Building a greenhouse was half the battle. Preparing the soil in the greenhouse and planting the plants took much more time than erecting the structure itself.
Suitable substrate
First, my husband and I had to take care of a suitable substrate in the greenhouse. Andrzejdug and leveled the ground. Then he brought a few bags of horse manure from a farmer in the neighborhood and dug the soil again.
Preparation of seedlings
The greenhouse is not heated, so the first seedlings do not appear there until April. I prepare seedlings for the greenhouse at the beginning of February.Then I sow the seeds of my favorite vegetables and flowers into the pots. At this time of year, plants have enough heat in the apartment to germinate and grow up. Of course, I could buy ready-made seedlings, but preparing it myself gives me more satisfaction.
We grow tomatoes in the greenhouse
We mainly grow tomatoes under the glass cover. They are so large that we support them on specially hung strings. In the plant care season, we use only natural remedies. For watering - nutritious nettle silage, and for spraying - if necessary - garlic decoction, which most pests do not like. Such procedures are quite enough. The greenhouse itself is an excellent protection for plants. It protects them from pests that are in the air and usually rain down on vegetables growing outside. In fact, part of the harvest is always wasted, which cannot be avoided when grown organically.Since we have a greenhouse, vegetables never get sick.
End of season
At the end of the season, clean our cover thoroughly and sprinkle some compost, dolomite or only magnesium on the ground. The latter element is sorely lacking in soils near Warsaw. In winter, we use our greenhouse for mounds.
Halina Ryfczyńska
