September's Greenhouse Tips

Owning, using, and enjoying your own greenhouse can be fun and relaxing - but there are still "Things To Do" to keep it clean, healthly, and usable. For each month of the year we have gathered useful greenhouse tips and information from our customers, employees and friends like you to help you get even more enjoyment from your greenhouse.

We've gathered these greenhouse tips from a variety of sources, much of it has been over the years and is not known. Please feel free to send us some of your own ideas.

Remember to take off your shade cloth in the fall before the first snowfall. Snow generally slides off the corrugated panels, especially if you are heating it. If it does begin to accumulate, brush it off with a broom.

Decide what you want to bring back into the greenhouse from the garden. Check to make sure the plants and pots are insect-free before you bring them in.

Start planning for food and gifts for the holiday. Plant cauliflower, sweet carrots, or mini-cucumber to add fresh vegetables to your Thanksgiving meal. Select flowers to decorate your holiday table.

If you want to keep your heating bill at a minimum, you might consider these Cool-Weather Crops: French Sorrell, Swiss Chard, Lettuce, Broccoli, Chives, Top Set Onions, Radishes, Carrots, Rosemary, Fennel, Dill, Cilantro, Pansies, and Snapdragons. They can all tolerate colder temperatures, even down to 26 degrees F. Plant now before the weather begins to chill.

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