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Originally Posted by Sachita

ooooooo I love growing citrus and have grown quite a bit. I use to own a tropical fruit tree company that shipped tropical fruit trees all over the US specializing in greenhouses.

I grow year around. Although I have a greenhouse its massive (30X70) so I divide it. But most of stuff I'm growing now is in a cold frame. I think I will build a few smaller greenhouse because everything wants something different- basil like it hot, cilantro likes it cool. I do have a globe basil I grow inside during the winter and I love it because it doesnt bolt and I have kept alive for two years! I chop the shit out of it too. I also grow a huge dwarf banana tree under grow lights with a papaya and a few citrus and herbs. I use the banana leaves for cooking.

below is my finished cold frame. Instead of covering each bed this year I decided to just cover a few and make something I can walk in. Right now you'll see snap peas, bok choy, mustard greens, parsley, cilantro, fennel. I have some kale cuttings I'm sprouting to plant in that middle bed and also will plant more chard. I love food and cooking. Living on a farm is the perfect lifestyle for me. I have fresh eggs everyday and have canned and or froze some of my garden harvest. I'm not big into canning but some things like tomatoes is something I don't mind coming from a can. I made homemade tomato soup with basil tonight. I do like to freeze stuff and think it taste fresher.

Brava Sachita! Beautiful work.

What is the temperature inside of this greenhouse? How awesome that you can grow tropical fruit. A banana tree too. Wow.

I love that you have the land to do this. Whenever I visit a good farm I find it very hard to leave, there is that core earth connected aspect of self that has always wanted to live and work on a farm.

What a great life, thank you for sharing some of it with us!

Have you ever grown Avocado? I have an interest in farming Avocado in CA as a long term investment. There is always a shortage of US grown Avocado especially this time of year. This seems like a great cottage industry to me.