Not well, I hung a pole in the shop to hang my Epi strictum and other succulents. I put the aloes on the porch on tables ready to be rolled in on the big freeze. I am raking piles of much, but really , I am still planting trees and tending my vegetable garden living in denial.

Good job on being so organized . It is just not my style.

I haven’t done anything yet either. Welcome to denial world.

Omar

Mara, it's not my style either, but it IS Bob's style. Thank goodness for his organizational skills.

Our traditional first freeze date is Nov. 15, but it looks like this year the first freeze will be well into December so y'all have a while to be in denial.

Wow, you're lucky to have an overwintering house Ragna. Your plumerias, fern, and bougies look great. I've brought in most of my houseplants, with the exception of my amaryllis seedlings and plants, a clivia that needs chilling hours, and some native plant seedlings that I started in Summer. I'm just going to use old styrofoam coolers to cover those when a hard freeze is expected. I don't think we've had a freeze here either, though it's been close.

Good for you! There's even room for the dog to play in there! No overwintering measures taken here yet. The only thing I plan on doing is covering the stock tank pond and I'll wait until the very last minute for that.

I'm jealous, Ragna! I wish I was that organized, too. I am planning on giving away some of my tender potted plants soon to cut down on the things I need to overwinter. I have already had to haul a few things inside a couple of nights. Not looking forward to having to bring all the tropicals in when a harder freeze comes.

Briausex, I just "accidentally" leave them out to die

Ragna, the voodoo lily seeds germinated last week , three so far.

thanks again for the seeds.

live up here in z5 so anything outside now is a goner.

Hope all had a good Thanksgiving.

For tropicals that have to come inside, I have the Roho banana, one pencil cactus, and the plumeria still outside but de-bugged and ready to bring in. I already brought in the smaller stuff on my own. We have had a few close to freezing mornings but so far no frost here. I still have to pack out the cold frame for those slightly warmer zone plants that I like also. Every year is getting better, I have finally learned to leave the tropicals in the nursery. I am leaving a giant overgrown aloe and an aralia tree that I've been keeping for a friend for 20-something years outside (when asked he had no idea what I was talking about). I just get tired of dragging plants that I don't love inside and finding a place for them.

You might put a notice up in the free list on craigs list for the overgrown aloe.

This common aloe is probably 10 years old. I've pulled the lower leaves off when they get ugly and to harvest for the jelly to the point that it now has an actual woody trunk that goes sideways in the pot. Very ugly. I'll harvest the leaves and freeze the jelly, then cut it back almost to the soil and put the pot in the coldframe. If I get new aloes in the spring from the roots, I'll keep it and if not I'll buy another $1.49 aloe and it will be big by the end of summer. It's too ugly to give away and has become too heavy and ugly for me to baby any longer. It weighs about 40 pounds with that pot and I love the pot.

ETA: One of my neighbors will take the aloe and the aralia tree. I just wanted to share some positive news.

We housed 15+ plumies in garage