Extending the Season

For several years we have been tolling with the idea of getting a greenhouse.  We scoured Kijiji and other adds and even looked at purchasing new.  Last summer we finally found one up near Woodstock.  It had to be dismantled and shipped down to here and then reassembled.  Clarke was in charge of that operation.  It was a huge job.  Clarke and Roger made 8 beds 4 feet by 16 feet.  That should grow a couple of tomatoes.   We didn't get the plastic on until fall but we planted inside anyway.

We had the most wonderful crop of tomatoes.  They were indeterminate and were over 8 feet tall.  You can see the spools of cord for each tomato to climb.  Each plant was full of tomatoes.  And it rained and rained....remember there is no plastic.  Then one day all the plants and tomatoes went black from blight.  We had to pull all those plants and we never got one tomato.  We did get some peppers though.

In the fall we finally got the plastic on.  double layer of plastic and we blow air in between the layers for added insulation.  If we are spending this much money on something it better pay its way at least with food for us.