is quite a jungle. Do you find that the arugula takes over and spreads seed when allowed to go wild like this?

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