some of you dear readers out there have asked about my greenhouse. i'm happy to report that it seems to be working. all my winter crop is green, happy and apparently doesn't mind freezing, to my astonishment. when it is below freezing the leaves tend to flop over but as soon as it gets above freezing they perk up. i recently placed row cloth over one of the rows to see how it improves things for the plants. within a greenhouse it is supposed to raise the temperature beneath the cloth seven degrees.
the book that inspired me to create all this, four season gardening, by eliot coleman, says that you need at least four hours of unobstructed sun to make a winter greenhouse work. unfortunately, the sun at this time of year just barely peeks above the land and it's light has to make its way through a lot of trees that, though leafless, block most of the light. so, i'm afraid i'm not going to be seeing high temperatures in this greenhouse until march. being on the south slope of a hill makes all the difference. if i ever buy land it will be south facing.
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