Tiffany.
My garage door faces Southwest-ish but only the most sun-needy get to be upfront to get the sun as it only reaches halfway into the garage. Still, it is better that the light gets in at all than keeping them in the dark. My plants that require mostly shade go to the back of the garage The greenhouse is lucky to have a south and west exposure. But forget about getting a car inside in the winter! The plants get priority.
Ken.
Good idea about two heaters and the breakers. I do worry about leaving heaters unattended but I also insist that they are safe. I wont be heating the garage unless it gets to a hard freeze, usually in January or February. There is a large 18" fan up in the corner of the garage not seen in the last pic. It is a wall mounted oscillating fan but I don't see why you can't buy a regular oscillating fan and mount one? It adjusts very nicely. Here it is along with two of my 8 ferns that have grown so large this year. They need new pots. But the bigger the pot, the bigger they get! Might have to divide them. But then I will end up with 16 ferns! Time for a plant sale, maybe?
The greenhouse is open today. I have openings on both ends for better air circulation. A bit of sun gets in during the early afternoon when the "door" is open. There are windows on the west side so light can get in during late afternoon. I put on the heater. Again I am trying to slowly adjust the plants to our sudden drop in temps. It will warm up for them this weekend. But until then I want them to be comfy and cozy.
In a month or two the plants in the greenhouse will go into the garage and the garage plants will go into the greenhouse. It's a lot of work but I think there is better frost protection in the garage where the most tender plants should go. Right now the tenders are in the greenhouse full time to keep them nice and warm along with some sun. The ones in the garage only went into there to protect them from our sudden drop.
As my GF says, what I do, hauling my plants back and forth must be a labor of love. It's labor all right!!
And I DO love my plants and hate that they even drop a single leaf in our mostly mild winter. I think I am great Florida material.
My pudica are very happy to be in the greenhouse with more buds, giving me more reasons to smile., assuring me I am doing somethings right.
