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Growing Cauliflower in a Greenhouse: Perfect Conditions All Year Round
Another Reason to Love the Greenhouse: Perfect Cauliflower Growth
Lennie tracked me down at a party. “It’s my cauliflowers,” she sighed. “They are small and button-like instead of big like at the store.”
How to Replace Your Greenhouse Roof Vent Cylinders - Video
Do you have a greenhouse roof vent that is no longer opening or not opening enough?
Thriving Plants with Hügelkultur: My Experience
Growing Soil with Hügelkultur
When I moved homes and built a new greenhouse, I was in for quite a surprise. The natural soil on my new lot is sand. Pure, yellow sand. This means it drains really well. It also means it does not hold nutrients to feed my plants.
5 Proven Ways to Boost Your Flower and Food Greenhouse Garden
Five ways to raise your flowers and food
Seed:
Nature hates a gap. That’s why weeds fill in every nook and cranny available to them outdoors. Sprinkling desirable seeds outside as the snow thaws on the south side of your home or Greenhouse Garden this spring lets you copy nature’s best efforts. Inside your greenhouse, scatter seeds on top of pots or flats. A light dusting of soil and a sheet of glass laid flat over trays keeps the humidity high until the seeds grow.
Kevin Stanyer Talks About His Role as Custom Fabrications Manager
Kevin Stanyer, Custom Fabrication Manager, talks about his role at BC Greenhouses.
When it comes to custom greenhouses, Kevin is an amazing resource for the team at BCG. The custom projects that are designed and manufactured from his department are unique, complex and quite frankly cool. But let’s go back to the beginning for a moment.
Backyard Greenhouses: A Growing Trend - Wall Street Journal Feature
Backyard Greenhouses are Growing on Homeowners
BC Greenhouse Builders Limited, North America’s leading builder of hobby and estate greenhouses, is proud to announce the recent article "Backyard Greenhouses are Growing on Homeowners" by Melissa Feldman. The publication comes at a great time while we are celebrating our 70th anniversary. This article featured two of our greenhouses and greenhouse customers.
Experience the Joy of Greenhouse Gardening: Tips for March and April
Sunshine on Your Face in the Greenhouse Garden
I close my eyes as I bask in the sun, heat on my face. I take off my jacket and then my hat. My neighbors, friends and family have gone away to Martinique, Belize and Spain but I am experiencing the best holiday. I am sitting in the sun at home – in my Greenhouse Garden.
Greenhouse Tomato Tips for Beating the Heat: July in the Greenhouse
The Trouble with Greenhouse Tomatoes
Do your greenhouse tomatoes have heat stroke?
If your tomato blooms are bending and falling off, flower and all, they are having a heatstroke. When extreme heat hits, greenhouse tomatoes fail to set fruit even as the leaves keep growing and new blooms appear.
Joanna DeJong: A True Legacy at BC Greenhouse Builders
Joanna, accountant for BC Greenhouse Builders, is a legacy
As part of our 70th Anniversary, we continue with spotlights on people who have shaped the BC Greenhouses that we are today.
Joanna DeJong, Accounts Manager of BC Greenhouse Builders, started her long career in 1997. One of the few legacy employees who not only remembers the Hedley location in Burnaby but worked there too. Joanna started as a Girl Friday of sorts but her introduction to the Heinen family started much earlier.