first fruit

In answer to you question Amy, why do you need a greenhouse in Arizona.....

The greenhouse will allow us almost year round gardening. Currently we are keeping the greenhouse cool with a misting system so that plants that would never make it in the summer heat are able to survive. Fall and spring planting can be done without the help of the greenhouse but in the desert the plants look like desert to all the green leaf deprived critters. In winter the greenhouse will provide enough protection from the overnight drop in temperature that we should also be able to expect to eat fresh from the garden while you scrape snow off the beachy buggy.

After putting in a misting system to keep the greenhouse cool the plants have been growing "like weeds."

(We found a sheet hanging over the tomato plants keep them extra cool and happy.)

We are still perfecting the ecosystem. Today the guys worked at installing a swamp cooler on the roof on the greenhouse after finding that the first installation, inside, did not yield the desired results.


We harvested our first zucchini yesterday. Weighing in at 10.6 ounces and a mere 8 inches long it doesn't compare to mammoth Michigan summer zucchini, but we were thrilled none the less.