I love our green house.
It is adorable.
It's been fun to have and to decorate but there is a learning curve.
Let me begin at the beginning.
The next door neighbor is a collector of tropical plants.
Every fall her husband puts up a green house made of PVC and vinyl.
She is happy. Her plants are safe through the winter.
I asked Bill if he could get one for me.
He wasn't into the idea of taking it down and putting it up every year.
I suggested we build one out of old windows.
He wasn't into the idea of spending years looking for old windows in precisely the measurements that he would need.
He looked online and with a quick click of the mouse we had a greenhouse on its way.
It arrived 5 days later.
We spent a Saturday putting it together.
So cute!
A few weeks later he build a section of cedar shelves to house plants.
I am a lucky girl.
I loaded it full of plants. I was going to overwinter my basil, begonias, helicopter plants, geraniums and asparagus fern.
It was going to be great. My spring planting bill was going to be drastically reduced.
I added a Christmas tree to give it evening sparkle.
It was magical.
Then this happened.
Winter 2017 - January 6, 7 & 8. It was 8 degrees.
It rarely gets down to 8 degrees in Texas.
Those three days have literally been the only winter weather we have had.
I'm not sure that we've even had another freeze.
We still could but I doubt it.
Everything was tucked under a blanket but I didn't have a heater.
It all froze except one geranium and a few of my precious house plants.
I've purchased some replacements and some new fun things for early spring.
So much for the reduced planting bill this year.
There is another phenomenon going on at this point.
It was 88 the other day.
I came outside and several of my new little plantings were wilted even though the door was open and the vent was cracked.
It is adorable.
It's been fun to have and to decorate but there is a learning curve.
Let me begin at the beginning.
The next door neighbor is a collector of tropical plants.
Every fall her husband puts up a green house made of PVC and vinyl.
She is happy. Her plants are safe through the winter.
I asked Bill if he could get one for me.
He wasn't into the idea of taking it down and putting it up every year.
I suggested we build one out of old windows.
He wasn't into the idea of spending years looking for old windows in precisely the measurements that he would need.
He looked online and with a quick click of the mouse we had a greenhouse on its way.
It arrived 5 days later.
We spent a Saturday putting it together.
So cute!
A few weeks later he build a section of cedar shelves to house plants.
I am a lucky girl.
I loaded it full of plants. I was going to overwinter my basil, begonias, helicopter plants, geraniums and asparagus fern.
It was going to be great. My spring planting bill was going to be drastically reduced.
I added a Christmas tree to give it evening sparkle.
It was magical.
Then this happened.
Winter 2017 - January 6, 7 & 8. It was 8 degrees.
It rarely gets down to 8 degrees in Texas.
Those three days have literally been the only winter weather we have had.
I'm not sure that we've even had another freeze.
We still could but I doubt it.
Everything was tucked under a blanket but I didn't have a heater.
It all froze except one geranium and a few of my precious house plants.
I've purchased some replacements and some new fun things for early spring.
So much for the reduced planting bill this year.
There is another phenomenon going on at this point.
It was 88 the other day.
I came outside and several of my new little plantings were wilted even though the door was open and the vent was cracked.
Don't get me wrong. I love this thing.
It is great having all my flower pots and tools in one place but clearly there is a learning curve.
It's either too cold or too hot.
I need a happy medium.
I'll let you know how it goes throughout the spring.
Until then, thanks for letting me share.
Katie
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