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<\/a>The metal framework under the plastic is wire fencing called "cattle panel."<\/p><\/div>\n
Each section of fencing is four feet wide and sixteen feet long.\u00a0\u00a0 Set side by side and wired together along the touching and overlapping edges, and then stapled into the inside edge of the two raised beds, it creates a stable and sturdy framework.\u00a0 Our friend Thad was telling us how these panels could be used to do this project, and we didn’t quite get what he was talking about.\u00a0 So he bought one, carried it down to the garden, stuck it in the raised beds and said, “See?”\u00a0 And we did.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Draping the plastic over the top without tearing it was a challenge, but once it was in place, we stapled it down on the sides and cut a slit in both ends for a doorway. It is overlapped and held in place with a piece of paving stone.<\/p><\/div>\n
The resulting greenhouse dome shape is about seven feet high in the middle and pretty straight up on the sides.\u00a0 Very roomy.\u00a0 Each raised bed is over sixteen long and four feet wide.\u00a0 A lot of growing space!<\/p>\n
On Tuesday we got plants to put into the greenhouse, and got them planted.\u00a0 Tomato plants, peppers of various kinds, and a honeydew melon plant were installed in their new homes.\u00a0 Plus we planted the other greenhouse-resident seeds – cucumbers, and some hot pepper seeds which may or may not germinate.<\/p>\n
<\/a>I also filled the planters surrounding the bird bath. A lavender, pansy, fushia, peony, and lobelia, all will give some color to the middle of the walkway in front of the arbor.<\/p><\/div>\n
Really do need to sweep off the bark that gets dragged around by the hose, but that’s not too pressing.<\/p>\n
<\/a>No, that's not out of focus. that's the camera lense immediately fogging up when we walk into the greenhouse just like our glasses do. It is a good 30 degrees warmer inside the greenhouse than it was outside (55F was the temperature outside today).<\/p><\/div>\n
The five tomato plants are all in their cages, and everybody looked perky and took the transplanting well in stride.\u00a0 Good news!<\/p>\n