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Greenhouse garden bed tour

6/5/2017

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If you participated in any of my workshops this year, then you know that in April, Alpine Greenhouses installed one of their greenhouses on our property. I’ve been pretty excited about it as it’s going to allow me to extend the growing season into November, with minimal inputs of electricity. I’ll also be able to start growing as early as February next year.
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Our new 10' x 12' greenhouse by Alpine Greenhouses. There is currently a shade cloth on the top of the house. This will be taken off in the fall once the temperatures are cooler during the day.
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This is the main garden bed in the greenhouse which is 5 feet by 10 feet by 14 inches high. These can be custom built to the size specification that you would like. I wanted to maximize my growing space in the greenhouse so I made the bed as big as I could. There is a stepping stone in the middle of the bed so I can access everything easily.
PictureThis is the smaller, more narrow bed on the north side of the greenhouse. I've been growing mostly greens in that bed and am now going to reseed more. There are shelves above it for potted plants and to grow out seedlings.
In permaculture, one of the twelve principles is, ‘Obtain a Yield’. In other words, we aim to design our properties in such a way that we obtain a yield of something, whether that’s fruits, veggies, medicinal plants, pollinators, fertility etc. With this new greenhouse, I’ll not only be able to obtain a yield but I’m now able to extend that yield in time and in space.
 
What do I mean by that? Especially in a cold climate, we are looking for ways to have more of a harvest over a longer period of time. In addition, we want to maximize the growing space that we have and take full advantage of it. 
 
In this short video, I give you a mini tour of what I have growing in my greenhouse and how I’ve maximized the growing space. So click on the video below to check it out! If you have any questions about greenhouse growing or experiences that you have had, I'd love it if you shared it in the comments below!

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Jeff
6/6/2017 01:00:40 pm

Can you share a picture of the greenhouse from the outside so we can get an idea of how big it is and how it looks? Also how early where you able to start growing in there?

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Kareen Erbe
6/6/2017 01:29:59 pm

Hi Jeff, I have posted a picture of the greenhouse above in the blog post. Thanks for requesting it! You can also see more photos of similar greenhouses at the Alpine Greenhouse website: http://alpinegh.com/. This particular one is 10' x 12' and the main garden bed in there is roughly 5' x 10'. Though you can have it custom built to any size that you would like. I will start growing in there as early as February next spring with early season greens. I will be doing a more involved tour later in the season so stay tuned!

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Darla Myers
6/8/2017 07:31:35 am

How deep are your planters? I'd like to see an inside shot of the greenhouse set up.

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Kareen Erbe
6/10/2017 11:04:15 am

Hi Darla! The planters are 14 inches deep. I included a few more photos so you could get an idea of what they look like! Let me know if you have any other questions!

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