I have an old regrigerator that came with the house and have it running in my garage. I use it for "overflow" such as an extra gallon of milk and for beverages. I am not a big beer drinker but a very cold one is nice coming in from mowing in really hot weather. I realize using something like this is not practical, but could be used in working out kinks. I have no idea whether a contolled very low light condition in summer, coupled with low temperature could be done. There are small water chillers and cold recirculating water could keep a cubic foot of air at 40 degrees without being too costly. In keeping marine aquariums metal halide lamps are often used for coral. They give off so much heat that chillers are needed to keep from cooking everything is a tank. These are quite small. I realize this is virgin ground. But who would have thought that putting a poinsietta in a closet would be a good idea. I was thinking about moisture and crown rot and would guess dirtless soil with moisture gels would need to be used also.

WOW!!! This is amazing and so creative!!! The castle is perfect and looks so gorgeous in the colors that you chose. Do you know if real fairies ever visit? :-) Have you seen the tutorials on making fairy gardens with broken pots? These are stunning too and have a similar feel as yours. Her's a link to a pinterest page https://www.pinterest.com/vallain/fairy-garden-broken-pot-style/ or google broken pot fairy gardens for some really magical designs. Sharon

nice to see the seasonal update .... do you have any idea.. why the porch was built that way ... just curious ... you could also get large black pots.. perhaps from a nursery recycle bin ... turn them upside down ... and raise the pots furthest out on the floor ... to raise the back pots.. so they arent all on the floor ... ken

Brandy, your nice little patio area is perfect for your plants Which are looking good! Fire Island looks like it has 3 eyes, is that less then before? If it’s been in that pot for awhile, it might time to remove it and see how the roots are. It could be that they are root bound in that pot and another larger pot would help. Same with the Undulata which are generally easy to grow. Maybe a new world bring it back, although it doesn’t look bad to me, it may have some leaf color instability. Also, Halcyon is a very old and terrific hosta (see my post just below). “I thought I would share this here) which talks about the line from which Halcyon was developed. Also, if you look in the Library under Halcyon, you will see how many plants developed from Halcyon. It’s amazing. The stores don’t carry it because they are generally interested in the most recent hostas and hostas of the year, to which Halcyon belongs........can’t remember the year. If you want Halcyon many of the online venders sell it. Several are linked on the front page of the Library. Others that I have used are: Hornbakers Garden (gallon sized) plants, Naylor Creek hosta nursery, good quality plants and favorite of many forum members, Maple Creek Dayliles ( they sell hostas, daylilies and companion plants, Uniquely Hostas, Plant Delights Nursery, Land of the Giants Hosta Farm, New Hampshire Hostas well my goodness, I just ran on and on this afternoon! I hope some of it helped......😆 debra