Andy took this picture Wednesday, when the outside temperature was in the low 20s. Notice the new blossoms on the tomatoes…we’ll have to see how long they continue to thrive. We’re getting spoiled having them every night.
December 17, 2020
The Greenhouse Is Doing Fine
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I’d love having fresh vine-ripened tomatoes every day!
They won’t last forever, but we sure are enjoying them. 🙂
oh that a good “spoiler” enjoy eating your own grown produce when everyone else maybe isn’t 🙂
We’re mainly surprised that the plants are still thriving. It won’t last forever.
That is wonderful – how we would love to have fresh grown tomatoes all winter long:)
We’ll see how long they last. Winter hasn’t officially started yet. 🙂
I wouldn’t mind being spoiled with those tomatoes! So glad you get to enjoy them.
Thanks. 🙂
they just sound wonderful! and to know you grew them. it’s all good. xoxo
Yes, it’s all good. 🙂
Nice and toasty in that greenhouse. Those tomatoes are loving it. How nice to be still picking fresh tomatoes in December.
Yes, a delightful surprise. 🙂
Wow, is it only the sun that is doing that?
That temperature reading is because of the sun. Originally the greenhouse was just going to be a season extender, the small propane heater wouldn’t be used unless there were a couple of weeks without sun, then just enough heat to keep the cold weather crops from freezing. We didn’t need the heater at all last winter. Now because of the tomatoes Andy has set the thermostat of the heater to 50 degrees to keep them from getting too cold at night. It’s another experiment to see how long the tomatoes can last.
That’s a very well- designed greenhouse and it’s doing a great job!
Yes, the heat-storing wall works very well. Little fans blow hot air from the greenhouse behind the wall during the day, then that retained heat goes back into the greenhouse at night. And the warm front of the wall also radiates heat into the greenhouse at night.
Why would they quit producing if Andy gives them fertilizer and water?
I don’t know if he fertilizes them, I’ll ask. He does have an automatic watering system set up. Oh, yeah, I vaguely recall he puts fertilizer in the water sometimes. My main job is to eat the produce. 😀
this amazing to me, to see the temps inside and outside. wow.. no wonder the tomatoes are still producing. my 1st cousin is a tomato farmer here in Florida, he sells them to del monte.. they do fine in our winter temps, which is usally 50’s to high 70’s. he sell potatos to Lays potato chips… 4 generation farmer.
That’s neat. Thanks for telling us. 🙂
I’m so impressed! Did you and Andy conceptualize and create that yourselves?
We had an architect who wasn’t very good about structural details, but who had the idea of the energy-absorbing wall. And he told us about the greenhouse company, Florian. The model we chose wasn’t a greenhouse, it’s a sunroom…instead of being attached to a house it’s attached to the wall. They had an installer who came up and put the glass part up.
Green house! Perfection!!!
Well, if he has ‘fed’ them, the tomato plants will probably keep producing. -smile- Unless they just get ‘tired out.’ -grin-
Greetings from the North Pole,
As we both know, nothing lasts forever. We’ll probably outlast the tomato plants, but who knows. 😀