Holly,
I just pulled out my last year's moving-back inside thread for you. It shows my set up very clearly, and it isn't that much different from this year.
The thread "September - moving back inside" in
Orchids forum
You might like the long shoe rack for smaller plants. The long white shelves are from Home Depot.
edited to add - I get away with those light weight shelves, because most of the Orchids don't weigh as much as regular plants planted into soil. Whenever I add a heavy pot with soil (see C&S ), I never place the pot into the middle of a shelf, or it would bend.
And related to the theme here - initially I brought the Tropical Waterlilies inside and placed them in tubs (where I now placed the 40 gallon tanks ) underneath the small species. I didn't think it would be so difficult to hold them over the Winter inside, since my greenhouse is very sunny and bright. It didn't work. All 3 Waterlilies slowly slowly declined until I had to throw them out. And the fishes needed a heater, so I pulled out a 29 Gallon glass tank from the basement for them. ( I used to keep fish years ago) .
I bought new tropical Waterlilies again this Spring since they are so beautiful, but this time I didn't even try to hold them, just kept them outside and they are slowly going. This is getting too expensive, so next year I will switch to hardy Waterlilies.
I wonder if anyone is able to store the tropical Waterlilies in this climate over the Winter and if yes, how.
