Grey Day Greenhousing

There is more work to do in the greenhouse than one would expect in November. Lisa and I spent the morning cleaning up, dividing, and propagating. 

Allison has developed a house plant problem so we potted up divisions of Alocasia 'California.' We divided Bilbergia 'Domingo Martin' hoping both Adam and Allison would try it. I also took cuttings of the various Hoyas; Allie claims she doesn't like Hoyas but we'll see if we can get her interested. 

We're preparing another shipment of plants to Adam in Florida. We've got the Alocasia, Globba 'Mauve Dancing Girl,' Heloconia 'Dwarf Jamaican,' and others. 

Fence Repair

The greenhouse was built in around 2004 and the fence behind the greenhouse was re-installed shortly thereafter. Lisa and I built it, but we reused some of the posts from the original back fence. In one spot of the fence, four of those posts had rotted at the ground line. The repair made a nice fall project. 

Half-round fence posts are difficult to come by around here. Last time we did fence repair we found them at a Rural King store in Warrenton. Fortunately I had 4 left so we didn't have to make another trip. 

Other than the posts, we reused existing boards. It's not perfect but it's good enough. 

Sunrise in the fall can be pretty nice.