drdawg said:Oh, OK, got that. That would be a problem. Do you "normally" have trees falling down?

So far we have not had any trees fall but it's just one of those things you think about when you look up into the trees and wonder if the tree is long enough that it could fall on the greenhouse.

I like the wire mesh you used on your tables. I think we will copy you.

We deal with branches as big as small trees falling on us as the oak trees naturally uplift themselves. So far so good. Once an oak from the forest dropped it's 20" diameter branch, 30+ feet long on our fence, taking it down. I am glad they came and took the old dying oak tree down. It was 100's of years old. Sorry it died. We have lots of trees. There is no way around it. We will be wishing the best of luck to our little greenhouse in the forest!

We used treated 2 x 4s and 36" wide hardware cloth. The tables are approx. 6 feet long by 3 feet wide. We made 3 tables for the inside and 1 table that I am going to use outside. I am working on convincing DH to make a top part for the outside table that will have rods so I can hang baskets on it. I have too much time on my hands to think of things for poor DH to do especially since Winter came early. I hope Spring will come early so I can get started in there.

Theresa, I have been with my sister at Vanderbilt several days. We are home now but I am still staying a couple with her. I know that you are excited about your GH. The shelves look good. Will you be starting any annual seeds? Veggies maybe? I have won a few nice crosses off the
Lily Auction but I usually start mine in pots in early Spring. The inside didn't work out for me, they got to leggy.

I plan on starting some vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, etc.) for the garden, annuals like marigolds and then the daylily seeds that I manage to get this season. I might start with some lettuce in February. I have a few orchids in the house right now that I will probably move out there in the warmer weather. I just keep thinking of more things and I can hardly wait for Spring

Oh, orchids nice. We got one when Dad passed away but I wasn't able to keep it going

bluegrassmom said:Oh, orchids nice. We got one when Dad passed away but I wasn't able to keep it going :(

I only have 3 orchids that were my mother's before she passed. They have just started blooming. I just douse them once a week and let them drain. It is just hard to remember at my age what day of the week I am supposed to do it : . So far so good, I hope I don't kill them .

Over-watering kills far more orchids than under-watering. Most orchids do best when watering ONLY after the fir bark mix is completely dry. This might take 2-3 days when the temperature is in the 90's or 5-7 days when the temperature is in the 60-70's. Just be sure your plants NEVER sit in water, that the orchid mix is extremely well-draining, and the pot has large bottom drainage holes (and even better, that the pot has slits/holes in the side-walls). I like mesh-pots/baskets and have most of my orchids in those types of pots/baskets.

Thank you Ken . I do not know much about orchids but I had to try to keep these since they were Mom's. I think in the summer they would be okay in the greenhouse. They are in plastic orchid baskets that set down into another pot. I douse them and wait until they stop dripping before I set them back in the pots. I hope to hang them in the greenhouse and eventually repot them into larger baskets.

So far, everything you have stated should work. My GH's are what I use to over-winter my tropical plants, from November through (at least) February. The orchid "teens" and mature ones go outside for the other months. What makes a GH so useful, is not only because you protect the tender plants from cold but also because it maintains high humidity (even in the desert climates). Tropical plants thrive in humid conditions. The downside of humidity, as all of us in the south knows, is mold and mildew. That's where the fans play an important part.