Pod... OH.. Thanks... it is indeed a labor of love... it's not a plant the evergreens and leave them... Lots of mostly tropicals here... In the winter... I bring them down and overwinter alot inside with me... I've 3... 400 watt MH lights that run on motorized tracks... so they move back and forth over the plants... another 8 color corrected 150 watt spots... and lots of T-5 flourescent fixtures... along with space in front of 6 windows.. this all keeps the inside plants happy... I also construct a cool room on the roof in November... of 2 " thick foam... no structural framing... just foam .. this I have mostly dark with temperatures kept at 45* F they stay mostly pretty dormant... in the spring I cut a hole in the roof... and install a piece of plastic... the sunlight wakes them up.. and starts them getting used to the sun again...a month or so later I cut the roof away all together .. and they get used to the temperatures outside... while being somewhat heltered inside... then I take the building down all together .. and move the plants under a shade cloth.. to further aclimate them to the sun... I use the 2" foam of the building to make things.. planters.. furnature... ponds... and countless items... when I take it down..
