On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:38:41 GMT, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:


"The Cook" wrote in message
Can you grow food in the WINTER months in your green
house?

Maybe if you are willing to pay for the heat to keep things from
freezing, especially at night. And I am not sure what I would want
to grow in the winter. Forget most of the summer vegetables because
it is not just the temperature, it is also the amount and kind of
light.

Are you making assumptions about where the OP lives or do you know?

No I do not know, but I did ask in the last paragraph of my reply,
which you snipped. A greenhouse cools fairly fast after the sun is
no longer on it. The temperature in the greenhouse is now 64°F and
the current outside temperature is 61°F. The sun us just now reaching
the greenhouse at 7:30am Eastern Daylight Time in the US.

I plan to try to keep a few tomato plants and basil going this
winter. Then about February the greenhouse will be full of seedlings
since I start almost all of my plants from seed.

If yes..... how do you grow stuff in the summer? Cant
you open the green house up entirely to keep heat from
building up?

I have the door and vents open all of the time in the summer. I have
enough room outside to grow all the summer fruits and vegetables that
I want (that grow in my climate).

Perhaps your experience would help the rest of us more if you said what your
climate is.

I did mention in my first response to the OP that I lived in North
Carolina. To be more specific I live in the western part of the state
in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Latitude: 36.26 N,
Longitude: 80.85 W. I can be on the Blue Ridge Parkway in 25 minutes.
The climate is moderate. Average first frost in the spring is May 1
and average last frost in the fall is November 1. We get freezing
temperatures and snow in the winter but not constantly. In the summer
it gets as hot as 100°F on occasion.

Does that give you enough information?
--
Susan N.

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