The plastic is finally on the hothouse and it is getting to be a nice warm environment in there, which should be good for the fish.
When our son-in-law was down over the Easter period they got into it and put it on. It took the three of them to do it, and the help was much appreciated.
Can you see the rectangle behind my husband? This will eventually be a window that we can open in the summer so that it won’t get too hot and I will be able to step into it without my glasses fogging up all the time :-).
Below is the entry to the hothouse. We have butted it against the back wall of our workshop which has a verandah on it. This has given us a nice dry entry and a beautiful yellow rose on the edge.
We have had some pump issues and are trying to get a replacement on the more dearer one that we bought, so hopefully that will be sorted.
We have moved the little fish into a bigger tank and if we counted right we hadn’t lost too many.
Now onto some of the vegetables.
Below are the sweet potato shoots that we grew off our sweet potatoes. I think there is about 13 or 14 or them. If you want to see how we did that go here.
Here they are planted. They look really good.
The lettuces are still going well but growing slowly. They haven’t died off at all and look good.
The beetroot is going great guns and I hope that the growth beneath looks as good as the growth on top.
The silverbeet is going well too and I am going to thin them out shortly.
Our tomatoes that we planted have come and gone and come again. One has a tomato on it and the other is dying off. Â They have been doing this often, so hopefully it will come back again.
Overall it is going well. It will be good to see how it goes now with the plastic on and the fish growing bigger – and producing more manure. They say it can take 12 months to really get the system working properly.
There is a lot of trial and error involved in this operation and we are learning quite a lot as we go.
Another update shortly….
Looks like things are progressing nicely there. Looking forward to seeing the system working.
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I have just sowed some more seeds so I hope by the next update they will be up and growing. Thanks for hosting a great link up Daisy. Blessings
It’s looking wonderful! I’m excited for you.
Blessings,
Thanks, it’s exciting to see it starting to take off, looking forward to eating the fruits of our labours. Blessings
Wow, that is quite the setup… it looks like a lot of work to get it going, but what a blessing. I hope it all goes well for you…. and your new little plants look great. 🙂
Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging comment. It has been a lot of work to get it going but I think the benefits will so outweigh the effort. Thanks for stopping by. blessings
Looks so good Mum, I think the speed you will have with growth now that the plastic is up will be impressive… especially in comparison to your outside growing neighbours and family:):)
Thank you for the update even when I can’t see it in person!
Thanks to our wonderful son-in-law for his help to get the plastic on. It is nice to work out there now under cover. We actually have a beetroot growing and I scraped away some stones and the globe is actually quite large, very exciting. Thanks for your comment, take it easy. Love you all xxx
Wow…this is really coming along nicely! I can’t wait to see your next update!
Thanks for linking up with Green Thumb Thursday! I hope you’ll join us again this week!
~Lisa
Thanks Lisa, it is so exciting seeing it all come together, thanks for your comment and for stopping by. Blessings