admin August 10th, 2008
I just looked at the date of the last post and I can’t believe how fact time slips by. I was chatting with a friend about building tipis and it reminded me that I hadn’t posted on the tipi living site for a while so I grabbed my camera and took a short trip through the garden and took a few pics of my tipis in August. Hope you enjoy the tipi pics as much as I enjoy my tipis.
admin May 31st, 2008
I love summer - each year I plant the gardens a little different and each year, I get to sit or around in my tipi and enjoy them. One problem us the herbs that I planted a few years back, seams most of them would rather grow in the pathways than in the herb beds. Nice part is it smells real good when you walk up to the tipi.
These pictures of my tipis and my garden were taken today. I’ll post more as the garden around the tipis grows. I’ll need to cut the dill and oregano in the path to the tipi pretty soon or I won’t be able to get in my tipi - and that would be bad!
admin May 29th, 2008
I just moved all the seedlings out to my tipi greenhouse and into the garden and planted the gerrnhouse with the summer crop of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, artichokes and cucumbers. I probably have too many plants in there again but oh well 
This is the third year that I’ve grown stuff in a tipi but last year, I didn’t take very many pictures of the gardens or the tipi. I promise to keep you posted this year - and I’ll even take a few pictures of the tipi and all the great produce. If you want more info on tipi or the greenhouse tipis, please visit www.reesetipis.com
admin May 7th, 2008
I got a late start this year but I finally managed to clean the old plants form my greenhouse tipi yesterday and I’ll be planting tomatoes and peppers in the next day or two. Last year, I planted a bit too close and I had tomatoes growing out of the tipis smoke flaps. !3 ft tall tomatoes producing 20oz fruit in an organic environment ain’t too bad. I This year I’ll only be planting two tomato plants in the tipi and a bunch of hot peppers, and a few herbs. .I may even put an artichoke or two in just for fun. Last year the tipi was filled with marigolds so this year the volunteer marigolds will have to be thinned or they’ll overrun the greenhouse tipi.
It’s cold and raining today sI have the tipi closed up but I’ll snap a few pictures and post them as things get growing.
For more info in tipis and the greenhouse tipi, visit www.reesetipis.com
Richard
admin January 3rd, 2008
I started this project two years ago and have had very good success. Like an idiot, I didn’t take any pictures of my new greenhouse tipi this year - had 13′ tall tomato plants with fruit the size of softballs. Attached are a few pictures from last year. This year I moves the greenhouse tipi (teepee) to behind the garage and setup my 19.5 tipi in it’s normal place.
Last year I planted everything in pots because the greenhouse was setup on the tipi deck I use for my 19.5′ tipi. This year, I nade a special basefor the tipi and filled it with top soil. The new greenhouse tipi is where the trampoline is now (see the last pic.)
I start all of my plants in the greenhouse tipi then move most of them into the garden as soon as the weather is nice enough. I leave a few tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse for the summer and then try to keep then a few weeks after the first frost.
