Got Jim's mail and reminder to post here. I'm just in the process of venturing outside again. The summer months are just too much for me. I just can't handle the humidity for any length of time and since I don't wish to get a heat stroke or whatever, I pretty much stay where my body is more comfortable - inside.
The greenhouse has poly carb sidinga and roof. I haven't gotten any shelving yet and will first move the tables I had from the lanai in there. The tables on the lanai did not work out as well as I had supposed in that the constant rain left lots of black mildew underneath them. I now have to powerwash the whole area. Also, there is simply too much rain during the summer. I need to do something about covering the orchids during that time out in the open. The screened lanaii seemed to be OK as far as light goes but my tropical palms want more shade. So I will probably get a denser screen over those areas.
Ok, so I started to move my orchids into the greenhouse with the fan going full blast. It's still pretty warm in there. The only reason to have a greenhouse down here is to protect the plants during a few cold nights we get every winter. Last year was just a bit too much and I don't want this to happen again. Let me take a few pictures for you.
My trusty mule to carry the plants to the rear of the property
Some of the remaining plants under my lanai
these always had a fan on to keep them from rotting during the daily summer rains
some of my hanging plants
The destination. I still have a covered area to the right of the GH where I tried to keep my plants before I had the pool and lanai but it has no cold protection.
