Mike

I just emailed her about the hostas I will be sending to her soon but have not heard back yet.

She might be pulling another of those 60 hour stints with her "little old lady"!

How're your brug seedlings doing?

B

Brenda

I hope she's not working herself to hard! She'll probably pop in once she gets home. Just concerned about her. Brug seeds are doing ok. I have a total of six. Each are about 2" high & still green. lol! A couple have 2-3 sets of leaves on them. Hope they make it! That reminds me - still have to get your little package off to you - don't I? :) You should be starting yours in just a few days - right?

Mike

I was just wondering about Marian as well.. and Karyn... Wonder what she is up to..
Kylie

I dont know about Marian, I hope all is well with her.
As for Karyn, They are getting her GH up so she's probably so busy being on top of the workers making sure everything goes well. Hopefully Kyle's better by now. Between GH and Kyle I'm sure she's really busy.
My 8 yr old has been sick for a week now..the 3 yr old just started 2 days ago. I have been too, but I don't count lol, I'm just mom. I just hope she's better by Wed, it's her bday..she's been psyched for weeks!

Wonder how big Karyn's GH is gonna be? I'm so jealous..having a GH built onto the house must be awesome.

Hello Marian when you get on. I know she is probably working and Karyn busy with the new GH and kids. Hope nobody else got sick to keep her busy.

I hope Kyle is ok. Last I heard - he had a fever.

Anyone hear from her in an email? How is the little guy doing?

I hope everything is ok.

I had an email from her on the 15th when she said she couldn't log on, was going to work & would try again in a couple days. Nothing since.

Linda

Hi. Happy New Year!!! Did Marian pop up? I posted last night. Kyle's fine but he had decided to share whatever he had with me and it knocked me on my #@&. The GH isn't finished yet. We've only had a couple days without rain. The framing is done but the electric work , window vents and panels haven't been started on. I still have to look for or build benches and a table. I'll end up with something temporary until I can find any I like. I also need supports for hanging plants. I was shocked at the prices of the benches. A little one that I liked was over $400 and I need several. DH wants to add a sink. He was looking through pics and saw one set into a potting table. I'd love it but don't know if it's necessary. There's an outside wet bar close to the GH and I can use that sink or a hose. He's more excited about the GH then I am. lol I'll be happy when it's finished and I can move my poor pathetic plants. I've lost or almost lost so many already either because of dehydration (read - me too lazy to water lol) and I had a power outage in the big GH at the farm. I'm still finding damage from that. So far about 20 plumies or more with tip damage. At least with a GH in my yard if I have a power outage I'll know about it immediately. I sometimes don't know for a full day if there's been a problem at the farm and by then it's too late. I'll see if I can get a few pics of what's been done so far this afternoon.
Karyn

Awwww - I'm so sorry about the outage. That hurts.

And I'm also sorry you're sick. Seems like everyone is sick this year - with a bad one, too. Glad Kyle is better!

And glad to see you back!

Your potting benches? I ended up with the plastic racks from Lowes because the prices for the potting benches took my breath away.

The plastic racks have holes in the tops - honeycombed - lets the water pass through. Some of the other ones have some enclosed plastic which catches some water - which I just push out.

I bought 3 - and only stack 3 of the sections - and then the extras gave me a couple more. If I could, I'd have purchased all honey combs. Wanted to try the different ones.

I'll try to grab a pic today. So far - they're working well.

Dweeb the plastic racks are a great idea. I'm going to see what they have at HD, Target and BB&B. I was just going to use cinderblocks and plastic lattice but the racks will be so much better for the time being. Thanks for the tip.
Karyn

They're cheap right now at Lowes. A 5 shelf (6?) 37.99. There's some for 44.99 - those are nice, too. But get yourself the honeycomb one. Wish I went all honeycomb.

So you only stack up 3 - bottom - middle - top. If you get 2 systems - you'll use the left over ones and get another one out of it.

And they're waist high. Perfect - plus the shelves and they drain. You can hook them together too if you want.

Boy some of those work benches are kewel though! I was trying to find one that I could "tank" the water. For the price - I said I'll run a hose from the garage. (grin)

Those plastic shelves are nice and durable (if they are those tuff rubber type ones). My dh has those in the garage and keeps many heavy tools, car parts and other junk on them. He's had some for like 5 yrs and they are still in good shape.

I have my small plants on wire racks right now that have the clear plastic florescent-light panel stuff on for shelf liners. I like them because the light sort of goes through but don't like them, because the water can't go through if I wanted to use them for a green house or in the shade house. For now since I have a light above every shelf for 'in the house' it works out okay.
~Sooo I have been eyeing dh's shelves for a while now lol! They aren't as attractive for inside the house but for a greenhouse or shade house they would be great.

Hi Karyn: So glad to see you back. Sorry about your being sick, but I guess it's that time of the year. Glad Kyle has recovered. But very sad about plant loss. However, if anybody can pull them thru it's certainly you! ;0) GH sounds like it's going to be Wonderful. Thought about you the other day when I came across another plant I thought I'd like to try and figured you might have had experience with it ... Persian Shield. Beautiful "metalic" purple foliage. Let me know if you've grown this one. Keep feeling better, Gloria

SJN - oh they're WONDERFUL.

I've been slammin' stuff around on them - tossing bags of soil - spilling stuff all over them - they don't rock - or skitter if you bump them.

They're PERFECT for a moose like me in there. I gotta get off my duff and take a pic.

Here ya go SJN - they're working wonderfully for me.

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Dweeb !!!!!!!!!!!! How many cuttings you got in that room ?? Wow, they look great.

Edna:

Quite a few! The two summer places and all around my house! Plus of course - quite a few are being babysat for ladies at work who can't actively grow them right now.

So i'm "plant sitting" for now. (grin) Prepping for the latest round coming from tctopcat. (grin)

Darn T-dweeb, I thought I was bad, your addicted for sure!!

Dweeb: What a WOW set-up! Man, don't let my poor Brugs see this, they'll think they are in Brug Ghetto!! lol. Congrats on the great room. Gloria

wheres the other room Dweeb>/? heheh

LOL Brug ghetto.

That's a rehabbed shanty lean-to. And it was self defense by my sweetheart. (grin) To keep me out of his garage.

The plastic racks? Ok - I know, they're not pretty - but seriously SJN and everyone - they're WONDERFUL.

I'm a bull in a china shop - and those things - they stand up to everything I throw at them - literally. That bag of potting soil half hanging off?

How do you think it ended up half hanging off! Those racks are terrific. I slammed a lawnmower from one end to the other moving it. Not a single one budged, collapsed or skittered.

Karma - that far end - that's where your seeds are going to go - with one stack added to bump them higher to the light.

I'll take pics.

They look really great techno- you're an awesome brug mommy :) I'm with whatever works lol- I swear I'm gonna steal my hubbys shelves now..I bought him one of those huge craftman toolboxes for xmas and he can put some stuff in there now and I can at least take one of his shelves--his are 5 shelves high I think.

Your brugs look great and everything is so nice and neat! My plant rooms end up looking like an overgrown mess! Hopefully I'll be able to keep the new GH neat, at least for a week or two. lol
Karyn

Your green room looks really neat. My cuttings are stuck in every nook and cranny of my master bath and my kitchen. That makes me wonder what the plumber thought the other day of all the cuttings in my bathroom. Probably thinks I am nuts.

Mary

LOL Mary.

Well - it came about BECAUSE I had cuttings everywhere - on every counter and ever spot I could get a light and a pot. (grin)

The shelves work great. SJN - those are normally 5 (6?) tall. I just didn't put the other pieces on the top.

They're perfect waist height.