What will you do with your Economic Stimulus payment?

Dear garden friends,

Since we received our "economic stimulus payment" the other day, we've pondered what to spend it on. It irks us that we have to spend some of it on things like gasoline, but the rest of it? I'm thinking about a greenhouse, or a nice set of patio furniture, or some new eco-friendly flooring for our kitchen...or perhaps some plants. Lots and lots of plants!

Happy gardening!

bobbi c.

Building a greenhouse....

The Earthly Gardener, an online gardening column by Bobbi A. Chukran

Dear friends,

I just ran across this article and set of photos from the In My Kitchen Garden site showing how they built a fairly simple greenhouse. The IMKG blog is an offshoot of one of my fav blogs, Farmgirl Fare.

Here's a photo of their finished greenhouse, which I "borrowed" from their website.



I've wanted a greenhouse for a while, but after Husband and I went shopping for one, I sort of cooled down over the idea. Here in central TX, greenhouses aren't useful for much of the year because they just get too hot. And I refuse to burn more fossil fuels cooling off a greenhouse for the few seedlings that we require for our gardens. Still, I do like the idea in theory of having a place to store plants over our short winters. Maybe eventually I'll cave and get a little garden house built for that.

Check out the blog and the website...lots of great gardening inspiration there along with recipes, great photos and more!

dig it!

bobbi c.
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