Cucumber
Cucumbers are a warm-season favorite, and growing them in a Growing Dome opens up an extended harvest window and access to greenhouse-bred varieties that outdoor gardens can't always support. From long English-type vines climbing tall trellises to compact pickling cucumbers headed for the pickle jar, dome owners across the country are getting crisp summer harvests with one of the most prolific crops in home gardening. Explore variety selection, trellising and pruning techniques, pollination strategies including hand pollination, and solutions to common issues like bitterness, cucumber beetles, and mosaic virus. Includes recipes that take advantage of peak-fresh cucumbers from your own dome.
Carpaccio-Style Mediterranean Breakfast Salad
July 1, 2026
A simple carpaccio-style vegetable plate with lemon and olive oil, the breakfast salad Meechal's family has eaten together for years.
Vertical Gardening and Forest Garden Design for a Thriving Food Forest
February 19, 2026
Understand how vertical gardening and the idea of a forest garden transform a Growing Dome into a layered, year-round food forest.
Crunch Time! Growing Cucumbers in Your Dome
July 21, 2025
Growing cucumbers in a greenhouse will extend your growing season and provide you with this delicous crop! Learn all about how to grow cucumbers in your dome.
How to Succeed with Companion Planting
April 29, 2025
Companion planting is a great tool to utilize in your dome greenhouse and your garden. Learn about the benefits of companion planting and how to choose the best plant companions.
Chard is the New Kale: Chard, Bread Crumbs, Parmesan, and Lemon Salad
July 5, 2022
This rainbow & swiss chard salad is delicious and a fantastic way to use fresh, vibrant, and sometimes underutilized vegetables. Move over, kale! Swiss chard is the new super green! Chard is known to be bitter, so it is often left out of raw, cold salads. However, combining it with lemon zest, Parmesan, and olive oil relaxes the chard and takes away the bitterness. Give it a try. This summery, satisfying salad just might become your new go-to!
Greek Village Salad
August 31, 2019
Greek Village Salad In honor of our Tomato Plant of the Month, our September recipe is a Greek Village Salad. This recipe is my go-to for a quick and light meal that easily uses all the excess tomatoes we have at this time of year. Total Time: 10 min Serves 1-2 What you need: SALAD…
Smoothie made from Garden Greenhouse Veggies
October 28, 2010
A delicious and nutritious smoothie right from the garden! Ingredients: 1/2 zucchini, peel and remove seeds 1/2 cucumber, peel and remove seeds 5 cherry tomatoes (this recipe uses yellow cherry tomatoes) 10 chunks of pineapple (this recipe uses frozen chunks) 1/4 cup water 1 tsp honey Blend coarsely chopped vegetables, pineapple, water, and honey in…