Greetings my steemit friends,

It's been a while since I've made a post, and I noticed that I never made a post on the use I got from my 6x8 greenhouse from Harbor freight. I assembled it about two years ago (see my first post on the assembly here), and I used it to do my starts in the spring of 2019.

I took many photos of that usage, so I'll just put them into this one post and describe what I did.

I ended up building two grow boxes inside of the greenhouse, bought some shelves and some grow lights.

An exciting thing that I accomplished was trenching and running the electric line from my solar panel setup to the greenhouse.

It was very exciting to get those grow lights working. Some kids that live across the road were able to see the glow from the greenhouse and asked if I had a spaceship landing in my back yard. Fun.

So, I ended up doing my starts in trays that eventually made it to the garden, and in the greenhouse I seeded some zucchini and cucumbers that grew earlier than what I should have been able to plant outdoors in my zone.

- April 18th

I had a very good germination rate. I had grow lights above the cucumbers but not the zucchini on the left. I think they got some of the light from spill from the other lights, as the ones near the back seemed to grow faster.

- April 25th

- April 29th

- May 1st

- May 4th

- May 5th

- May 7th

- May 11th

- May 13th

- May 24th

- May 31st

I ended up with quite a few cucumbers and zucchini right from the greenhouse, and my garden's zucchini, squash, watermelon and peppers came from the starts that I made in the greenhouse. I also experimented with using ends of celery to make new celery, that ended up not working, I couldn't get the ends to grow enough new roots to work.

I'm glad I have this greenhouse and will use it again in 2020 for sure!

See my other Gardening and Homesteading Posts

I do the Mittleider Method, see my Mittleider Gardening Posts

• Mittleider Gardening
• Mittleider Book
• Deer Fence
• Mittleider Trellis System 
• Twine for the Trellis System
• Mittleider Watering System
• Benefits of the Raised Bed System
• In the Garden Greenhouse hoops

I also have tried the Square Foot Gardening Method

• Square Foot Gardening

The Harbor Freight 6x8 Greenhouse

• Harbor Freight 6x8 Greenhouse Construction

Various Techniques and Equipment

• Pressure Canning Green Beans
• Hand Pollinating Squash/Zucchini
• Roma Tomato harvest and Water Bath Canning
• Potato Harvest and Pressure Canning Potatoes
• Black Eyed Peas - Harvest and Storage
• Small Scale Irrigation System

Harvesting Posts/General Updates

• Garden Update - Garden Harvest - 5/17/18
• Garden Update - 5/6/18
• Garden Update - 4/22/18
• Garden Update - Mittlieder irrigation system - 4/2/18
• Garden Update - 3/10/18
• Garden Update - More potato planting, Agribon and in the garden greenhouse construction - 3/5/18
• Garden Update - Planting Potatoes - 2/25/18
• Garden Update - preparing for planting - 2/24/18
• Garden Update - Broccoli Harvest - 1/1/18
• Garden Update - Cabbage Harvest - 12/6/17
• Garden Update - Final Summer plants - 11/9/17
• Garden Update - 11/5/17
• Garden Update - 11/4/17
• Garden Update - 10/10/17
• Garden Harvest - 10/4/17
• Green Bean Harvest - 9/24/17
• Fall Garden Update - 9/23/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/23/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/20/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/18/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/17/17
• Garden Harvest and Food Donation - 6/15/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/16/17
• Garden Harvest - 6/7/17
• Tomato Progress - 5/31/17
• Garden Harvest - 5/30/17