Our three Ameraucana hens needed a new, larger coop. I wanted a greenhouse with a sink, so my neighbor, Shawn Thompson, an excellent carpenter and all-around handyman, designed and built my chicken ...
Gardeners, another wonderful week has swiftly come to a close. Local weather forecasters assure us that next week, specifically mid-week, daytime temperatures will drop, signaling that fall is ...
Greenhouses, sometimes referred to as glass houses, hothouses, or conservatories, are sanctuaries where temperature and lighting conditions are ideal for plants to grow, regardless of the outdoor ...
For many, a greenhouse can be a useful tool in the garden, giving users a space to germinate seeds and grow plants outside their USDA zones in a safe environment. Unfortunately, they can get pretty ...
For many gardeners, the journey often begins with a couple of seemingly innocuous house or bedding plants. We want to add color to an area inside our home or brighten vanilla areas of the landscape ...
It's important to remove snow from your greenhouse roof to avoid costly damage. You should approach this with caution and use ...
For many garden enthusiasts, a thriving plot or bed is less of a finish line and more of a starting point. So what’s the next step? “I like to think of greenhouses as kind of like gardening 2.0,” says ...
If you’re involved with a community garden or happen to have a sizable backyard, you might want to learn how to build a hoophouse, a simple, low-cost type of greenhouse. Citizens Committee for New ...
As fall creeps in and winter quickly follows, many gardeners must put their passion on hold until spring. Underground greenhouses can prolong the growing season, protect plants vulnerable to freezing ...
In his new "Greenhouse Construction" class, Travis Oliver plants seeds that expose kids to potential career opportunities.