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To: nw_arizona_granny
Why is it so much more pleasing to hit a jackpot like you dear one did, than to go to the store and buy them? Something in our genes, I suspect.

Yep. You know that stereotype of the frugal (chinchy) Scotsmen? My grandfather was one of those. Could be something genetic there.

If you are already selling plants, look out, the greenhouse will want to grow faster than you ever dreamed.

That's kinda the reason I ended up getting the greenhouse. I was using plastic over poles on the back porch combined with the living room and dining room. We were not able to sit much for plants. LOL There was only a path and 2 chairs accessable in each room.

I carried *most* of the things in the house out to the greenhouse when I got it so we have some space now. But, I brought home a bromeliad from a friend last week that needed to have the pups potted. I have all that in the living room now. I've got the large mother plant and 6 baby bromeliads in there now. It's crowded again but I'm taking them all back except one of the pups today so that'll be cleared out tonight.

And I still have the poles and plastic on the back porch with some of the hardy plants in it. Plastic's got rips in several places so I put hardy stuff in there and it's still good for that. I duct taped the plastic but it's so old it just found new places to tear, we only used the cheap painter's stuff because we did expect to have a new place before that wore out.

9,716 posted on 02/05/2009 6:00:13 AM PST by Wneighbor
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To: Wneighbor; WestCoastGal

And I still have the poles and plastic on the back porch with some of the hardy plants in it. Plastic’s got rips in several places so I put hardy stuff in there and it’s still good for that. I duct taped the plastic but it’s so old it just found new places to tear, we only used the cheap painter’s stuff because we did expect to have a new place before that wore out. <<<

I had to laugh, reminds me of the greenhouse I was telling WAG how to build.

And sounds like my house was in the good old days.

There must be something wrong, when one can find a good spot to sit a flower pot and does not do so. LOL

People can sit any place.


9,757 posted on 02/06/2009 1:51:17 AM PST by nw_arizona_granny (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990507/posts?page=7451 [Survival,food,garden,crafts,and more)
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