Having a greenhouse is a wonderful thing and I'm delighted with mine. However, I've been playing in there so much that the garden is screaming at me to do some outdoor gardening. Here's a glimpse inside the greenhouse. Please ignore the potting soil on everything!
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There are four folding banquet tables in the middle. I'm thinking of getting a couple more shelves and getting rid of a couple of the tables. There are some really tall plants that will want a lot of headroom so two tables will stay but the shelves are half the width of the tables so there'd be even more space. I may want to live out here this summer.
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Scadoxis puniceus purchased from Rare Plant Research at the Portland Yard, Garden, and Patio Show is pushing up a flower bud or maybe even two! How exciting is that?
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That poor Agave striata sitting under the glass table is still waiting to be transplanted (since October!)
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The Jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum) is still blooming around the back of the tables. I never seem to get back there to take pictures - more tables, pots of dirt, cuttings, and the begonia experiment are back there. And more agaves that need to be potted up.
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Here's how I feel when I'm in the greenhouse pottering. (Interestingly, this is exactly how I look with no hair.) Hopefully there will be no great fall!
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You may remember this corner and my comment about the insulation. Jean (Dotty Plants Greenhouse Journal) stated the obvious and advised me to cover it up and made a list of possible materials. I had been so focused on either leaving it or using wall board that I'd not though any further.
The suggestion I liked best (because I already had some lying around) was bamboo or reed screen. Looks a hundred times better and only took a few minutes with a pair of scissors and a staple gun. Bless your heart Jean!
Here's a view of this area a couple of months ago. Jean advised thinking vertically so I stood up. Seriously, though, I'd been thinking about attaching shelves to the wall.
Lots of options but I decided to go with more chrome shelves because they're relatively inexpensive, allow good airflow, can be easily put together, taken apart, and reconfigured. I love the extra space! Because the plants require a lot of space, all of the shelves weren't needed so I used them on top of some of the chimney liners that used to have planks on top of them.
Scadoxis puniceus purchased from Rare Plant Research at the Portland Yard, Garden, and Patio Show is pushing up a flower bud or maybe even two! How exciting is that?
That poor Agave striata sitting under the glass table is still waiting to be transplanted (since October!)
The work space decreases as various junk gets deposited upon it!
The Jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum) is still blooming around the back of the tables. I never seem to get back there to take pictures - more tables, pots of dirt, cuttings, and the begonia experiment are back there. And more agaves that need to be potted up.
Here's how I feel when I'm in the greenhouse pottering. (Interestingly, this is exactly how I look with no hair.) Hopefully there will be no great fall!
