Super Sow Sunday: Umbrella Greenhouses

Outdoors I’ve sown lettuce, radishes and peas in wine barrels.  These great clear umbrellas make great pop up greenhouses! 

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February 07 2010 04:45 pm | Gardening

6 Responses to “Super Sow Sunday: Umbrella Greenhouses”

  1. ChickenFreak on 08 Feb 2010 at 9:19 pm #

    Oh, that’s so cool! I never saw those before. It’s really working? It’s warmer in there?

  2. Stevie on 08 Feb 2010 at 9:27 pm #

    They work wonderfully! It’s warmer and frost fee at night. I only wish I had more.

  3. melanie watts on 09 Feb 2010 at 6:39 pm #

    What a great idea, I guess you have lots of umbrellas, living in Vancouver :)

  4. Jan (ThanksForToday) on 09 Feb 2010 at 9:27 pm #

    Are these actual rain umbrellas? They almost look specially made for this purpose! I have the barrels, now I just need to get some clear plastic pop up umbrellas. It looks like they have little zipper compartments on the side so you can reach your arm in, but I’m guessing that’s not what that is?

  5. Stevie on 10 Feb 2010 at 8:27 am #

    Melanie – ha ha!

    Jan – Nope, not rain umbrellas – they are made for this purpose and I bought them at the garden centre. The zippered windows are for venting or reaching in (although that doesn’t really work)

  6. Montana4Me on 11 Feb 2010 at 12:25 pm #

    Love this idea! I have never seen these before and will definitely be giving them a try. Thanks so much for the info.

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