Kathy, have been considering it for awhile now.
Thanks, Ursula! I shall take a look.

That's so exciting!! I've given up on the idea but I can live vicariously!

Kathy, the reason we have hesitated at all is we will not be staying here.

Do you know how long you will be there?

No Kathy, not sure.
So, you see, we must be at our final destination (LOL) before installing the GH.
Probably be back in Mass, on the Cape. So you can come visit!
Janice

Oh that would be fun!

We almost had to move a few years ago. It was terribly tragic and I wondered what to do with my orchids and gardens. It was too soon for me. Luckily we figured out how to stay. At some point, I will be too old to do all this physical labor and we probably will move to town. Hopefully 20 years from now!! I will have to downsize the orchids and there's practically no garden at my house there.

We love New England.
Even being up to our eyeballs in snow and cold! LOL.

I agree. I lived in Tucson and NC briefly but I couldn't wait to get back!

I'll send blankets.

Jim

Fred- excellent set up. Maybe you'd only have to white wash or shadecloth parts of your house, depending on how the sun travels over it.

Ah send in the blankets!

Bree, that's exactly what I did. The roof is complete plus one wall. We'll see how that works out.

We finished moving the last groups of plants today. The large Jade is now budding; and I don't know what ever possessed me to plant the Myrtillocactus geometrizans into the pretty but so un-practial Talavera planter. But, Klaus rolled both of them over boards which were placed over the front steps ( with me holding the top part, in the case of the Cactus I wrapped the spines into an old towel) back into the house.
The approach-room to the greenhouse has now a few plants and the top shelf in the greenhouse starts seeing sun-loving Orchids, which is a first!
And Epiphyllums, a couple of Den kingianums and Cyms populate the front of the garage. The latter will come upstairs in a month or so but can be pulled into the garage when frost threatens.


Done!!

Great job, Ursula! Those cacti are huge and lethal weapons! LOL!
What is the eye-catching plant in the hanging pot?

Thanks!
It is Rhipsalis campos-portoana.

My epis had a hard time this summer. Yours look great. Where do they live in summer?

Kathy, the two Epis in the last picture spent the Summer in front of the house in full sun, the others were on the deck a touch more protected under the window screen shade, which is draped over the whole deck.

I know that epis can acclimate to sun like orchids but this year I just left them inside in a north light room but I overwatered them. grrrrrrr!

I think those which I had grouped together with some of the Rhipsalis did probably best.
I just added another cactus picture from the other side of the Living room window to my last group. We now close curtains again with a very handy Golf club.

Ha, ha! A girl's gotta do....