We will be doing that soon. We have soooo many tropicals that need to go into our shed but the Hoyas need to brought indoors. DH says we'll be bringing in our Lady Slipper, too, this year. It has grown so tall and we would hate to lose it. Last Winter, we only brought in the Hoyas and we had fuzzy black spiders for two months afterwards. We'd be walking down the hallway and we would see black spots on the floor. Yuck! I'll try that Bayer Spray this year.... thanks for the tip!

It's rain ready in one hour and lasts for 3 months.

I expected rain this weekend, so while it would have been good to get one last nice rain on the potted plants, I also took them in on Sunday. I wouldn't have time in the next 2 weekends, and Thanksgiving usually brings really cold temperatures.

So I had to do it before the rain came on late Sunday evening, but am glad it's done in case I got caught by surprise with some really low temps.

I am finished as well......................greenhouse full, plant room full and several in the garage again. As hard as I try, it seems I just cannot get away from the tropicals I love so much.

Anyone who can pick them up need brug cuttings????

Nov. 15 used to be the average first freeze date in San Antonio, but I see now it's Nov. 24. However, the ten day forecast predicts no freezes, so it seems the plants are safe until after Thanksgiving. But we could have a surprise. If that happens it doesn't take us long to scoop up the plants and rush them to safety.

I've been giving away some things that formerly went into the green house and am now pretty much down to the two big night blooming cereus hanging baskets, seven bougainvilleas, three ferns, and five uprooted plumerias.

Most of the plumerias are new for me this year. There's no room for their pots. One nice thing about storing plummies for the winter is the trunks don't take up much room. They leaf out a little sooner if the pots are put inside, but they do fine otherwise too. I tie plastic bags around the mostly soil less roots and that helps preserve them a little.

So what do y'all do for fun and exercise in the winter?

Oh my goodness, the plumerias are a lot harder to remove from their pots than I anticipated. Whew -- who needs gym membership when they have a garden???

Since I've done this much work I'll replant them in the spring, but I may be hollering for someone to come and get them at the end of next year ... LOL

DH picked all of the pomegranates today, and they are much sweeter than usual this year......................perhaps from all the Spring rains.

I did get posted plants sorted on rolling tables according to tenderness temps. One table gets rolled in and the others are still fine. I moved in some pots so I am tempting fate only half way. Up to my knees in the river Denial.

Mara, I agree about the 'river of denial running deep and wide' ... clever phrase. My river has to do with how much I can handle. However, I got the five plumerias de-leafed and up-rooted and the seven bougainvilleas tied up and moved to the green house, also the three ferns. Bob helped by carrying the heavy ones. Also trimmed some leaves from the hanging baskets making them a bit lighter for Bob to handle when he gets a 'round-to-it'.

Edit: Bob took down the huge and heavy hanging baskets and hung them in the greenhouse. Sure glad that at least he goes to the gym to stay in shape to do stuff like that ... LOL

Now just a couple of small things I can handle and we've got that chore done for the year. I'm sharing your happy thoughts Pam ... :-)

I am so happy! We got the plants (only 11 pots) moved in 5 minutes! My tomato plants are loaded with green toms. They are getting a blanket tonight just to see if it warms up a bit.

Roselee, I have only one plumeria left and it's getting too tall to move inside. I knocked off several branch tips on the walls and ceiling fan. I might have to find it a new home next year.

Pam, on your tall plumeria how about bare rooting it and laying it on it's side in the garage or even hang it from the rafters, set it in a closet or ... . It's amazing that they recover from such 'treatment', but they do ... :-)

hi Roselee, I've always overwintered her bare root, but the garage gets too cold. The final space isn't the problem, it's her tall (maybe 7 feet) and wide branches (at least 3 feet wide from one branch to the other) getting whacked on doorways and walls as I take her there.

Maybe a more agile helper would be better :-)

I had to come back and talk about a plumeria that we saw when we were on vacation in Port Aransas. It was right across the street from our room. It had a huge base and was obviously an outside plant. One plumeria that had a spread of at least 12 feet in all directions. A lovely yellow :-) I think I got pictures, if I can find them.

Oh I see, said the blind man ;-) That is LARGE. Mine have grown so much this year in their big pots, fertilizer, and fresh potting soil, that there's no telling how big they will get by next fall. Four of them were rooted cuttings passed along this spring by MsRed Byrd Irene and Doug.

I would love to see the picture of the big yellow plummie in Pt. Aransas if you find it.

I've looked and either we never stopped to take a picture (always had our big dog on a leash when we walked by) or we took pictures badly and deleted them. We had new phones and tablets all with great cameras, yet took so many 'angry' selfies when we got the camera pointed at us and had trouble finding the button to turn it around :-) I probably just need a new camera that I also wouldn't know how to use :-)