Greenhouse gardening is a real learning experience for me. This
is a completely new interest that I have never had before. My interests have
changed after first deciding that I wanted a greenhouse.
1.
For fun, a hobby, exercise.
2.
To grow my own vegetables and be more self-sufficient.
3.
To learn something new.
Now I find myself reading to learn more. I didn’t even know what
temperature that I should keep in the greenhouse. Then I found out it would
need a heater in the winter, and fans in the summer.
Right after it was finished in February 2014, I started planting
seeds, watering, fertilizing, having a lot of fun watching them as they
germinated, and began to break ground, and emerge as tiny seedlings. It
happened faster than I expected, and it was still a little too early to put
them out. They continued to grow in the greenhouse. Finally I wanted to put
them out, thinking it was warm enough and we would have an early Spring like we
usually do in South Carolina. But, naturally this year was atypical and no
sooner that I put them out we got very cold weather! That was the end of my
newly planted seeds. So I started over.
After 2 attempts, I finally got the number of plants that I
needed for the gardens. I had quite a
few tomato plants so I took them to church and gave dozens away. I was a hit
with all the seniors. They loved getting a few tomato plants and I was happy to
share. 2015 I plan to do the same. More to follow.
