Greenhouses

Remember my post about private libraries and how I really want one?
Something I really want too is a greenhouse.

Did you know that 0.25% of the entirety of the Netherlands is occupied by greenhouses? My intentions are a little less gigantic, I’m more thinking of one that fits in the back yard.

I’m not interested in a pretty sitting area (a solarium) but an actual greenhouse to grow herbs, spices, vegetables and fruit year-round. I’d be especially interested in growing old types of vegetables that have been forgotten in the last 50 years and a few unusal or rare plants and flowers too.

A few plants I’d like to grow are those:

Portulak or Common Purslane.

It is a very old wild vegetable, rich in vitamin-c and it grows virtually everywhere.

I had it once as a salad addition and thought it was nice. It’s kind of nutty and a bit sour and Australian Aboriginies use its seeds to make a kind of cake.

Knollenkerbel or Parsnip Chervil.

A rare vegetable. It is said to taste like chestnut or hazelnut. It is a good winter vegetable that is tricky to cultivate – which is why I want to try

Goldene Königin or Golden Queen.

Three good reasons to want this tomato:

1. It is resistant to mould.
2. It looks awesome!
3. It’s tasty.

I quite like tomatoes, so why not a fancy kind like this one?

Moso Bamboo.

In theory, this would be a way to produce bamboo shoots;
but I don’t like bamboo as a food but I do like it for its decorative purposes.
And that’s why I would like to cultivate it.

Now I just need a house, a lot of money and a green thumb.

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