Learn how to grow vegetables in a greenhouse with these tips for cold climates from permaculture expert Kareen Erbe.
In this video, Kareen dives into:
• How to use rainwater in your greenhouse
• How to attract pollinators to your greenhouse
• The best tips for greenhouse ventilation
So if you’re thinking about growing vegetables in a greenhouse in winter, or you’re looking for beginner greenhouse gardening tips, Kareen has you covered!
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About Kareen
Master Gardener Kareen Erbe of Broken Ground helps people living in cold climates grow their own food so they can eat healthier, live more sustainably, and be more self-reliant. Through her Resilient Homestead Program, Starter Garden Workshop, Online Edible Backyards Series, and 1:1 consultations, Kareen is committed to getting as many people as possible building a resilient life that enables them to not only live their values and connect to their community but to feed their families safe and healthy food.
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Learn more about greenhouse gardening in cold climates:
→ Greenhouse Gardening 101: A Beginner’s Guide » https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd8QqBpFAKg
→ Greenhouse Garden Bed Tour » https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLh3XpMs0mU
→ Permaculture Greenhouse Tour » https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x434TMSCebo&t=1s
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Get Kareen’s FREE Gardening Cheat Sheet
→ 5 Tips to Get your Garden Started, plus regular updates and videos with growing tips, upcoming workshops and much more » https://mailchi.mp/b3699f72d35e/5-tips-cheat-sheet
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Want to eat from your garden 365 days each year, even in a cold climate?
Join Broken Ground’s Resilient Homestead Program, an 8-week online program (with 1:1 and group elements) for people who want to develop a comprehensive site plan AND get the tools and knowledge to implement it.
→ Build your dream homestead » https://brokengroundpermaculture.com/resilient-homestead-program/
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Follow Broken Ground for more gardening tips, news, and workshops
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43 Comments
What types of plants would be considered a hot crop? Your video is very informative. Thank you.
I have had a few greenhouses at various homes, and just getting back to having one again. One way of moderating the temperature inside a greenhouse was using 55-gallon oil drums (found from health food stores with things like olive and castor oil they had mostly drained but we also got free 1-2 gallons they missed before adding water) and painting them black to attract the sun. Their stored thermal mass helped keep plants warmer in the winters.
The drums also made a great base for tabletops to put the plants on, as they were just about the right height for potting, etc. I don't know how easy it is to find the 55gallon drums these days, but I will be looking for a few over the summer in preparation for winter crops. They release their stored heat overnight as temperatures cool down and add some protection from the colder winds if placed on the north wall of non- lean-to greenhouses.
I would love to hear if anyone has employed a low-tech geothermal system to heat the greenhouse floor with tanks like this or just recirculating water heater water from the house? Also, a dear friend added a layer of the bigger-bubble wrap to her half-hoop greenhouse wall (instead of doing the blown air double-walled approach), and that extra air pocket in the bubbles worked well.
I wish I had your potting mix -it looks fabulous, and your plants appear to be singing in the sun:) Thank you for sharing your tips!
Hi I met a lady at a Farmers market and she sold dried apple chips and dried Herbs .She said She moved the dryers to her greenhouse because of the noise and it kept her 12×16 greenhouse warm . So the cost to heat the greenhouse was free .
Do you have tips for dealing with aphids and their love for pepper plants? I have had problems with this in the past inside my greenhouse in northern Alberta, Canada.
Great job explaining the inner greenhouse functionality. OUTSTANDING!! Thank you.
are your legs hurting from crouching? this vid rox btw
We live in Alaska, zone 4b. We are getting our new greenhouse delivered at the end of this month (april). It is a polycarbonate 8×16' with a built-in vent fan. We already started our tomatoes and peppers indoors and they growing pretty tall already. I was wondering if they needed to be hardened off before I put them in the greenhouse? Or can I just put them out there when the night temps stay warm enough? Do I have to do anything special to prepare them for the transfer? Also, what can I do to prevent aphids before they become a problem?
Where in Montana?
Thank you for this. Just started a mini greenhouse and failed miserably the first round. This just showed my so many things I did wrong. Heading back out now to try again.
