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This video was sitting there, begging to be viewed so I thought I'd share this young lady and her bright idea for a quick and easy way to start growing some greens.
She's in Arkansas and she mentions that it's not going to make a big dent in your grocery bill, but for as expensive as salad greens and lettuce are, I'm not so sure she's right.
 
sheesh, you guys aren't grumpy now, are ya? I didn't think she was overly cheerful and i like the way she handled the curious cat.
I think I'll give this a try. I had thought about opening a bag of soil like that and seeding it. Now I see, hey, that'll do the trick.
When I buy greens from WM they seem to go bad so fast. If I buy from the other grocery stores, not so much, but the price is a little higher.
 
Patchouli said:
sheesh, you guys aren't grumpy now, are ya? I didn't think she was overly cheerful and i like the way she handled the curious cat.
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Naa. I'm not grumpy. She's very happy and I love her videos, and (not a) kitten George. I'm just not a morning person and get annoyed at morning people, aka hubby. It takes me a while to wake up enough to be cheerful.
 
Terri9630 said:
Naa. I'm not grumpy. She's very happy and I love her videos, and (not a) kitten George. I'm just not a morning person and get annoyed at morning people, aka hubby. It takes me a while to wake up enough to be cheerful.
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I never considered myself a morning person but now I seem to be a morning person AND a night person.
You've seen her other videos? I have not. All on gardening?
 
Patchouli said:
I never considered myself a morning person but now I seem to be a morning person AND a night person.
You've seen her other videos? I have not. All on gardening?
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Most of them. She has a really cool greenhouse that her husband built her. They also have some videos with their goats and alpacas, or donkey poodles as another YouTuber calls them.
 
Terri9630 said:
Most of them. She has a really cool greenhouse that her husband built her. They also have some videos with their goats and alpacas, or donkey poodles as another YouTuber calls them.
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If you wouldn't mind, and they're helpful, could you link them here? I have thought about moving to Arkansas, was up there a couple few whatevers ago and was surprised I liked it.
Really don't want to leave TX for a couple reasons, but my inability to garden here is very frustrating.
 
Patchouli said:
If you wouldn't mind, and they're helpful, could you link them here? I have thought about moving to Arkansas, was up there a couple few whatevers ago and was surprised I liked it.
Really don't want to leave TX for a couple reasons, but my inability to garden here is very frustrating.
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I miss TX. Gardening can be a challenge but shade cloth helps immensely.
 
Patchouli said:
If you wouldn't mind, and they're helpful, could you link them here? I have thought about moving to Arkansas, was up there a couple few whatevers ago and was surprised I liked it.
Really don't want to leave TX for a couple reasons, but my inability to garden here is very frustrating.
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Patchouli, are you on a computer, tablet or phone when you are on the forum? When YouTube videos are posted, click on the video to get it started, hover over the video and there is the option to view the video on YouTube. Then you can go below the video on YT and click on the channel name. You can get to all the videos the person has shared. You might want to subscribe to her channel and if you ring the bell, you will be notified of all of her new video releases.

I have been wanting to start growing greens inside in the winter as well. I have rectangular pots that I think would work well for growing them. I just need to do it. Another thing that I have done is to use the plastic boxes that greens come in, layer them to strengthen them, using at least two, fill with soil and plant in them.
 
Patchouli said:
If you wouldn't mind, and they're helpful, could you link them here? I have thought about moving to Arkansas, was up there a couple few whatevers ago and was surprised I liked it.
Really don't want to leave TX for a couple reasons, but my inability to garden here is very frustrating.
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I think there are places where it is easier to garden than others. I also think learning how to make it work in your area is important. There is lots of clay soil in my area. Building raised beds and filling and amending my soil was so important. Amendments that help with clay are leaves that many people bag and send away, aged manure, and peat moss. All have helped my property, but it takes diligence for the soil to keep improving. It can get expensive if we are not working the free options.
 
