I still have the solar blanket material wrapping all three greenhouses. I think we are done with our cold, at least any damaging cold, and will begin to remove that material, and like you, Melissa, the shade cloth will go on the two outside greenhouses. I use 50% and probably could use 70% shade cloth. Once I finally get all my plants outside, under trees, there won't be much in the two "real" greenhouses. That third greenhouse is in the garage and was used just to overwinter my plumeria. Other than the dozens of cuttings, all the other plumeria are now either on the enclosed porch or outside. When I begin to root those cuttings, the garage-greenhouse will be dismantled and stored in the attic till the fall.
I have only one "lid" to make for a 10' caged-in shelf, mounted between two trees. The lids on those cages keep the squirrels away from my orchids. The lid is easy to do. I mounted four new shelves, two 10' and two 6'. I now have eight of them, ranging from 16' x 18" to 6' x 16". Those shelves will enable me to eliminate a lot of the hanging trays/baskets and also should give me some storage for staghorn ferns and fiddle leaf ficus "baby" plants, all in 4" pots. I have about 200 of those (total).
About the only plants that will be left in the "orchid" greenhouse will be the smallest of my orchids, growing from flask. I haven't had much success growing orchids from flask, but I am still trying to salvage at least some of them.
When I dig up my garlic in May, I will use the "everything else" greenhouse to cure it for two weeks. There will be several hundred garlic bulbs and they will fill the greenhouse. I also use that greenhouse to shade my plumeria cuttings during rooting and use it to start other cuttings and to germinate seeds. Mostly, my two greenhouses, from April till the fall, will be empty.
