We've been in the midst of a cold snap, with lows in the thirties and highs in the forties. Wind chills are near or below freezing. I wear my Carhartt coat zipped up, with the hood keeping my ears warm.
I went out this afternoon to check on the greenhouse. Since it's been cooler, with overcast skies the past few days, the containers have been losing less moisture to evaporation. Some plants will go all week without needing to be watered, but the mature tomato and pepper plants still use a lot of water.
The temperature in the greenhouse was about ten degrees warmer than outside, which is within the comfort zone for my plants. When I got close to the heater, I discovered it wasn't on. Further investigation revealed that it had come unplugged from the outside outlet. This could have been a disaster if the temperature had dropped below freezing, but it's encouraging to know that the temperature inside stayed warmer than the outside. Thank goodness for thermal mass.
This Brazilian Starfish pepper is doing well. It continues to blossom and put on new fruits.
This starfish pepper varies a bit from other plants grown from the same batch of seeds. These peppers have a slightly different shape and a little more heat. Not too bad.
Ripe cherry tomatoes hide deep inside the tangle of tomato vines. I probably have close to a hundred little green tomatoes and more blossoms every day. The Small Cherry Tomato variety I got from tradewindsfruit.com produces the smallest, sweetest tomatoes I've ever encountered. Some aren't much bigger than a pea.
I discovered a tree frog living among the pepper plants in the greenhouse. He should be a great help in controlling gnats and white flies. There may be others--it's just a fluke that I spotted this one.
The greenhouse is doing well and taking little care right now. Some things will need to be transplanted soon, but this is the slow season for gardening. Time to get out and cut firewood and shred leaves for the mulch pile.
Stephen
I went out this afternoon to check on the greenhouse. Since it's been cooler, with overcast skies the past few days, the containers have been losing less moisture to evaporation. Some plants will go all week without needing to be watered, but the mature tomato and pepper plants still use a lot of water.
The temperature in the greenhouse was about ten degrees warmer than outside, which is within the comfort zone for my plants. When I got close to the heater, I discovered it wasn't on. Further investigation revealed that it had come unplugged from the outside outlet. This could have been a disaster if the temperature had dropped below freezing, but it's encouraging to know that the temperature inside stayed warmer than the outside. Thank goodness for thermal mass.
This Brazilian Starfish pepper is doing well. It continues to blossom and put on new fruits.
This starfish pepper varies a bit from other plants grown from the same batch of seeds. These peppers have a slightly different shape and a little more heat. Not too bad.
This eggplant is taking its own sweet time in ripening, but it seems to be progressing.
For growing in a pot, the eggplant is doing very well. It even has new blossoms.
The hardest thing about growing Sunbright peppers is waiting for them to ripen to yellow. This one has been in transition for what seems like weeks, but it's yellower every day. Sunbrights have a mild bell pepper flavor when they are green, but once they turn yellow they have a sweet, slightly lemony taste.
Ripe cherry tomatoes hide deep inside the tangle of tomato vines. I probably have close to a hundred little green tomatoes and more blossoms every day. The Small Cherry Tomato variety I got from tradewindsfruit.com produces the smallest, sweetest tomatoes I've ever encountered. Some aren't much bigger than a pea.
I discovered a tree frog living among the pepper plants in the greenhouse. He should be a great help in controlling gnats and white flies. There may be others--it's just a fluke that I spotted this one.
The greenhouse is doing well and taking little care right now. Some things will need to be transplanted soon, but this is the slow season for gardening. Time to get out and cut firewood and shred leaves for the mulch pile.
Stephen
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