Something different.

[jackb]

My daughter Eve is 7 and I was showing her Ava's touches in the greenhouse thinking she would want to help me more. Nope she didn't look at all impressed. Maybe it was because it was the little green giant. She did ask for a wheel barrow for Christmas so she can help move flowers in it. I wonder what she will say when I put zucchini, peas, beans, cabbage, and the like in it for her to bring to the house?

I would not fret over it, Eve most likely has other interests. I am the only one in my family who ever gardened, and I think it is in your genes. When Ava was only a few month old I showed her the plants and a smile lit her face and she reached out to touch them. I knew then she was a gardener, and she loves all aspects of gardening. That said, she will not bring the plants home but prefers to leave them with Pop. She brought her goldfish here three years ago and now I have a huge tank, with a HUGE goldfish. Grandchildren, what would we do without them?

 

[HunkieDorie23]

My son has a step daughter the same age that is my gardening buddy but I don't see her often. She loves gardening. I think Eve and I will have a tea party picnic in there when it is comfortable and see if she will try some of the food I have growing and she will like it better.

 

[jackb]

I keep a folding lawn chair in the greenhouse this time of year and I have a remote thermometer so I can see the temperature in the greenhouse from the house. When the sky is clear the temperature in the greenhouse can be over seventy degrees in the winter. I bring a book, my mp3 player and a cool drink into the greenhouse and enjoy the sun and warm temperature. It really keeps the winter blues away, but it also can put you to sleep.

Merry Christmas.

Jack B.

 

[so lucky]

There's nothing like the ability to sit in a sunny greenhouse and enjoy the plant smells, while the cold wind blows outside. Great for your soul.

 

[catjac1975]

I agree. The very best time is when a blizzard is going on outside and your plants are all snug in their beds.

 

[jackb]

The olive trees not only survived the winter indoors, but they actually flourished under the LED lighting. At this point they little resemble the trees I started with only a few short months ago. It should be interesting to see what happens when they are in the greenhouse 24/7.

Jack B

 

[ninnymary]

Jackb, I'm not surprised. You have the green midas touch!

Mary

 

[jackb]

Jackb, I'm not surprised. You have the green midas touch!

Mary

Hi Mary,

I will call it a success when I see my first olive. Till then they are just plants. You should be able to grow one outdoors where you live, they grow them in Oregon.

Jack B

 

[ninnymary]

Jackb, no room and though I love olives, I don't think I want a tree. I have seen some in Alameda but I'm not sure if they give fruit.

Mary

 

[897tgigvib]

Some of the vineyards have Olive trees planted around them, or Cherry trees, or both. Olive trees do very well in Northern California.

In Montana Russian Olives do well, but their fruit is a seed with very little olive flesh around it. There is another hardy relative I forget the name of that makes a small red Olive. There is also another smaller tree also very hardy, related, I think is called Silverberry or something like that.