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My friend does have a greenhouse - of sorts. It's a big stuccoed room  
attached to the house - much like a garage, but with a dirt floor and lots of 
 
windows. It stays very warm in the winter, even when the house is cold.
 
It has a few potted plants in it, and she blocks the door open so that the  
one outdoor cat has food and shelter.
 
I will point up the possibilities to her. I'm trying to do everything I can  
to divert her attention from the fact that she's alone now. I did stay in her 
 
guest house in '05 while I was making the transition from the San Fernando  
Valley to Newberry Springs, but can't be with her now 'cause I have too many  
critters who have their own schedules. She's about 3 miles away.
 
If anyone has any suggestions regarding what would grow in our zone, in a  
greenhouse, in the winter, it would be appreciated.
 
Sandy
Mid-Mojave
 
 
In a message dated 9/20/2008 7:39:25 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com writes:


Winter is when northern gardeners sit by the fire and read seed  
catalogs. It's one of the great joys of rural life. I always plan a  
bigger garden than I could ever possible take care of.

I do have a  greenhouse, but it's more for starting plants in the spring. 
It doesn't  make sense to add expensive heat and lights for a few 
tomatoes in the  winter. I do grow figs in my greenhouse; I love them but 
they need the  extra winter protection to survive...the unheated 
greenhouse is a zone 7  or 8, while outside is a 4 or 5. The figs go 
dormant, but overwinter. Also  fuzzy kiwis. I'm looking for other 
perennial fruits that wouldn't survive  outside here, but will overwinter 
in a zone 7.

We grow crops in the  summer and can/freeze/dry the excess for winter. 
Fresh tomatoes are, alas,  only available (outside the supermarket) for 3 
months or so, starting with  the early ones, through to the huge sandwich 
tomatoes. I live on tomato  sandwiches in August and September. Living 
with a 4 month growing season,  you learn the meaning of "make hay while 
the sun shines".

Lynn  Wigglesworth
Tioga County, PA

bob ford wrote:
> Do you have a  hot house for winter plants?  What do farmers/homesteaders 
in cold areas  do in the winter ?  bobf 
> 
> 
> 
> -----  Original Message ----
> From: Lynn Wigglesworth 
> To:  homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 6:34:36  AM
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Plants are blooming
> 
>  
> bob ford wrote:
>> I'm also zone 9.  When you say that  your tomatoes "are done" do you mean 
they have their blossoms set, or that you  already have tomatoes?  ...bobf 
> 
> In northern PA, it  means that we had our first frost warning Thursday 
> night. The  tomatoes survived that, but they can't shiver and make fruit 
> at the  same time. They might ripen what's left on the vine, but they are 
>  pretty much done.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
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