Spring is in full swing, and your greenhouse garden is likely bursting with new growth. But as temperatures rise and plants take off, fine tuning your setup can make all the difference. A well-maintained and efficiently run greenhouse not only improves plant health but also reduces wasted energy, water, and effort. Whether you're a seasoned greenhouse gardener or just starting, these practical strategies will help you optimize your greenhouse for the spring season and beyond.

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Starting Seeds and Cuttings for Your Greenhouse Garden

It’s really, truly spring and the neighbours are jealous. They don’t have a greenhouse, so getting ready for spring in their gardens is all about buying high-cost overgrown plants from commercial greenhouses.

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.

Rick cornered Helpful Husband on the 19^th hole at the golf course. Rick keeps trying to grow a perfect spring tomato but once again his tomatoes are tall, thin and floppy. He hoped asking Helpful Husband would get the message across to me and it did.

Trial and Error in Greenhouse Growing

My water wand blew up in the last brutal storm of the season when water froze in my greenhouse. No one was expecting that cold spell but then again we live in a Northern climate and a wintertime greenhouse garden is usually cold. I should have known better.