Have a greenhouse

greenhouse for vegetables, herbs, fruits, flowers, plants and most importantly de-stress myself from day to day annoyances.

This has been a dream for so long. I would love to design a greenhouse. But for now, I live in a climate where you can grow all year round without one! So I am moving this goal to start a garden at our new place.

I grow a LOT of tomatoes, one day I’d like to do it the “easy” way. Indoors, where the sun is concentrated and you don’t have to battle with the wind.

I’m housesitting for my professor who is away for the next few weeks – in addition to getting free range of back issues of linguistics journals, I also get to take care of the greenhouse.

Today’s haul: a full bag of baby mustard greens and end of the season arugula (going to flower and getting all wrapped up in the nasturtiums, which meant I had an excuse to dig in the dirt to get the plant out. excellent.)
I took the empty pot labeled “basil” and took it back to the dorm on my bike, and planted my own little ailing Thai sweet basil plants – this means that a.) they will perhaps stop looking so sad and b.) I get to leave a pot of sweet basil (Keats not included.) at the greenhouse when I leave as a thank-you.

I’m deferring this. So many more realistic, shorter-term goals to consider, some of which aren’t even on the list yet.

My grandfather had a greenhouse. My grandfather, in fact, could grow anything on this planet if he tried. I wish I could do that.

but i can dream, can’t i?