Posts Tagged ‘eat healthier’

Winter Gardening

Winter Gardening KALE is one of the most popular winter vegetables in winter gardening.  It’s hardy and can be used as tender sprouts or fully mature growths. Spinach is a vegetable that can be great for winter gardening a cut and repeat crop.  You can harvest it almost all year long, even in winter!  You […]

Greenhouses delivered!

Our products are ALL AMERICAN…materials, labor, and know-how…and are designed to perform like no others can, for decades! Our top quality fiberglass greenhouses offer the best heat retention in winter, the best interior light diffusion and dispersal for optimal growing, virtually no maintenance ever, greenhouse longevity that others can only dream of, and an industry […]

Solar Gem Backyard Garden

My Solar Gem Backyard Garden began with a Solar Gem Greenhouse. The first thing I decided when choosing a Solar Gem Greenhouse was how much growing space I would need. I kept in mind, that a greenhouse is a long-term investment.  My Solar Gem Greenhouse has ample room for growing in the years ahead.  My […]

February Greenhouse Planting

Tips for February Greenhouse Planting  This is a great time to begin some cool weather crops such as lettuce, broccoli and radish seeds. Who does not love  garden lettuce freshly grown in their greenhouse. A great February growing tip. Salad anyone? Lettuce – February Greenhouse Planting : lettuce seeds get planted in rich, well-drained soil  and near […]

GREENHOUSES!

WE STILL HAVE TOO MUCH INVENTORY! Solar Gem Greenhouses are the BEST BACKYARD GREENHOUSE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE!  Solar Gem Greenhouses manufacturers the best backyard greenhouses in North America since 1991. Are you ready to share the possibility to  grow a dream garden, year-round, right in their own backyard? Our one-piece and easily portable fiberglass greenhouses are designed […]

Gig Harbor Academy installs a Solar Gem Greenhouse

We are so excited that Gig Harbor Academy now has a 15 foot Solar Gem Greenhouse. The kids will learn all about gardening and eating food they have grown.  Solar Gem Greenhouses is so excited to be a part of their learning experience. GHA funded their purchase by their spring auction donations and the generosity […]

Rain leaks in my greenhouse

It’s raining in my greenhouse, HELP!

This time of year in the PNW can be rather daunting when it comes to greenhouse growing. I just spoke with a customer who called with the phrase above.  As we all know, once the sunny days of September pass, we start to experience a bit of rain. Well, maybe a bit more than a bit! […]

Turkeys in the Greenhouse

Greenhouse Growing and soil care

You’ll be amazed by the many uses of a Solar Gem backyard greenhouse. Not only can you use it to grow crops in cold weather to extend the growing season, you can also use it to provide food and shelter for poultry and livestock. (photo by M. Howe, a Solar Gem owner) Another benefit of […]

Family enjoying their solar gem greenhouse

School is back in. Let’s teach kids to garden!

It isn’t a big secret that the education of our children has greatly evolved over time; the incorporation of computers and IPad’s as aids to learning, keeping up with the latest technology, teaching about new discoveries and cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs, while never forgetting the importance of reading, writing, and arithmetic. It’s the basics which used […]

easy backyard greenhouse canned vegetables

A July 4th reflection: American self-reliance

From the pilgrims, to Colonial times, to the clarion call of “Manifest Destiny” in our push across the untamed west, American self-reliance has been a proudly defining trait of our nation’s forebears. Today, with financial, climatological, political, and security uncertainties abounding, that spirit of “improvise, adapt, and overcome” has returned in spades. Strength and preparation […]