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THE PORTABLE PLASTIC GREEN HOUSE: MORE USEFUL THAN YOU THOUGHTWe’re all purists at heart. We want a green house that lets us stretch out and express the inner earth shepherd in us all. We want lofty ceilings, acres of plantings and all the storage and implements one could ask for. Unfortunately, many of us just don’t have the space or resources for a traditional green house, or we just haven’t built it yet. That’s where a portable plastic green house comes in. They’re not terribly elegant, durable or sturdy, we know. But they can be surprisingly useful for a range of situations. Here’s a few… The Plastic Green House As Place Holder One reason to use a plastic green house is in a temporary situation. Perhaps you are renting a place, or you want a temporary green house for now and plan to build something more permanent later. In those instances, a portable plastic green house is a perfect solution. They are inexpensive and they work as well as a more conventional green house; they’re just not very durable. Short Seasons, or, "Do I Have To Come In Already?" A portable plastic green house is a great solution in cold season climates with short growing seasons. Some areas in the northern U.S. and Canada have growing seasons of sixty days or less. That makes it hard to grow a lot of crops in the ground. You can’t start your whole garden indoors, either—it’s been tried, but the garden takes up the same amount of space whether it’s outdoors or in your living room. You can, however, put up a plastic green house over the garden area in the spring and get things going up to a month early, even if you don’t heat it. When it gets warmer, you just collapse your plastic greenhouse and store it away. Then in the fall, when the nights start to get cool, you put it back up over the garden. You can extend a sixty-day season into a 120-day season that way. Balancing the Bounty: Rotating Your Crops Another place a plastic green house is particularly useful is when you rotate crops. You can erect the plastic green house over cold sensitive crops and get them going early. Later in the summer, you can remove the green house completely. The next time you use it, you can use it in a different place and rotate your vegetables and flowers, which is better for the soil. A Simple Simmer: Cooking Your Compost This might sound a little weird, but it works. Compost has to be hot to break down into a rich soil additive. During the summer it generates its own heat, especially if you turn it frequently. When it starts to get cold outside, though, the compost doesn’t generate enough heat to keep the process going. In the winter, you can erect your portable plastic green house over the compost bin and keep it composting. That way you’ll have compost ready in the spring, when you move your little plastic green house over the garden and start your lettuce and peas. |
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