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Agriculture Education Sees Growth

We always love when the school year starts as we get updates on how the school Growing Domes are doing. This year’s no exception. Roaring Fork High School and Yampah Mountain High School located high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado were both featured in the Sunday news. After 2+ years of gardening, the programs [...]

October’s Dome of the Month

This month we have a “shocking” Growing Dome photo to share with you from Mike in Oklahoma. We like to see this shot as a symbolic representation of how powerful the Growing Domes are! Too bad we don’t have a way to harness the energy of lightning in the Growing Domes. Guess it would be [...]

September’s Dome of the Month

Congratulations to Isabelle La Souris of Quebec, Canada. Her stitched submission of the inside of her 26′ Growing Dome received the highest number of votes, and is altogether a lovely photo! For a complete slideshow of all the shapes and sizes of submissions for September visit our Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/GrowingSpacesGreenhouses?sk=app_106878476015645&app_data=page-4

Growing Dome-Reed City School in Michigan

Reed City schools in Michigan Growing Spaces Growing Dome Greenhouse made the news! Way to go Reed City for doing such a great job with integrating the dome in your school curriculum and nutrition! Check out this inspiring video clip!

Sign up for Garden Talk greenhouse gardening tips

SPECIAL INVITATION TO “GARDEN TALK” Thinking about purchasing a Growing Dome Greenhouse? Garden Talk is our new, twice-monthly email subscription supplying you with over 20 years of Growing Dome greenhouse gardening experience from the owners of Growing Spaces and many of our customers. These emails are special excerpts from the “Growing Dome Gardener’s Companion E-Book” [...]

Thinning plants in the garden greenhouse

Learn how to thin your plants in this informative video:

Natural Greenhouse Gardening Tips- white flies

Q. How do I control white flies in my dome? A. The bad news is that you have white flies; the good news is that you have a number of options to try. If you catch the infestations early, you can take the time to treat individual plants with a dish soap, oil and water [...]

Aphid Control in Growing Dome Greenhouse

Many Dome owners frequently ask us questions regarding pest control. Here are some ideas for doing aphid control: 1.    Is the Dome planted really densely?  Thin the plants by pulling the most infested plants first. 2.    Spray the entire plant with an insecticidal soap or a mixture of  dish washing liquid and water.  Joy and [...]

Year-round greenhouse gardening

Spring Seed Sowing

We have talked in our previous posts about sowing a batch of cool hardy seeds for our spring crops. A few words about sowing seeds may be appropriate here. The first thing to note is the size of the seed you are using, as they vary quite enormously. The average depth to sow seeds is [...]