[Diana in Wisconsin]

Found pictures of my greens-growing set up that I used last year to great success inside my unheated greenhouse. I had greens until December, which is great for Zone 4/5 up here on The Frozen Tundra!

I bought three 50-quart clear storage bins (Mainstays brand, Walmart) and then three 1-cubic foot bags of potting soil, Miracle Grow. The cover of the bin acts as a tray to catch water. I poked holes on the back side of the bag of soil, then laid it on the tray and cut out the top of the bag. I will direct-seed salad greens into the soil and water. Cover with the 'bottom' of the tub to act as a mini-greenhouse until the seeds germinate, then off during the day and on at night. Can be set up outside, or on your back/front porch in warmer zones.

Beau added another set of shelving to the south side of the greenhouse for me. The three bins will still fit, but they'll need to run east to west now, and I will have to turn them every week or so to make sure all seedlings get enough light and aren't crowding one another out. We'll see how it goes - more photos as things, 'develop.' ;)

[Liz]

Great idea.......we can use it in your book.

[bigfootbob]

Nice, very, very clever. Here in zone 8B that system would work all winter into Spring.

I will have to figure out an anchoring system. We had our first series of coastal storms come through Saturday evening and most of the day Sunday. This one caught me with my garden pants down! They usually don’t start until mid-late October.

This one blew my watering can 1000’ from where I keep it and it shredded a poorly sighted, my bad, Salvia gensneriiflora Mole Poblano. The darn thing was advertised growing to 3-5’. This one is almost 9’ and the same wide in 1 growing year.

The thing is supposed to bloom in Summer thru Fall but mine started in September and it will probably bloom all winter! Crazy plant.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

What a great set-up! I'm going to see if Beau can make me some of those 'risers' for our pantry. They would be very handy! I will share my pantry pictures later this week. I THINK I have things pretty well organized.

[FamiliarFace]

This is a really neat idea! Please continue to post photos of the process (and progress), if you don’t mind.

[Blurb2350]

Fascinating! Keep us posted. I’ve been trying container gardening using cheap plastic “totes.” They’re very handy, easy to fill and move as necessary. I set up two small raised beds several years ago, but they’re not ideal out here in the desert. They dry out too quickly and the nearby mesquites send out their greedy rootlets to grab the precious water. Totes eliminate these problems and are (small) rodent proof as well.

[Qiviut]

I would use your method except I don’t have a place to do it - but I’m now thinking about it! Surely I can come up with ‘something’ ... :-)

Chicken sitting - the run door is “busted”. It’s bad enough I think I have to fix it .... headed down there in a few minutes to see what I can figure out. I think I have a piece of hardware cloth (aka “bunny wire”) ... if I can find my brother’s staple gun, putting the wire across the bottom would cover up the hole in the chicken wire/help hold the frame together (one corner has come loose). I have a brand new roll of wire (not mine - it’s dad’s) but if I can find used wire, I’d rather use that instead. Fun times!

The “girls” are a hoot, one in particular. Everybody was on the roost after sunset, but she was not - came running to me when I was going in to close up the coop. She’s pretty tame and doesn’t seem to mind it if you smooth her feathers. I think being raised from a chick by little girls (ages 2 & 5) has something to with being ‘friendlier’. :-)

[TheConservativeParty]

The greens growing until December is awesome!
Might try that sometime.
We still need to Lexan cover my little greenhouse.
We have all the supplies.
Husband is recovering from knee surgery.
Time is ticking by.....gotta get the greenhouse all done before if snows.
😅

[Silentgypsy]

Brilliant! Maybe even I can have a salad garden again.

[mrsmith]

Finally trying that this year.
Have 1/3 the soil planted with Romaine lettuce, and will plant same in other area every two weeks.