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Preparing your Greenhouse for Spring
Getting seedlings off to a good start in spring means providing them with the best possible growing environment.
Greenhouse Growing Guide: Zucchini, Cucumbers
Cucumbers and zucchinis are both easily grown in home greenhouse conditions.
Greenhouse Growing Guide: Squash and Potatoes
Squash and potatoes can both be grown on a year-round basis in your home greenhouse.
Greenhouse Growing Guide: Citrus
Citrus trees such as oranges, lemons, and limes are generally quite easy to grow in greenhouse environments and offer a great way to enjoy the freshest possible fruit.
Greenhouse Growing Guide: Peppers
Native to Mexico and genetically adapted to dry, warm conditions, pepper plants like it hot and sunny.
Greenhouse Growing Guide: Tomatoes
How do you grow tomatoes in your greenhouse? What about watering times? Learn everything you need here.
Watering and Heating Your Greenhouse
If you're going to be using your greenhouse during winter in a cold-climate area, you'll undoubtedly need to have a heating system in place.
Regulating Temperature and Airflow in Your Greenhouse
Proper airflow is essential for healthy, thriving plants.
Planning Your Greenhouse: Part II
Once you've determined the basics listed above, it's time to get started on building your greenhouse.
Planning Your Greenhouse: Part I
The first step in planning your greenhouse is to determine the best site on your property for the structure.
Benefits of a Greenhouse: Part III
Few things are more disappointing than pleasantly anticipating the first fresh salad of the season only to find that garden pests or local wildlife had the same idea when you go out to harvest.
Benefits of a Greenhouse: Part II
You can enjoy your own ripe fruit freshly picked from the vine in the middle of a cold and snowy winter.
Benefits of a Greenhouse: Part I
Part 1 of our greenhouse benefits guide goes over the top reasons why you should be growing in a greenhouse.
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Water Quality Issues in Your Farm Pond
If you use your farm pond for anything more than raising koi or handling stormwater, you need to test the water at least once a year.
Farm Pond Nuisance Plants and Animals
Nuisance plants and animals can ruin the water quality, kill off fish and chosen plants, and damage a pond liner with sharp claws.
Farm Pond Security and Liability
Even if your pond is located entirely on private property with no visibility or advertising, you are responsible for any injuries or damage caused by the feature.
Importance of Vegetation Around Your Farm Pond
Not only does a pond with exposed raw soil stand out unpleasantly from the rest of the landscape, but it’s also prone to erosion and leaks without a protective layer of vegetation.
Spreading a Farm Pond Liner
For small landscaping ponds of just a few hundred gallons, spreading pond lining material by hand is a simple process.
Quick Tips on Excavating or Building Your Farm Pond Dam
Using heavy machinery to excavate the pond or shape the embankment dam goes relatively quickly, but it requires plenty of care and attention.
How to Plan for Drainage in Your Farm Pond
Almost all ponds, except for raised excavated designs on flat surfaces with high levees, intake some amount of runoff water.
How to Determine the Size of Your Farm Pond
Before you can set a budget for your pond liner and heavy machinery costs, you’ll need to know the approximate size of the pond.
Embankment vs Excavated Farm Ponds
Once you’re prepared for the permit process and you’ve picked a site for your pond, you can move on to designing its size, shape, layout, and special features.
Choosing the Right Farm Pond Liner
When you can’t rely on the soil itself to hold water, you have three main options for lining your farm pond.
Water Sources for Your Farm Pond
Regardless of the type or size of farm pond you design, you’ll need fresh water flowing into it to replace what’s lost through evaporation and overflow.