Patchouli said:
If you wouldn't mind, and they're helpful, could you link them here? I have thought about moving to Arkansas, was up there a couple few whatevers ago and was surprised I liked it.
Really don't want to leave TX for a couple reasons, but my inability to garden here is very frustrating.
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Why can't you garden there in Texas Patch?
I made a hoop house over me raised bed and grew some of the prettiest broccoli ever. I used our kerosene lamps for heat amazing how good they were for heating in freezing weather under 4 mil pastic .
I had pics but the IMO web crook Photobucket has them under ramsom till I pay mafia style payment for my pictures. I can't beleive someody hasn't sured the hell out of them.:cop::mad:.

Anyway I do like the way the video does it too. :cool:
 
Meerkat said:
Very neat but windows don't come cheap,even the used builders supply places don't give them away now. Use to get great deals from those places. But if you can get the windows that would be my kind of greenhouse for sure.:Thankyou::thumbs:
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Some people list them for free on our Craigslist. They can be found, but it takes some watching and waiting.
 
Weedygarden said:
Some people list them for free on our Craigslist. They can be found, but it takes some watching and waiting.
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Weedy around here in this mostly rurual area its hard to find them even for sale. But the way it is and the weather in this jungle that blows tree limbs and debree around its not worth the work.4 mil plasirc greenhouse sheeting is less work and more economicle.An a whole lot easier to repair torn plastic than glass.
If we lived in town or had less storms I'd go for it for sure. I think that GH is so pretty too and neat.
 
Meerkat said:
Why can't you garden there in Texas Patch?
I made a hoop house over me raised bed and grew some of the prettiest broccoli ever.
I had pics but the IMO web crook Photobucket has them under ramsom till I pay mafia style payment for my pictures.:cop::mad::cool:
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When we lived out of town the gardening was so so. Too windy, dried plants out too much; or temps too high because I didn't get garden started early enough; critters, insects. I did ok back east. I know a few people here that have gardened successfully for more than 20 yrs.
I've mentioned my current yard situation before and will pass on the rehash this time.
Wouldn't home grown veggies be tasty?
 
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Meerkat said:
Very neat but windows don't come cheap,even the used builders supply places don't give them away now. Use to get great deals from those places. But if you can get the windows that would be my kind of greenhouse for sure.:Thankyou::thumbs:
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If I'm remembering the right greenhouse, they put new windows in their house and those are the old ones. Of course I have seen many videos of window greenhouses so I may be thinking of another one. We replaced the windows in our living room (floor to ceiling) and those will be used in a lean to type greenhouse.
 
I live in North Central Idaho in the Bitter root mountains so I am not able to grow winter greens outside but I have learned some tricks for in the house in winter.

I figured out that most of our root crops have edible greens and will grow quite easily even in the winter in the house using the energy in the root.

Greens that I grow in the winter for salads, soups and just munching on...

Turnip.... Beet... carrot... garlic.... onion... Daikon radish... Most any root crop will grow good greens in the winter mostly using the energy within the root making less reliant on good light for growing...

I would love to grow greens outdoors in a greenhouse in winter but with January temps getting down to -20F to 50F here that is not real realistic for me so I go the next best route and grow them in the house.
 
The Bitterroots, huh? Awesome. I know someone who lives in Montana with the Bitterroots out their back windows. Must be a wild place. Sometimes they get a moose or two running around in town.
You can grow Daikon greens inside? Does that mean you grow Daikon radishes? I used to eat them, but had never grown them.
Do you keep your greens IN the house or out on an enclosed porch area, or what? Tell me what conditions you have set up for doing that in the winter in your home, if you wouldn't mind, @MountainGuardian
 
I plant the top 3 or 4 inches of the daikon into soil and allow it to sprout out greens.

Yes I have the plants in the house, I have large 1 yard planters boxes on wheels that I built in the house. I have a large two story house with vaulted ceilings and a "lot" of windows so it is easy to grow in the house.

Some pics of my living room...

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With the long winters I get tired of waiting to grow outdoors so I have always grown indoors through the winter. My house often times looks like a bit of a jungle.. lol
 
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