Sweet-thanks for all your help Lynn & Bev! Now I just need some more interesting semps!
webesemps said: Your strip of bed looks ideal for dropping a shade cloth right over bed on really sunny days (...are there sunny days in Portland?)
In my experience, the few arachnoids I have didn't do well in my afternoon sun semp bed. I had to pull them out and put them in a less sunny spot.
We do get sunny days in the summer. This seems like one of the hotter summers I can remember (but it could be that the 8-9 months of rain just washes away those memories of heat....)- only maybe 3 overcast days so far, with the rest up to low 90s (up until next week, I think- correction - NOPE - weather reports updated and they are predicting even more heat. Wow.). Quite unpleasant in our old house without central air conditioning... but, I'm not complaining (much!) It's good to have a break from all the rain. I would not have expected the heat to be an issue for plants up here.
I was hoping for the temps to drop back down next week, now it looks like I might wind up moving that arachnoid.
