May 25, 2014

It only took about a week of having to water the greenhouse plants before I'd had enough.  There is no way I'm going to be able to keep up with watering everything by hand this summer.  Enter my first attempt at an irrigation system.  Pretty loose, but it seems to be doing the job.

Running a drip hose under the greenhouse frame and across the plants.

Seems to be working fairly well so far.

We went by one of the local farmers markets today and picked up these cucumber starts.  The green mesh is a 6x12 foot sheet of bird netting draped over an old steel coat rack that we found in our shed when we first moved in.  Glad we could find a use for it.  It should make for a good trellis for our cucumber and melon plants.

The fig tree is looking very happy in it's new home.  It's put on a bunch of growth since moving into the greenhouse.

Starting to see blooms on the tomato plants.  Fresh tomatoes coming our way soon!