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My experiment seems to be going well. This will make it affordable to install the felt in all of the greenhouses come spring :) I've already figured out a means of automatically topping up receptacles with rain water from the barrels. This means I won't have to worry about my plants should I decide to travel. :)
I hope everyone has a lovely day.
 

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In that kind of weather, I might have 5 if I lived there. Can't really sit there and count the number of fingers all winters.. Don't you think, Upsy?
 

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@Colin Thank you for the wonderful note. I do read the posts but won't dignify it with any posts.. Sometimes, as @Verdun said, best is not to get involved. Perception can be a very difficult thing .. Nobody is the holder of truth .. Or we are all trapped within out truths.. whatever truth is..

Sad that your zeal went unrewarded. Some people like to see the world in a controlled way and might feel overwhelmed whilst you and I look for something new as I am bored and lonely whilst your brain is travelling 200mph... We do what cheers us up. But some other people might suffer from information overload. I remember this little girl whose mother asked me to teach her something. I had half an hour with her. After that, her eyes glazed over and I moved my hand over her eyes and there was no movement. I took the hint. It's just like dog playing dead when they don't like to do something. Some people are like that.. It's their way of protecting themselves.



No need to be validated by anybody else. Oh, crumbs! I'm waffling now, as @Upsy Daisy says.. I love the word as it makes me laugh!

I am going to pot up a lovely pink cacti dahlia .. I'm hoping for a Dahlia Daze season!
 
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Hmm, better clarify that 3 mini greenhouses. A 6'widex8'deep on the back deck and two 6widex4deep on my side deck because it isn't big enough to hold deeper greenhouses. I can stuff a lot in there but I don't heat them in the winter. Heated the bigger one for one February a few years ago and it cost $190. for gas!!! Won't do that again ... They are Palram polycarbonates that I put together with my own two little hands. Did all the wiring and water works and blah blah blah, won't bore you with that stuff.

I'm playing with polyester felt because it is washable. Wool and other stuff might hold lots of nasty things and they can't be washed in hot water without shrinking. And I'm going to keep the sections small enough to fit in my Drumi. (don't have the Drumi yet - ordered it last January and hoping to get before the spring)

The wind is gusting enough to make people lean forward when walking. However I only had to walk across a small parking lot to the liquor store to buy my Christmas libations so I haven't been blown to bits! :)
 

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