Such a beautiful moment captured into this photo.. The countless hours we spent on building the pathway to the greenhouse, the bickering back and forth of what to grow along with the story leading up to the greenhouse.
It was love at first sight with that greenhouse. I had no idea why at that very moment because at that point in time I barely opened a bag of soil let alone knew how to grow a vegetable garden but it was something about having a glass house that intrigued me.
The month we moved in after doing what we could inside the now what we know to be the Extreme Fixer Upper. We started to work on that old glass house…getting it cleaned out from the years of being treated like an old storage unit. We however saw its greatest potential.
The more we dug and cleaned the more we realized how much work it was going to take to get this glass house back into its greenhouse potential. We didn’t care we knew what we had.
It didn’t come without its challenges. The first spring we immediately kicked into high gear and started to try to use it. What we soon realized is that it doesn’t keep heat.. so we invested far too much time and money trying to make it into something that it wasn’t built for. It took us about two years to realize how that glass house could be great. We stopped trying to figure out how to heat it and started figuring out what we could grow best in it and how. That was a game changer for us.
The moment we saw the glass house for its true great greenhouse potential we were able to grow seedlings without heat, get amazing spinach along with other greens. We also figured out how to grow cucumbers and tomatoes a little bit longer in the cold Iowa seasons.
Much like most things on this property the greenhouse needs work. We would like to redo the slab and have even discussed building it below the frost line. Just a few dreamers over here with a vision♥️. Until then we with work with our greenhouse’s greatest potential!
Moral of the story… Don’t fit the mold of what you are expected to be. Your greatest potential is staring you in the face. Find the courage to chase it♥️
-Jamie
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