Friday, February 3, 2012 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 18317 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Mission Accomplished 2 ......well almost. A few weeks ago I started my second greenhouse project for Sommer Gardens, a new hoop house. This project followed the completion of a large shade house friends and I constructed during the holidays. While I really wanted to build a nice greenhouse with a heater and fans, finances dictated I switch to a less expensive hoop house kit.The kit arrived on a 16 foot pallet, three quarters of a ton of tightly bound galvanized steel pipe ready to be assembled. Its new home was going to be an open ... Categories:Random thoughtsGreenhouse Tags:Brugmansiagreenhousenurseryshadehousesommer gardens Read more
Monday, December 26, 2011 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 8207 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Christmas presents for my brugmansia My Angel Trumpets will have a nice surprise soon when they are covered with a new shadehouse I'm building with the help of friends during the Christmas Holidays. When completed there will be just under 9,000 sq ft of growing space under the cover of shade cloth. During the winter growing season a layer of clear poly will add additional protection should we have sub-freezing weather.The toughest part of the construction project was sinking 80 sixteen foot 4x4's amongst my brugmansia. Our ... Categories:Random thoughts Tags:angel trumpetsBrugmansiagreenhouseshadehousesommer gardens Read more