Growing a greenhouse garden in cold climate is like moving a portion of your garden south. There are many greenhouses to choose from for different uses. However, if you intend to grow a greenhouse garden you will need to consider a few things. The soil for growing a greenhouse garden Just like ...
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Convert a hay field into a garden
How to convert a hay field into a garden. This spring our Community Garden offered us to do a no till garden trial. We were immediately on board. We have been using a no dig or till method in our home garden quite successfully. To convert a hay field is a bit of a different story, but eh, we are up ...
Raised Window Protected Garden
The raised window protected garden started out of desperation to get all the spring seedlings out of the house a few years ago. It was our first spring in this house and I was super busy so Anna put together a simple temporary greenhouse that worked surprisingly well. Next spring I built a bigger ...
How to Grow Early Peas in an Unheated Greenhouse
It was still pretty much winter here (March 10) at my first attempt to grow early peas in an unheated greenhouse. Now, you need to understand that we are in Zone 3, March IS winter with 2 feet of snow on the ground and possibly more snow to come. How to grow early peas in the winter in an unheated ...
How to Create a New Garden Bed
I'm always thrilled to hear about starting out gardeners creating a new garden bed. We need more gardens and more growers. Not even 100 years ago every family had a garden. Gardens are rewarding and fun. But how to create a new garden bed if you have none? A few things to consider first New ...
Starting Seeds Indoors (Free printable schedule)
Winter in our area isn't over yet. The last frost day is still more than two months away. But spring is coming, and with it the next growing season! Since our growing season is so short we get only about 100 frost free days in a row (if it is a good year, that is), we try to make the most of it by ...
Controlling aphids with No-Pest strips
For years I thought that cold and frost are our biggest foe, but not any longer. With the indoor garden we can grow food even in -40 degrees. However, what turns out to be a real challenge is pests. Aphids, spider mites and scales can easily ruin an indoor or greenhouse garden. We mostly have to ...
Annual Vegetable Varieties for a Short Growing Season
Growing a productive garden takes time. Seeds need to be planted, germinate, established, the plants have to mature and produce fruit. In most parts of the world there is plenty of time for this. The garden is planted in spring, grows all summer long, and is harvested in the fall. In short ...
Start playing homesteading
Playing homesteading is something we talk about a lot here at Northern Homestead. We usually do not call it that, but we would call it gardening for the weak, sick, and lazy gardeners, or how to keep garden chores enjoyable, or the deep chicken litter method and so on. The idea is to simplify and ...
Temperature for an indoor edible window garden
Temperature for an indoor edible window garden is just as important as for an outdoor garden. You will not grow cool weather crops during the hot summer months and vice versa. Indoor edible plants too need to be planted according to the room temperature. The right room temperature for an ...