The Greenhouse at Epcot

My daughter suggested we take this tour of Epcot's Greenhouse, knowing how we are about growing things. I'm sure she remembers pulling weeds in my 1/4 acre garden back in Idaho!

Epcot is practicing some very innovative growing techniques, of which I would love to try if I had the kind of money it takes to create some of these structures. Not all of them are over the top expensive to reproduce, and my garden next year just may implement some of these ideas!

One of these days I will have bananas that produce bananas! This stand of bananas is HUGE!

What a clever way to grow cucumbers! With some PVC pipe I think we can do this on a smaller scale.

This growing system produces 27 thousand heads of lettuce a year, which they use at the park.

What a great way to grow tomatoes!

How's that for growing a lot of product in a small space?

I love Rosemary, and this just about blew my mind!

No need to wash the dirt off your squash! See the roots of the plants hanging down?

I had no idea this would work for sweet potatoes, but it does.

Some beautiful Swiss Chard!

This is a small sample of what they are growing. I wish I had snapped a pic of everything they had!
There is even a tank of tilapia below a planting system, and the fish feed the plants, and the plants feed the fish. I plan on going back and getting more pics!

There are several techniques here that can be used in normal gardening. I really like the idea of hanging tomatoes, and other veggies.

Does this give you any ideas for your next garden?

Until I see ya'll again...

Love,
Del

Seashell Saturday

I used to have a collection of various shells, and shell fragments in baskets along the wall at the entrance to my home. All of them found a new home last week when I had the "kids" dig a hole in the front yard for my pond.

The pond is in

and then the fish

I know running water, and fountains are good Chi, and was told to have the water flow coming towards the house, to simulate money flowing in, not out.

the water runs down the big rock

Louisiana Iris and mini Cattails are on each side of the big rock

My mermaid gazes longingly at the fish in the pond

around the base of the mermaid, Florida shells, Oregon sand dollars, and Gulf Coast sponges, and a sea tossed coconut

more shells, another coconut, and one of my sea turtles

a stepping stone to get over to the pond. I want to make a more natural one......

I arranged, and rearranged shells, hubby stacked the Florida limestone rocks, and made the waterfall. I have another iris, and a white waterlily trying to grow in the pond. We still have little touches to see to, and the grass needs to fill back in, but we like it. I'm excited to see the mini cattails. Oh! and the mermaid....now that's another post! She has a little story behind how we came to have her.

I enjoy hearing the water trickle into the pond when the door is open. It's so peaceful. Love it!

Have a wonderful Saturday!

Del