“Greenhouse Dreams: From Cast Iron Stoves to Bees and Butterflies”..

I don’t know if this could inspire anybody or not, but my friend and I were talking about how I wanted to build a greenhouse and she walked me to hers to show me and y’all. I never in a million years would have thought of using an old cast iron stove to heat it but she said on the really cold nights, they will just light a fire in the stove and it keeps the greenhouse warm enough where she’s growing tomatoes, lettuce, broccoli, etc. Double layers of greenhouse film. She said she keeps the tomatoes closest to the stove (front left) since they have to stay the warmest. Her greenhouse makes me feel like we too can accomplish this seemingly daunting task that I’ve been putting off for two years. Zone 7B, Alabama.

Editing to add, she also raises honeybees and in the summer rolls up the sides and the honeybees and butterflies find their way in to pollinate. There is a bed of wildflowers on the outside. so jealous!