This guys is my nemesis..He watches everything I do in my greenhouse..lol I even have a little pond set up for him which provides humidity in there...

I love his pond and all the moss Mike! That makes me happy!

Nothing in ground for me, way too frigid here :(.

Mike, I love your plants and the frog. Where did he come from? What temperature do you maintain during the winter?

I don't have any inground trees but hope to have some once I finish the greenhouse.

Beautiful Mike!!! I love frogs!

Steve, I'm afraid a Python would kill all my frogs! lol But nice idea for other critters! I have always wanted a Chameleon on my trees to eat all the bugs.Your trees seem so happy. That part of the earth never freezes? How do you keep it from freezing?

Laura, next to birds, I LOVE frogs of all kinds..I must have well over a dozen that found my ponds...This guy likes it in there and I feed him crickets once a month..lol

Hobby, the moss just appeared on it's own..I love MOSS..I would grow it every where if I could..It's starting to naturalize around my ponds..

Vladimir...I have no problem keeping the temps in there 60 at night all winter long...It would be impossible with the Solar Cover on and that is why you should get one asap...That was not my first priority and let me tell you when I say it use to take two space heaters to keep warm temps like that on a 30 degree night..Now it only takes one with night temps in the 20;s..

The frog came out of nowhere..It's funny, i don't have a water source for a mile or two away and a bullfrog showed up a few weeks after I built my first pond.lol The only thing is that I can't do a massive chemical pest spray now..

Anyone building a greenhouse should consider a source of humidity for it...You will need it come winter, fall and summer if you plan on growing anything tropical in there..I knew I was not going to limit myself to Citrus Trees with so many possibilities, so I dug a 3 foot trench my 2 feet and filled it with water..I set a grated bench over it so that it did not take up space. I have also attracted Praying Mantis which eat many bad pests..

It makes such a HUGE difference with humidity in there!

I'm up north in the snow belt, I have an in ground Cara Cara Navel Orange, Dekopon, Saint Teresa of Avila lemon, Citrus Bizarria, Marsh Seedless Grapefruit, Ponkan Mandarin, Valentine Pummelo, Wonderful Pomegranate and Fig. All the rest of my citrus are in containers. . - Silica

Silica, do you have any way of taking pics? I would love to see some since I have known you far too long to be this curious??? This suspense and wait is killing me)

Mike, unfortunately no. I do not own a camera and have never had a cell phone.. - Silica

Oh. well, I am to assume then that your trees look very nice..When you do, I would love to see pics...Thanks for your comments) Hope everything is well for you.

Wow I love the frog habitat Mike!! While I agree with the drier prairie climate I do miss the lush greenery of the west coast and your greenhouse. So cooling and refreshing!

That Meyer is huge, if you let it grow fruit you would get tons. You are killing me, you have to let it fruit, for our sakes' please reconsider :)! The kishu looks pretty darn good too. Mike you seem like a very sensitive, caring person, imagine if you could gift your friends with your own home grown Meyers?? I love to give home crafted gifts! It really moves some people and is fun to see who is appreciates it he most. :)

Silica, do you put covers over your in-ground trees in the coldest months or are they in a greenhouse? I would like to know how you grow them. I am always thinking about trying it but would hate to sacrifice one experimenting with it.

Thanks,

Cory

Cory, they are all growing in a large greenhouse (36'-W X 75'- L X 12'-H). - Silica

silica - wow that's gigantic dimensions for a hobby greenhouse or r u in the trade . n where on earth did u get a Citrus Bizzaria that's a very interesting plant . Pity u can't take pics I would have loved to see that plant

Thanks Silica. That's a really nice growing space. I can't duplicate that.

Cory

Cory Try planting your seed grown blood orange outside and glass it in. You will only need glass on the top and 2 sides south west and south east. Use solid insulating wall for the other 2 sides.

I'm considerin it Steve.

Steve..That's too funny..I might give it a try too...Those bags of leaves you have there, people about here throw them to the curb side...Me on the other hand, I collect them and insulate all my plants in ground and around the base of my greenhouse..Good thinking..

Steve, doesn't that tree ever go below 28 F?

Apparently not. It made it through last winter.

first glass panel.

I put dead blood orange in the ground and it has returned to life now I'm wondering if I should leave it and go with that enclosed set up. Do you open it up to water or leave it be all winter. Do you put lights for heat?

I have a window I can open to water from. Hy house provides the needed heat. I may try light in December to induce flowering so my fruit ripens in late sumer