General Discussion & Chat: My Winter Basement Garden, 1 by joeswife

joeswife wrote:
mwhit, sounds great! My water tub is only 30 gallons and I use a few pumps. I have an old tupperware pitcher for dipping, too. it is sure easier now than it used to be. every year it improves/ add more plants. my area is heated. i like the lighting system you have and is my goal. seems to be good for seeds n stuff.
do you have any pictures? I am still trying to figure out if i want to have an all year room ///it is not a real nice finished basement any more, but all the plants and the spot lights are sure a welcome sight when it is cold or even too hot outside...
somehow our pond plants overwintering should work, last year was the first year I had any. my water hiyacynths stayed inside in water often pots on a waist high table, in square plastic tubs ... I used anything I could find to plant in when I ran out of pots. I used huge popcorn tins from christmas, and in spring Joe drills holes in them. I use plastic folgers coffee containers as temp pots, burning a large hole in the bottom, use plastic water bottles for seeds and cuttings. I like spendng a lot of time in my Garden. .I would love a Greenhouse outside, that is accessible from one of the outside doors. kept the potting stuff to mix in a large plastic storage tub. Easy to use, but I need to get it waist high. While working on things I hurt to kneew and bend, so I am getting some shelves from work they were going to throw away in the re-model. If they re-do their lights, I may ask for the fixtures and what ever they come with. Mean While, most everything is outside, being blown around by 60 mph wind gusts and cold at 34. I had all the super tender trops on the covered, two walled front porch, some came back in, they go back out tommorrow.

Anyone else using their basement for gardening?