Very useful information. We're just a little north/west of you in southern B.C. so your climate zone is very similar to ours. We just purchased our first greenhouse, which we've yet to put up. I'm very excited to learn how to use it properly. Thank you for your video!
Love the video
i live in nyc and i have a garden at my yard, can this greenhouse help me plant things during winter?
Thank you! Putting first greenhouse in Red Lodge.
Do you do in-person greenhouse visits? I live in Bozeman and just installed a greenhouse. I would love some help and consulting. Happy to pay for your time and services.
Have you ever tried raising pollinators in your greenhouse if you don't open doors or windows? I wonder if the temperature is kept controlled if I could keep and raise monarch butterflies in my greenhouse.
Thanks for your insight. Can you suggest any books to help me start on this journey of green house hoophouse etc.
Thank you so much this video is a treasure for me as a beginner!!!
Just watched your video on five favorite berries, then this one – and I've subscribed. GREAT information, well presented and easy to understand – and you're in zone 4, YAY!!!! Tomorrow's supposed to be near triple digit heat index – I'll be watering the garden in the morning, then retreating to the house to keep cool, and I'll be binge watching your channel!
Have you thought of using Thermal Mass in the winter greenhouse? I have no electricity in my greenhouse, Western Oregon, USDA zone 8a, and I keep it going with food all winter with cool weather crops such as Boc Choy, Mustard, Chickory, Kale, Chard, Arugula. In summer, no thermal mass, with lots of ventilation, I grow the hot season veges: peppers, eggplant, and melons. Thanks so much!
Where are you and how cold goes your winters get?
I am in Wyoming. Currently turning a shed into a greenhouse. 😬 looking forward to watch more videos for gardening in a cold climate 😬 new subscriber here 💪
thanks, starting n 4.5m x 12m tunnel now, I live on South Africa in the Karoo, very short grow season in the Sneeuberge. nice videos !!
great, helpful, practical video – thank you so much! i don't have a green house but am toying with the idea. thanks
Do you ever use cold frames?
Good morning. Thanks for sharing. I’m going to buy a greenhouse from Amazon…. Does the color make a difference? I’m seeing some that has clear material and some that are green. Thank you
So far I have not heard you say where you are or what your zone is, so any talk about when to start or finish in your greenhouse really is difficult to apply to anyone but yourself.
Great video! Thank you
Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia
Do you have plans for your green house for ideas? I'm looking for actual construction plans as this is the size I'm looking at building, and/or when and where you put all your crops for the different seasons! I love your little shelves for the starts and the idea of doing hot crops in there too! I'm in zone 5 and have been looking for some tips to extend our short growing season – thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!!
Very informative video! Thanks!
Wonderful video. Very informative. Thank you so much!
Wow, your videos are so helpful. Thank you so much. I moved to Red Lodge from Billings and the difference is shocking, for two places ostensibly in the same zone. Does altitude have an effect? I’ve noticed some perennial flowers are stunted here, though they get more water than they did in Billings. Just built a wonderful greenhouse as a last attempt to save my green thumb!
New to this, no land to grow. Looking to greenhouse it all. Eager to learn, subscribed.
do you have a worm farm living in your dirt?!
Hope you all enjoyed this video! Which tip did you find the most helpful? Do you have any of your own pro tips for fellow greenhouse gardeners? Let me know below!
How can you determine if the humidity is too high?
Watched about 8 videos now and you're finally is the one that actually had lots of tips thanks greetings from uk
Thank you. I’m brand new to a greenhouse. This was very helpful
Do you have any fruit bearing trees or bushes in your greenhouse. That’s my primary interest in a greenhouse. Growing citrus and other fruits year round in zone 7a. I’m new to a greenhouse and any suggestions would be appreciated thanks.
so amazing
This video helped me a lot thank's ♥️
I'm having trouble with a fuzzy mold growing on my soil in my walk in greenhouse. Any advice would be great
great insight(s)Thank you very much. ill be setting our first greenhouse in a few days. looking forwards to a new gardening experience. Have a great rest of the week.