Ready for winter

[cactushobbyman]

Last four week of been working on getting the yard, garden and the greenhouse ready for winter. Shade cloth off, door and vent screens replace with polycarbonate and made a new propagating bed. Tuesday 85 degrees and today won't get out of the 50's. Fall has arrived.

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[majcka]

I think I like your GH. More...If someone would offer to swap (yours and mine), I would in a blink of an eye.

[SnowFella]

I'd have to echo that aswell, it's quite the build there!

[Ralf]

Indeed a nice greenhouse.
Which temps do you expect for the winter, and how do you heat if necessary?

[cactushobbyman]

Indeed a nice greenhouse.
Which temps do you expect for the winter, and how do you heat if necessary?

I built it 2 years ago and I do see some changes needed. The solar fan, it would have been better just to use an electric model. Heating in winter, hey this is California, we do get down to 25 degrees but warms up above freezing by 9:00am or so. Now that my collection has grown in the greenhouse, I may think of something if the temps drop below 25 degrees. I could roll in my BBQ and turn the burners on low to heat for an emergency. My propagating bed is set at 80 degrees and I'm still working on night time temps. Thanks for the kind words and I saw how you wrap your greenhouse. I was surprise that clear tape holds up to the cold.

[philwilliams]

nice green house you've got there, do you replace the shade cloth with polycarb every winter ? is'nt that a big job ?

[cactushobbyman]

nice green house you've got there, do you replace the shade cloth with polycarb every winter ? is'nt that a big job ?

I drape the shade cloth over the greenhouse. We get very hot summers and without the shade cloth it would be an oven inside. It's covered from the first of April to the end of October. Only the door and eave polycarbonte is remove and replaced with screen material for more air movement.

[daiv]

So neat and tidy!