Comments on: Outside in http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/outside-in/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sun, 19 May 2013 12:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Yolanda Elizabet http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/outside-in/comment-page-1/#comment-1850 Yolanda Elizabet Tue, 13 May 2008 14:13:03 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/spring/outside-in/#comment-1850 I have a Victorian greenhouse that is unheated. Right now it is far too hot to be in the greenhouse during the day as temperatures get over 50 C. Hot just doesn't begin to describe it. ;-) There is also a conservatory at Bliss so I'm spoiled for choice during those early and nippy spring days, the cold winter days and the late and chilly autumn days. But in summer I head for cooler places. It was fun to read the story about the Blithewold Greenhouse and I'm glad it is much safer to enjoy now. It looks good too! <em>Yolanda, we move out of our greenhouses too in the summer - it's stifling! The succulents don't mind it though... Do you ever put shading on yours? I'm glad you liked the story and I agree, it's a handsome structure. -kris</em> I have a Victorian greenhouse that is unheated. Right now it is far too hot to be in the greenhouse during the day as temperatures get over 50 C. Hot just doesn’t begin to describe it. ;-) There is also a conservatory at Bliss so I’m spoiled for choice during those early and nippy spring days, the cold winter days and the late and chilly autumn days. But in summer I head for cooler places.

It was fun to read the story about the Blithewold Greenhouse and I’m glad it is much safer to enjoy now. It looks good too!

Yolanda, we move out of our greenhouses too in the summer – it’s stifling! The succulents don’t mind it though… Do you ever put shading on yours? I’m glad you liked the story and I agree, it’s a handsome structure. -kris

]]> By: Chookie http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/outside-in/comment-page-1/#comment-1845 Chookie Sun, 11 May 2008 11:55:52 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/spring/outside-in/#comment-1845 Mine's about a one-foot-square plug-in heating pad with a cover. I use it for starting vegetables in winter for early spring planting. Most of the year I can just leave my punnets on the back porch in the open, but even our winters are a bit too cold for that! <em>Chookie - what's a punnet?! And how cold do your winters get? You must get a bit of a frost at least? - kris</em> Mine’s about a one-foot-square plug-in heating pad with a cover. I use it for starting vegetables in winter for early spring planting. Most of the year I can just leave my punnets on the back porch in the open, but even our winters are a bit too cold for that!

Chookie – what’s a punnet?! And how cold do your winters get? You must get a bit of a frost at least? – kris

]]> By: Layanee http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/outside-in/comment-page-1/#comment-1839 Layanee Sat, 10 May 2008 11:47:08 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/spring/outside-in/#comment-1839 There is nothing like those old Lord & Burnhams! I know the upkeep is more difficult than a new house and the light less but they are what movies and dreams are made of! <em>It's true - L&Bs are beautiful! Less light though? I didn't know that... -kris</em> There is nothing like those old Lord & Burnhams! I know the upkeep is more difficult than a new house and the light less but they are what movies and dreams are made of!

It’s true – L&Bs are beautiful! Less light though? I didn’t know that… -kris

]]> By: Heather's Garden http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/outside-in/comment-page-1/#comment-1836 Heather's Garden Sat, 10 May 2008 04:48:45 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/spring/outside-in/#comment-1836 I've got the $35 dollar 4-shelf and zipping plastic cover Walmart special. It allowed me to start seeds outside quite a bit earlier than I could have without it. We don't have a lot of room in our small apartment and only one sunny windowsill. I also like being able to leave my tomato seedlings outside overnight without fear. It really is a good bit warmer under that cover even on a cloudy rainy day. Unless I win the lottery I doubt a larger more permanent greenhouse is in my future. I'd start with a real shed first! <em>Heather - That sounds like a very good deal for a functional greenhouse! -kris</em> I’ve got the $35 dollar 4-shelf and zipping plastic cover Walmart special. It allowed me to start seeds outside quite a bit earlier than I could have without it. We don’t have a lot of room in our small apartment and only one sunny windowsill. I also like being able to leave my tomato seedlings outside overnight without fear. It really is a good bit warmer under that cover even on a cloudy rainy day. Unless I win the lottery I doubt a larger more permanent greenhouse is in my future. I’d start with a real shed first!

Heather – That sounds like a very good deal for a functional greenhouse! -kris

]]> By: Susan Sims http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/outside-in/comment-page-1/#comment-1832 Susan Sims Fri, 09 May 2008 19:11:32 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/spring/outside-in/#comment-1832 My dream is the National Trust Greenhouse that costs $20,000. Now if I can only get that $20,000. <em>Susan - You might as well shoot for the National Trust estate too! Are you playing the lottery? Your chances of winning are slightly higher if you buy a ticket... -kris</em> My dream is the National Trust Greenhouse that costs $20,000. Now if I can only get that $20,000.

Susan – You might as well shoot for the National Trust estate too! Are you playing the lottery? Your chances of winning are slightly higher if you buy a ticket… -kris

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