No heat in greenhouse...have several cool varieties of tomatoes going...they are all budding now..and look very happy...parrot plant is taking a beating...I may bring that in at nights...mini orange and lemons are doing very well...it was in the upper 30;s last night...gh was 40...I am planning on insulating the insided...hopefully be able to keep it 5-10 deg warmer than outside...it looks like it may be a cold one here...I just may have to break down and get a heater Steve

You always have a vision and you are always working toward fulfilling it. How wonderful it would be to have "seedlings" the size of those you show us. Especially all those big GOLD HOSTA. ....sigh.... And I think you are right that Dark Shadows gets to be quite large. I bought two of them. The older one is getting some size on it since it arrived in 2012. It is on the Fragrant Flowered Hosta list, so of course I had to get it. I also like dark greens, and this one has nothing but green tones. I'm also looking at lighting up major pathways by a gradation of golds. I think the colors persist until real nightfall, and the reflection of a lighter leaf makes it nice to walk out of the garden without stumbling. I truly do not want to interfere with the night pollinators and fireflies, and thus keep my solar lights to a minimum. But in deep shade areas the batteries don't recharge all that dependably anyway. When I expect a visitor to walk through the garden, I have the individual lights out in the sun all day and tote them under my arm to pivotal pathway points (love alliteration, don't you?) to show what is next....or WHERE is next. I've checked those lights up in the wee hours, and they stay operable for a long time when given a good dose of sun on a clear day. Love the way you chose to take out some of the sapling trees as you developed your bed expansions. Less problems in future years because it would be overcrowded, and nature would take some out at an inconvenient time for you.

its a huge pot, not sure in gallons, but the thing is about 16" across i would so love a meyer lemon, i mentioned to husband that i'd soon have an empty pot that would be perfect he didn't respond does that mean "yes"? tesa

There is a lot of controversy on this. As a former tech I found many units that would die earlier, not run well the whole season, or worse, that were actually unsafe. Only a good visual inspection and a combustion analyzer idicated this. Does everyone have a new working carbon monoxide detector in their home? No. Does everyone take the furnace for a spin in September/October to look for problems? No. Does everyone check (visually inspect) the filter, motor, blower wheel? for excess dust? No. Changing every three months? Why not as needed? If a filter is dirty in two months, what is happening in that final month? If it isn't hardly dirty in three months, why change it? When was the last full checkup/tuneup? I don't favor a yearly checkup on newer equipment but I always warn people that a breakdown can occur at the most inoportune times and be costly due to weekend/holiday rates. Put that service companies name on your unit. You found an honest company. They should get your business, if not yearly then every 2 or 3. Most good companies outline what they should and do cover on an inspection/tuneup. Hopefully they give you an invoice with some temp and pressure measurements. Even in your state a temp rise is an important measurement as is gas pressures. Good luck.