If you could plant a garden in your yard right now, what could you control? We just went over nutrients, so you know you can use compost and manure to give plants the nutrients they need to survive. What else can you control? Is it light, moisture, or air? Can you control the temperature? Sadly, you can control none of these things that your plants face in your backyard. The weather has you at its mercy.
What about if you don’t live in the right zone with optimal conditions? These things that you have no control over can hinder your garden’s growth. So all your plans to admire your garden and enjoy its produce and beauty-like Mistress Mary-will go down the drain.
What if there was something, though, that could give you control over all aspects of plant growth? What if you could wield the power of a greenhouse?
That’s what brought you here after all, right? Whether you begin a garden this year or you’ve been gardening for a few seasons, there is one thing that you will experience every time. The climate is unreliable. You are gardening out in the open. Again, you are putting your plants at the mercy of nature, and they don’t even have a barrier to shield them. Any sudden change in weather, along with drastic temperature variations, will cut your chances of having a healthy garden.
Another downside of an outdoor garden is that some of you readers have a very short growing season to work with. So, while you might provide everything your plants need, you are limited to working with plants that can grow in this tiny window of time.
While you might have seen them commercially, there is a growing trend of gardeners taking their plants into a greenhouse. These structures can be adjusted however you see fit with respect to temperature and layouts that provide optimal growth. They not only offer your plants the type of protection they need, but they also give you the ability to extend your growing season. You could even have a garden that provides fruits and vegetables all year long. A greenhouse is also a great way to grow exotic plants, which would be anything that would struggle in your outdoor garden.
While gardeners roughly understand the benefits of having a greenhouse, the structure itself poses a problem for anyone curious about using them. For one, the setup and construction can seem like a daunting task for beginners. Not only are you having to build this greenhouse, but now comes the planning, operations, and maintenance to run it properly to ensure your plants stay healthy. And while you can still provide the right climate to extend your growing season and maybe get exotic plants to grow, it still takes knowledge of how to keep the climate favorable and your temperatures just right.
Even when you get a greenhouse in place, there are still a few operational factors that you have to take into consideration. You’ll have to know which plants are going to grow in your greenhouse under the conditions you set, and you’ll have to do all of this while making sure your plants remain free from pests and diseases.
You simply want to make sure that you use this structure while avoiding mistakes that cost you time, effort, and, of course, money.
