Table of Contents
Introduction 10
1 Acquiring a Greenhouse 12
2 Cultivation 16
3 Green or Brown Thumb Gardener? 20
4 Planting, Pre-Cultivation, Potting Up 2?
5 Mm Flowers for Outdoor Plantings 48
6 Wide Bed Sowing for Bountiful Flower Beds 59
7 Growing Vegetables in the Greenhouse 62
8 Vegetables to Plant Outside 82
9 Early Harvests in the Greenhouse 89
10 Hotbeds and Cold Frames 92
11 A Greenhouse in Flower Year-Round 99
12 Overwintering Punts in the Greenhouse 110
13 Spring Flowers, Bulbs, and Perennials 111
14 Houseplants-Cuttings and Seeds 129
15 Greenhouse Options-Location, Structure, and Materials 134
16 Foundation 150
17 Heating and Irrigation 156
18 Interior and Lighting 169
19 Caring for the Greenhouse 178
20 Winter in the Garden-Recommended Reading Material 183
Acknowledgments 184
Index 185
How 70's
Sowing 30
Potting 34
Planting and care of geophytes (bulbs, root's and rhizome) 56
Wide sowing 60
Vegetable cultivation 84
Cultivating in a hotbed/cold frame 93
Sowing for spring blooms 118
Planting bulbs 122
Sowing perennials 124
Propagation by cuttings 129
Practical Information
Fertilizer in the water 36
Table of summer flowers 42-49
Flowering plants for Ranging baskets 52
Suitable plants for wide bed sowing in flat/box 60
Vegetables that can be started in cell trays 84
Plants for pre-cultivation and growing in hotbeds/cold frame 95
Plants for direct seeding in cold frame/hotbed, and for early harvest 95
Overwintering temperatures for plants 115
Christmas bulbs 122
Perennials to grow from seed 126
Herbs to grow from seed 127