Greenhouse VI

Now we are getting to the fun stuff!!

I scored some awesome 17x17 concrete pavers with little cobble stone detail on Craigslist....so that is the floor for our greenhouse! This will keep the mud down, and make the spider situation resolve into something more manageable for me.  Who knew they LOVE to live under old cardboard-- shudder!!!!!

We dug out a small amount of the path, but decided we were fine living with it sloping down naturally with the grade...

We also got cracking on the cedar boxes.  These started off easy- but again with the grade.  It was pretty trick as the long sides didn't even match eachother, as the land slopes down and to the right.  It took a few tries, but we got it figured out.  They are 12" at the most shallow and over 3' at the steep end!  I had already ordered mounds of happy soil, so we were able to put the tomatoes which had been patiently waiting in pots all spring into the beds!  We were finally making real progress!!!

paver path-

Nothing too exciting- we dug out a small trench, filled it with paver crushed rock and sand to smooth out some of the bumps, and placed the pavers right on top.  It doesn't have to be perfect--but I love how it looks!

hanging tomato basket

This is my first time trying "patio tomatoes"

They're awesome!  They are living in a very small amount of soil, they have produced some delicious tomatoes so far!  I will use them again next year for sure!

These tomatoes have been happy in their new home for about 2 weeks and they have tripled in size!  I installed a closet rod with brackets above the tomatoes so I could string them up and take advantage of our vertical space.  They seem super happy! Im behind a normal schedule- so I can imagine that next summer-- I will have met my goal!  Tomatoes in July!!

Another very important aspect to the greenhouse is my ability to nurture my crepe myrtle trees in to...well....trees.  I have 6 and only one has thrived in my PNW weather.  The other 5 have really struggled to grow fast enough to be able to avoid the deer.  Deer aren't "supposed" to like crepe myrtles, but the babies seem to love them enough to complete decimate them every time they come through.  I have moved 4 into the greenhouse- and in just a few weeks they have completely flourished with new growth, and one already has flower buds!!!  AMEN!!!