Have you tried lettuce? What type of awning cover do you use? If its casting shade, maybe a change in material would help. Let me know!

Yep--it's really small! I originally bought it just for the shelves, which I use over and over, separate from the mini greenhouse setup. Then when we opened the box we realized the shelves don't work like the others we'd been buying. However, I think this might be a great way to give a couple of potted tomato plants some extra protection inside our hoop house, or even a few small beds of something too tall for hoops and floating row cover. I don't think it would hold up to wind at all, although maybe it could be lashed to supports of some kind like deck posts.

Only fun because my husband was helping me figure out the directions!

Add her! She’d love that!

Definitely securing them to something strong is important!

That's a great way to bake squash! I make sure to drain the seeds well and pat dry before drying them. If water puddles around them, they could mold. Also, if you buy squash from a store, you'll need to be sure it was grown isolated from other squash of the same family. (They require 1/2 mile isolation.) Pink Banana squash is in the C. Maxima family. Parchment paper is a cooking staple for me!

Poultry, especially meat birds, need grain to grow at a good rate. They don’t get enough of the correct balance of nutrients, including minerals, simply from grass and insects. Cornish cross especially, we’re bred to have an extremely high metabolism, and need grain and extra protein to develop properly. In contrast, true herbivores, such as sheep & cattle, do well on an all-pasture diet, as long as it is not sparse & deficient in nutrients. Some heritage poultry can survive on pasture and insects, but they don’t produce like the Cornish Cross. I would like to raise a good heritage breed chicken for meat; I just haven’t found one that isn’t too expensive for the results.