Texas Gardening: ITS ALIVE! February Plants, Garden Shots, and Blooms, 1 by Gymgirl

Gymgirl wrote:
I hear yah. But, I'm gonna put my tomatoes out to harden off starting tomorrow morning. I have some portable mini greenhouses I can sit on the patio and cover with the perforated plastic. The tomato seedlings will be protected from the wind, which is my main concern. They're robust enough to handle the daytime temps after tomorrow, and for the next 9 days.

Here's what the portable mini greenhouses look like. I made them quite by accident, by incorporating designs for two different things, LOL! Really easy to make. They stand only 18" high, and are perfect for sitting on a tabletop, inside or out.

They've done a WONDERFUL job of keeping moths (and some late Stinkbugs) from landing on some other seedlings I had outside hardening off. I just cover the greenhouses with tulle (bridal veil fabric), and viola! No moths landing on the babies to lay eggs!

I have a small portable table I can sit the seedlings on in the shade, then move it closer and closer into the sun over the next 9 days.

This message was edited Feb 6, 2014 1:02 PM