Archive for February 8, 2009
Grow Your Own – Ready…Set…Wait For It…
by John Weckerle
As the sprouting vegetables continue growing and requiring larger pots, we turn our thoughts briefly outdoors again with a longing eye turned toward the coming Spring. With that in mind, I decided to prepare the next experiment – a mini-greenhouse made of plastic wrapped and taped over the existing PVC hoop and chicken wire structure. To do this, I simply set the roll of plastic sheeting on the ground at one end and pulled the plastic up over the other, leaving a little extra on each side, and made a straight cut along the edge of the roll. Then I unfolded the plastic, and voila! – perfect fit (whew). A little folding, a little tape, and a couple of rocks, and we have a tiny greenhouse that, in theory, should allow me to plant earlier than would otherwise be the case. One modification – a little observation/ventilation flap in the top – remains to be completed, and I need to pick up a thermometer for monitoring purposes. The entire enterprise took about 15 to 20 minutes, with just one person. »» Grow Your Own – Ready…Set…Wait For It…