ComputerUser asked:


What type of Hobby Greenhouse for Zone 5?
I would like to either buy or have built (by a family member) a 6′ x 8′ hobby greenhouse that could be heated year round. Or, maybe it doesn’t need to be heated year round. I am totally new at this. I mostly want it to grow flowers from seed. (Like geraniums have to be started early.) Lexan panels made this size greenhouse kind of expensive. I think that just for the materials, Lexan and the new kind of treated lumber, the materials cost was around $1,700. (It’s expensive to have Lexan shipped.Lexan is the expensive part.) The purchased kits seem to only have 4 mm polycarbonate. Or, would using a greenhouse with film be a better way to go? (Where can you buy the double greenhouse film that you can pump air between for better insulation?) What is the best way to get a quality small greenhouse that is heating efficient? Or, if you have a purchased greenhouse kit you recommend, please specify why you like it and the brand. Thanks.

MMAARREE asked:


I want to plant some of these lovely flowers for use at my wedding. I am hoping to force some in the greenhouse if possible. Help!

Shera M asked:


This will be my first time planting a flower garden and I have several questions and things I need help with. I bought many seeds of plants I liked and planted them in one of the mini greenhouse things that you put the peat things in and plant the seeds in them.

Some of the more tiny stemmed delicate ones that grew began to get a web like thing around them and died. what caused it and how can I prevent it from happeneing? The ones most affected were the poppies, Columbine, snapdragon, and the foxglove once I took it out of the greenhouse.

I planted Foxglove,Cockscomb, sweet William, Forget-Me-Nots, Larkspur, Oriental and Iceland Poppies, Sweet Pea, Columbine, Red and Yellow Sunflower, Canterbury Bells, Snapdragon, Red Hot Poker, ect.

It has been very warm and then this week it dropped off to freezing suddenly for like a week. How can I make sure it will not freeze again so I can plant them?

Can you reccomend any other flowers, tips, ect that will be good for shade/par. sun?

Rockin’ Race29 asked:


Mainly flowers like Shasta Daisies and grasses such as Pampas as well as herbs.
Also can anyone recommend a website or two with useful information on growing vegetable plants?

I’m new to gardening and am getting a greenhouse built this spring as a late Christmas present

catalystskater asked:


i have a garden that is about 20 feet long and maybe about 6ish feet wide. we just moved into the house last year and didn’t really have time to get into the garden to fix it so it became quite overgrown. what is the best way to get rid of the overgrowth and turn it into a garden for this year? i do have access to a mantis tiller thingy but not until may and i do get discounts at the local greenhouse for plants and any weed blockers… so how would you suggest going about this before it becomes to unmanageable again?
i have no idea what is in the garden, there might be a couple flowers but i don’t know what they are. the garden runs along a fence and there is nothing on the other side in the neighbors yard. also there are no trees… just weeds, overgrowth, and a couple flowers that i don’t mind getting rid of to start over.