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As i finish up this years seed campaign i wanted to say a word about these (new to me) Mars Hydro LED’s. In the past i’ve run much larger Lush led’s; somewhat successfully on garden starts but those dinosaurs are either on or off; no rheostats back then. These new ones can be dimmed from 0 to...

Only 6 - 10/20’s remain in the house now and im happy to get the Early Figwort’s into natural light. I am also excited to see one of them beginning to flower!! I’ll try to get a good picture of the tiny blooms if something worthwhile happens? Mike

Well, the wood is all treated lumber and seems to do pretty well at not “growing” fungus or moss. The white panels are FRP fiberglass panels, like youd build a shower out of. Comes in 4x8 sheets, is easy to work with and last forever. I built the wood frames then lined the insides with the...

Chaos before order! Gimme a week and it will be how i want it! Mike

Drip irrigation has worked very well for us, it last forever, is pretty much maintenance free and is easily customizable to cover any layout. The volume delivered is controllable and exactly on time; day after day! All of these attributes make it fully automatic. I try to get folks to see how...

Each year re-commissioning the Greenhouse is a looked forward to event which is happening right now. It begins by removing all the horizontal and vertical trellis giving me access to all the interior surfaces which are hand washed with a sponge and a bucket of hot soapy water. The next day...

Those are Redwing’s and we get the “sets” from Dixondale in Texas. They are the only Onion i’ve ever seen with an adaption to Lat.65 and do very well for us here at Lat.62 they keep better than Pattersons or any other we’ve tried.

Im sure the bees will utterly detest those! 🙄 Mike

Thanks for the kind words; i’m both honored and saddened though! Honored that someone else is paying attention and saddened; knowing the long, steep hill you’ll be traversing if you truly want to “do better”! 50 years ago we didn’t just decide; “Gee, let’s be weird” but we were driven into this...

“Transitioning to spring” is what we call it; those million little things that get done in no particular order. As long as i’m running for the next couple months it will all get done. The order is completely weather dependent. Being a chilly overcast day i took the time to move the remaining...

The bigger question is “why would you put weed and feed on anything you will consume”? I’d hope the product label would mention this too. Mike ——————————————————————————————— On second thought this is serious enough that i rounded up the product label for anyone considering this type of...

Now were cooking! With the continual Sun its running over 100f in the greenhouse right now. That will change once i open the louvers and turn fans on. But for now and until i get the inside pressure washed; its just fine. Couple more days and ill be bringing all of it on line. Mike

This is very serious stuff AND a lot to process on an on-line forum! You really need to find someone you can talk to though and quit with the “im so worthless” stuff. Your not worthless but you do need a perspective change. This is the last place i’d try to find the kind of answers that will be...

I’ve shuffled the upstairs areas, making room for “whats next” and am happy with how a lot of this stuff looks this year using different lighting. Top and left are 8 different Bennary Giant Zinnias and on the right are the Greenhouse cucumber starts. Things are going well, so far. Thank you...

Going all out with Sweet peas this year. All 10 of these are from a couple “fragrance collections” and i’ve got high hopes for them. We grow these every year and this year decided to go “all smell”! The shop floor is one big “heating mat” and works well for these as they also want subdued light...

Found this big guy lurking in the jungle today; something I must have missed earlier? Cool thing about this strain is they never seem to get bitter - even at this size! Mike (still expecting to find a python in there😳)

As gardeners we have the ability AND opportunity to influence folks but sadly an awful lot of today’s gardeners are more hobbyist and not interested in the important aspects of producing quality produce. The irony is that these same folks are always amazed at todays cancer rates, autism etc...

And then there’s this, which most just yawn at! https://deeprootsathome.com/how-long-have-you-been-consuming-mrna-injected-pork/

Welcome to the forum. Telling us where your from will generate better answers to your questions! For example, here in Alaska i dont start anything in the greenhouse! Our weather’s too crazy early on and things move so rapidly that waiting for seedlings would consume a lot of our useable season...

I cant think of a stricter test of a persons “Integrity” than quitting smoking, in which case; journaling might be a helpful tool. Integrity = doing what’s right, when no ones looking!🫢 Hope it goes well? Mike