After getting all our dirt and utilities, it was time to start planting. We received a donation of three geraniums in baskets, a tomatillo, a sorrel plant, a big pot of beans, and two sage plants. I had a sunflower, a geranium, two WalMart mums, cilantro and various houseplants in pots. I took a ragged-looking pot of basil from our patio, which needed to be divided. I ended up with four plants in the planter and two in pots. I planted beets, radishes, carrots and cilantro. We had two dry-looking hanging baskets in our back yard containing marigolds and petunias, so I stuck the marigolds in the outside planters and put the petunias in a pot inside. On a whim, I stuck grocery store green onion bottoms and garlic in among the radishes and cilantro, and they both grew.
The greenhouse came with a temperature-controlled fan, which failed in mid-August. Temperatures often got over 100 degrees inside during this time, so I kept everything pretty well soaked and opened up as many windows as I could. It all survived until Jesse delivered a replacement fan.
August 25, surviving the heat
August 25, door, windows and vents all open
We had a trip planned for the first 10 days of September, so I set up a little automatic irrigation system to take care of most of the watering. It worked pretty well, but I took it down after we got back because I figured I would be over there anyway every few days to take care of everything. I'll set it up again in the spring.
Irrigation system in action Aug. 30 just before we left, cilantro, radishes, garlic and onions.
In September, I planted snow peas, broccoli and some cheap allium bulbs I got at WalMart.
September 10, six weeks after I thought it was too late to grow anything.
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