GREETINGS, GARDENER!
Have you, in your longing for spring, ever started plants too soon?
Winter is a great time for projects, especially those that help launch you into spring growing! This week we’re enjoying trying an idea to solve our growing space dilemma.
Like what happens if the seeds started in December grow into plants nearly ready to be transplanted?
While southern-most gardeners are in their spring season, and the northern and midwestern neighbors are in blizzards or banks of snow, we’re fluctuating between low 50’s to a 20’s and 30’s cold snap.
We could plant them in the garden and use frost covers, but it’s still mid-winter here in North Carolina’s Zone 7A, so it’s not yet the best time to plant outside.
Well, we do have this little cattle panel greenhouse, but there’s not much space to grow a row of greens. Coleman's solution was to install a rain gutter garden the entire length of the greenhouse, mounted just below a shelf.
So he dove in and completed the project yesterday. It turned out pretty well, you can read more about gutter gardens here, see other videos plus a video Coleman made about ours just yesterday.
If you have experience with growing in rain gutters, we’d love to hear about it, and see your photos if you have them handy.
Someone on Facebook commented that they dry out too quickly, which is a good point, however, we’re in the greenhouse at least twice a day, so no problem to water them. However, we probably won’t use them in summer, when they'd dry out more quickly, except maybe for starting seeds, so that may not be a problem for us.
Feel free to send us a note on what’s going on in your gardening planting or plans. Just reply to this email, we always read them and respond.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Rain Gutter Garden Ideas
MORE FROM THIS WEEK:
White Cardinals
Rescued White Throated Sparrow
Growing Tree Collards in Containers
THESE NEXT ARE FROM OUR OTHER FAMILY WEBSITES (in case you're interested):
A Garden Metaphor - What You Focus On Grows
SUPER BOWL?
Are you planning on watching the big game? If so, here are a few recipes if you haven't already planned out your game meal and treats!
Crispy Eggplant Parmesan Fries
Easy Corn Salsa With (or without) Black Beans
Air Fryer Chicken Wings & Hand Cut Potato Chips
Take care and be well!
Coleman and LeAura Alderson
GardensAll.com
