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Excerpt from Chapter 1: Every greenhouse or sunspace is different. Take a close look at your unique sunroom. If you already have a greenhouse, take the time to notice the changes in the environment from season to season and day to day, from front to back and ceiling to floor. Pay attention to the climate where you live, because that also affects the environment within your greenhouse or sunspace. The first step in understanding how to garden in a sunspace is to get a good feel for its unique environment. Stop, see, and feel what is going on in there. Watch the shadows during the course of the day. Where do they rise and fall? Notice how they change through the seasons. If you do this, you’ll observe how low the sun is at 12 noon in December versus how high it is at the same time in June. Feel the difference between being in the center of your greenhouse and standing against one of its walls. Feel the changes as the days get longer in spring and shorter in fall. Everything is changing, and every minute something is happening. A cloud maneuvers in front of the sun and the temperature drops. Water the plants, and it can quickly feel steamy and topical ... or cool and clammy. Each cloud, storm, hot spell, or cold spell is part of this inside environment. Walk up to a flower and look at it with a magnifying glass. Watch a bug go about its life for three whole minutes. Try to do this without feeling that this bug is the “enemy.” Perhaps it isn’t. Take a deep breath. Ready? Let’s get into it.. |
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Reviews Back in 1993, in our review of the first edition of this book, we wrote, “Smith’s book has won a place on our ready-reference shelf. We can’t give a higher recommendation than that!” This thoroughly revised new edition incorporates all of the great features of the original, and it expands the section on pest and disease control admirably. Edition two has just replaced edition one on our ready-reference shelf. Enough said! —HortIdeas There’s a reason Shane Smith’s Greenhouse Gardener’s Companion is in its second edition. It’s the real McCoy, a guide to the mysteries of creating and maintaining a greenhouse that turns out more than most readers could dream about. Smith presents the yin and yang of greenhouse without talking down to the uninitiated or insulting the experienced. —Sharon Wooton If you consider yourself anything short of a greenhouse expert, you will truly appreciate Greenhouse Gardener’s Companion. Shane Smith has taken his extensive expertise in greenhouse production of food, flowers, and transplants and written a comprehensive guide in plain English. The book is written for the hobby greenhouse owner, but it will prove useful to all but the most experienced greenhouse owner. Smith, director of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Botanic Gardens, has a wonderful knack for clarifying the often-complex information you need to run a successful greenhouse. In his warm, conversational style, he gives you the hard facts, but he never lets you forget the pleasures of greenhouse work. —Growing for Market
More how-to books could use the chatty, personal style of this very useful gardening guide. Even if you define your greenhouse space as your kitchen window or the cold frame by the garage, you will make immediate use of good-humored advice about insects, heat, tools, water, light, safety, and plant types. At 500 pages, it is a great bargain for gardeners in all climates. Also, the author has clear-eyed afterthoughts about politics and environmental issues. —PJW This comprehensive volume is aptly named. If you have a greenhouse or other sunny indoor space for flowers or food plants —or if you are contemplating building one—you will want to keep Smith’s book by your side. You will return to it time and again for guidance as you progress from novice to expert grower. As a former greenhouse gardener, at home and professionally, I read it with great interest: Would Smith share all the small but important insights into the craft of greenhouse growing that I and others had had to learn by experience and, often, disaster? ... It was pleasant to find that this author covers it all: How to know when plants need water, why good ventilation is important, how to order plants and seed by mail, how to design your space and place your plants to take advantage of seasonally changing sunshine—whatever subject you need information on, Smith has included it in his book. Importantly, he explains why as he tells you how to. —Larry Latta The Greenhouse Gardener’s Companion offers something for everyone. The novice greenhouse gardener has access to a complete reference while the experienced gardener is sure to gain some rare advice not found elsewhere. Those of us who own greenhouses, with Shane’s support, will become more finely tuned and innovative participants. But a note of caution to those who don’t yet own greenhouses: reading this book will certainly make you want one. —Judy Allen Whether you want to grow flowers to brighten your home and life, fresh herbs for the kitchen, or get a head start on the outdoor garden for an earlier or larger harvest, you will find the answers to all your questions here. An alphabetical listing of more than 300 flowers, fruits, vegetables, and herbs with descriptions of each plant as well as specific growing instructions and peculiarities makes greenhouse gardening easy. A schedule the author has developed will let you have cut flowers all year long and fresh vegetables every day. The ‘nuts and bolts’ of greenhouse selection, set-up, and operation as well as environmentally friendly suggestions and pocket-book friendly tips make it easy to create the greenhouse of your dreams. —Tom Squier Greenhouse Gardener’s Companion was also recently recommended by This Old House magazine |
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