Comments on: Moving the garden inside http://blog.blithewold.org/greenhouse/moving-the-garden-inside/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sat, 25 May 2013 00:22:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ginny http://blog.blithewold.org/greenhouse/moving-the-garden-inside/comment-page-1/#comment-6682 ginny Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:23:52 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2837#comment-6682 Triage time around here. Limited sunny window space and always aware of my best intentions to water and tend to plants tucked in cool bedrooms, out of the way. Out of sight.....etc. So I am judiciously tossing into the compost heap some hapless victims. Always keep my venerable clivia and begonia that burst into bloom in late winter. Yum. I kept a lot of good composted potting soil in covered plastic tubs in the old shed last year and the new potted plants this year thrived in it. I'm doing that again. Today's rain and shine and gusty winds have made this job exciting to say the least. Carry on! <em>Ginny, It sounds like tough love but we (and I personally) could probably do a little more culling of the herd. And we need to figure out some way to store compost inside to save me having to chip off the ol' block over the winter... Thanks for the reminder. -kris</em> Triage time around here. Limited sunny window space and always aware of my best intentions to water and tend to plants tucked in cool bedrooms, out of the way. Out of sight…..etc. So I am judiciously tossing into the compost heap some hapless victims. Always keep my venerable clivia and begonia that burst into bloom in late winter. Yum.

I kept a lot of good composted potting soil in covered plastic tubs in the old shed last year and the new potted plants this year thrived in it. I’m doing that again. Today’s rain and shine and gusty winds have made this job exciting to say the least. Carry on!

Ginny, It sounds like tough love but we (and I personally) could probably do a little more culling of the herd. And we need to figure out some way to store compost inside to save me having to chip off the ol’ block over the winter… Thanks for the reminder. -kris

]]> By: Craig @ Ellis Hollow http://blog.blithewold.org/greenhouse/moving-the-garden-inside/comment-page-1/#comment-6681 Craig @ Ellis Hollow Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:17:13 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2837#comment-6681 Forecast calls for 30s Saturday night, and colder Sunday. My foot dragging will come to an end this weekend. Bulb- and garlic-planting may have to wait a week. <em>Oh brrrrr! But in a way I envy you just a little. Not really. I didn't mean that. I'm not ready for a frost. I take it all back. Good luck, Craig! -kris</em> Forecast calls for 30s Saturday night, and colder Sunday. My foot dragging will come to an end this weekend. Bulb- and garlic-planting may have to wait a week.

Oh brrrrr! But in a way I envy you just a little. Not really. I didn’t mean that. I’m not ready for a frost. I take it all back. Good luck, Craig! -kris

]]> By: Layanee http://blog.blithewold.org/greenhouse/moving-the-garden-inside/comment-page-1/#comment-6680 Layanee Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:08:08 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2837#comment-6680 I am dragging my feet but I have brought in a couple of succulent containers which were suffering with the cooler temps. So many more and where to put them? Sacrifices will be made. :) Wish I were there to help you both. <em>Layanee, I wish you were here too! "Sacrifices will be made"??? Succulent sacrifice just wouldn't be possible for me or Gail. You should see the bevy I potted up yesterday and we've got the monster agave still to wrestle inside too. -kris</em> I am dragging my feet but I have brought in a couple of succulent containers which were suffering with the cooler temps. So many more and where to put them? Sacrifices will be made. :) Wish I were there to help you both.

Layanee, I wish you were here too! “Sacrifices will be made”??? Succulent sacrifice just wouldn’t be possible for me or Gail. You should see the bevy I potted up yesterday and we’ve got the monster agave still to wrestle inside too. -kris

]]> By: tina http://blog.blithewold.org/greenhouse/moving-the-garden-inside/comment-page-1/#comment-6679 tina Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:07:26 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2837#comment-6679 I am slowly working my way on moving things inside. Down here it seemed like one day it was summer and the next winter so that sped me up a bit. No frost but houseplants are looking rough. I carry them one at a time as I am coming in and going that way. That way a little at a time. It's great you have a greenhouse and a deadline is sometimes good. <em>Tina, I think you have the right idea. Little by little the greenhouse here is filling and I find that the more I bring in, the more I want to. -kris</em> I am slowly working my way on moving things inside. Down here it seemed like one day it was summer and the next winter so that sped me up a bit. No frost but houseplants are looking rough. I carry them one at a time as I am coming in and going that way. That way a little at a time. It’s great you have a greenhouse and a deadline is sometimes good.

Tina, I think you have the right idea. Little by little the greenhouse here is filling and I find that the more I bring in, the more I want to. -kris

]]> By: Blackswampgirl Kim http://blog.blithewold.org/greenhouse/moving-the-garden-inside/comment-page-1/#comment-6677 Blackswampgirl Kim Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:11:27 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2837#comment-6677 Oh, I'm envious! I moved a bunch of stuff inside in a panic when frost was threatened last week... and bid the rest of what was left in the ground a hearty "good luck, guys!" as I went to bed that night. (They all survived. Even my basil and SPV were fine through the cold temps.) So now I'm dealing with all of the loose potting soil, and cleanup, and general mess inside. Like you said, it's so much easier to take the time doing it now, outside, before you bring them in. :) <em>Kim, It's easier but harder... Gail would call it a "mental toughness test" and I often fail those. The garden is being pummeled by rain and wind today - I think it will feel easier to take it apart now... I'm glad your garden survived the chill and that you can be more leisurely about the rest of your to-dos! -kris</em> Oh, I’m envious! I moved a bunch of stuff inside in a panic when frost was threatened last week… and bid the rest of what was left in the ground a hearty “good luck, guys!” as I went to bed that night. (They all survived. Even my basil and SPV were fine through the cold temps.)

So now I’m dealing with all of the loose potting soil, and cleanup, and general mess inside. Like you said, it’s so much easier to take the time doing it now, outside, before you bring them in. :)

Kim, It’s easier but harder… Gail would call it a “mental toughness test” and I often fail those. The garden is being pummeled by rain and wind today – I think it will feel easier to take it apart now… I’m glad your garden survived the chill and that you can be more leisurely about the rest of your to-dos! -kris

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