Our Greenhouse In March – Harvesting Vegetables In Winter In Zone 3
It’s the beginning of March! Spring is now less than 20 days away. Lets have a look inside the winter greenhouse in its final days before...
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Jan 15, 20221 min read
YEARS In The MAKING And A HUGE Winter Greenhouse Upgrade
Taking some time to answer your winter greenhouse questions. We’ve been experimenting with growing food over the winter in a greenhouse...
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Our Greenhouse In January – We’re Still Harvesting Food In Our Winter Hot House
It’s January. It’s -20 outside. We’re not in the far north, but we’re definitely north enough that winter growing takes a little effort....
May 22, 20201 min read
Two Simple SOLAR Powered IRRIGATION Systems We Use For Our Off Grid Greenhouse & Gardens
As we slowly make our transition to an off grid property, we continue to experiment with various alternative sources for power. These are...
Apr 30, 20201 min read
Building A DIY Greenhouse – A High Tunnel Hoop House To Extend Growing Season In Northern Onta
We have a short growing season here. June through September – in a good year. After building our first greenhouse for spring seedlings...
Feb 23, 20201 min read
Insulating the North Wall of the Off Grid Winter Greenhouse | And Digging Out Our Weather Station
We had an amazingly warm weekend here on the Wilderstead! We took the time to get the north wall of our off grid solar powered greenhouse...
Feb 13, 20201 min read
DIY Pallet Shelves In The Off Grid Winter Garden Greenhouse & Don’t Make This Mistake
Sometimes you make mistakes. They can be big mistakes, small mistakes, or just mistakes that leave you scratching your head saying why? I...
Feb 6, 20201 min read
Solar Power In Our Greenhouse | An Off Grid Winter Garden Greenhouse in Canada For Year Round Food
This is a huge step for step us towards our self sufficient goals. A four season, year round greenhouse heated with wood and using solar...
Jan 27, 20201 min read
Our Wood Heated Greenhouse | Heating An Off Grid Winter Garden Greenhouse in Canada year round food
This is a huge step for step us towards our self sufficient goals. A four season, year round greenhouse heated with wood. It’s a tough...
Feb 26, 20182 min read
Heating Our Greenhouse With Compost – Part 1
It’s warmed up quite a bit here in southern Manitoba. Warm enough that it tempted Dave to get out and start cleaning up and thawing out...
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