News from the greenhouse.

only change in the picture 35 years of growing  

​Good morning, temperature is 34 degrees at 9:30 last week it was -11 but 2 weeks ago it was -30.  It is getting better.  We had rain thru the night.  How about you?  It wasn’t slippery as the temperature was 32 degrees.  Snow is disappearing.  Only thing we have cloudy weather and looks like that for the next 7 days.  But temperatures will be in the 30’s and maybe 40’s next week.  January thaw is what it is called.  I have got my article for tomorrow to write.   Stay warm, stay safe  
            News from Becky’s Greenhouse
            I was asked to let you know what I have been doing.  Dec, and Jan I have been ordering plants as in the plug form.  They will come in 40’s, 280’s or 512’s in a plug tray.   I must decide how many plants I am going to grow.  When to have them shipped for us to get the planting done.  What colors do I want?  What is new this year that the gardeners are going to ask for?  Sometime this winter I will need to decide what size container they will go in.  Then the ever-answering question “ What do I charge for them?”   We will transplant them into containers and start growing. First orders will come the week of Feb 19. 
I just started to clean up the greenhouse.  In the fall, I just put things to get them from outside, now I need to clean up and get ready to plant.  I need to order seeds for planting and for our bulk sales.  I had a nasty racoon get into the greenhouse, and even though the seeds were in glass jars with screwed on lids.  He got them open and ate the seeds.  They were treated so I hope he got sick. 
     Every day I try to post on my blog which goes on my Facebook page about gardening.  Beckysgreenhouse.com    I have a weekly radio show “ Gardening and You” that I need to write and call in. 
      I have been in the greenhouse full time for 6 months, so now that I have some time at home, I am cleaning up piles, bookwork for the greenhouse and for Larry’s Garage.
     This will be our 35th year of having the Greenhouse.  I love growing plants and seeing all the colors. I was asked “What my favorite part of the greenhouse was? “ I knew right away; it is the gardeners.  I love helping, seeing the gardeners every year, catching up with their lives, and what their gardens are doing.   I love helping young gardeners with their gardens, and especially love helping kids learn the art of gardening.   Here we go again, another year.  I was asked by a retired lady, so what are you doing this winter?  You know what I told her.  “I am planting.” “  I am getting ready for another garden season.”  My garden season just starts earlier than yours.  I know all of you are getting so ready to be back in the garden.  Stay well, stay safe.
Till next time this is  Becky Litterer, Becky’s Greenhouse  Dougherty Iowa [email protected]  641-794-3337  cell 641-903-9365