Mike, I only move the hanging baskets outside. They are out from about mid April til sometimes late November just depending on when the weather decides it want's to suddenly and unexpectedly turn cold on us!!! I don't move the potted plants because the sides on my gh roll up to about 6ft from the ground allowing for air flow from all directions. The baskets are situated high up in the roof of the gh and aren't exposed to as much airflow so that's why they get moved outside. Xuan, I haven't really trained any of my hoyas,that's just the way they grow!!! Once the vines get heavy with new leaves they'll continue growing downward. I just sort of let them grow how they want to grow!!! Many of the vines do grow upwards and I allow them to stay that way but I do try to keep my hoyas from vining around one another.

Oh, I see :) I grew for 6 years all over the backyard, and always thought that if I only had a shade house/greenhouse, plants would look perfect ...Have had shade house for half a year, and it a very basic set up - just a frame and a shade cloth over it. And the plants do not look perfect, as bugs still get in, some now are getting more sun than they should, and cats love chasing lizards all over the benches with orchids on them :) So, everything comes with pluses and minuses. Having all consolidates does make it easier to water and fertilize :) My main need for shade house is the winter, really - when it gets cold, I no longer bring everything in the garage, but instead, cover the frame with plastic. Works most of the time :):) I love all the sparkles on Dend Farmeri ! Beautiful, beautiful plants! Olya

I love it!! That's kinda the way my old greenhouse was. I called it my cactus shelter. I used lattice on the ceiling to allow dabbled sun. Your plants look very happy!! Cute doggie!

If you're buying a brand-name shade such as Bali or Levelor, it really doesn't matter where you buy it as the seller doesn't make the product. I bought Bali DiamondCell Shades from blinds.com, an online seller, and they came out fine. An advantage of a physical store (be it Home Depot, Lowes, or wherever) is that it will have fabric books where you can see and touch (small) samples. However, the online stores such as blinds.com will send you samples. Of course, you have to measure the windows though, oddly blinds.com (and, perhaps other internet sellers) will remake the blind if you make a measurement error. I would recommend you measure your windows and then step through the purchasing process on a site such as blinds.com. You'll see all the options (and limitations) even if you decided not to complete the purchase process and to go to a store; very educational for the consumer! Blinds are pretty easy to install -- I did -- but if you don't want to do it, you can always get a taskrabbit.