Looking good!

Impressive! What part of Canada are you in, and what do you do in winter to protect those plants?

thanks! I am 25 miles north of Toronto ( Ontario)

Most of everything will stay where it is. It's heated in the winter. the only months that are a threat would be Jan- Feb. In the dead of winter I might throw on some old fashioned christmas lights. winter temps during the day are usually in the 50's-60's, upper 30's - low 40's at night. might get 2 light frosts at some point

That's great. I grew up in northern climes (Minnesota) and am surprised that your winter is so mild.

oh nice! and those are the greenhouse temps. but yea outside it gets cold!

Manzano update - new leaf is out

Impressive! I wish I could fit a banana plant in mine!

Here's a small update. Pink lemon is going to be in full swing around christmas, flowering again! The passion vines are still going crazy it hasn't been cool enough to slow down. Night time temps 48-50F. That Basjoo leaf has now fully opened as of 2 days ago

Happy January, such a beautiful days out I had to snap a picture

Kills me to see your gorgeous plants- I just gave up on my greenhouse! Was going to put up a nice 10mm polycarb Grandio and gave up with two many low temps in the twenties. I'm just in western Oregon which is way south of you- we don't have a lot of sun so is that the difference? I don't know how you are doing it! What is your temp inside the gh and how are you keeping it there? Love to see your beautiful plants but grrrrrrr- my heating plan would never work for my tropicals, and I'm so much further south than you. How do you do it?

Hi, I'm sorry to hear about your not having the best of luck. Thanks for your comment tho. I had to give up last year around this time( end of Dec more like) and just shut it all down, bring in what I could and the rest was killed by cold. That GH should work for you especially being on the west coast. I think your growing zone is something like 7b 8b? we are close to the same longitude or latitude whatever one it is when you're on the same level. Me being close to Toronto we do get more sun but in the winter it's still not enough. We go through a week at a time without sun in winter.

As for the GH I have it smaller 8x 8 or 9 ft box pretty much 7 feet high and now has 2 layers of plastic. In November I tried to seal the corners as much as I could. I run a 1500 watt heater on medium with a fan in there also. For the past week we have had extreme cold here in the teen's feeling like single digit temps at night. The GH has dipped down to high 30's for a few hours last 4 nights. Tonight is the last of the extreme cold. Damage is starting to show on some plants. Everything should be ok honestly I am not too worried. The fan helps decrease the chance of frost. I'd rather see cold damage then frost.

Sorry this is so long LOL I hope you're following alright. Normally without extreme cold the GH night temps range 45-50 F. I hope this helped and you are able maybe to insulate it some more to have success in the future.

really nice set up! That seems to be doing it's job! Looks great I like the plumerias they look so healthy! mine are dormant until march :( are there windows in there? any calls from the police yet?? LOL jk

Here is the manzano that used to be in the GH with it's newest leaf

That's magnificent Matt. Looks very happy where it is.

Small update January 18

Temps are steady now, no more cold. I took the palms in the house and I now have a lot more room.

Haskap and gooseberries buds are starting to open. Spring is around the corner

I put in a temporary raised bed in for radishes and lettuce.

Passion vine still continues to grow along the banana. A good evergreen where I'm growing it, along with yucca's bird of paradise and mandevilla

since November it has put out 2 new leaves.

Matt, just can't get over how beautiful your garden is in Toronto. All those tropicals! Reflects your passion for this. I've still got the temps in twenties and those 85mph winds and can't see how even a nice gh would survive it- but breaks my heart. My basement green house is coming along but husbands med prob has slowed things down. I'm being coached on how to install electric and plumbing. Will post pics of it when it's complete. Hoping to do some potting up asap. Thanks for posting those pics- inspiring!

Those winds I can't imagine what they're doing! I hope everything is secure over there! I know it's a ways away I just checked Vancouver's weather and they're just now getting back into the mid 40's and some sun. Hopefully soon it'll hit you guys as well. Sounds like you have your hands full and yes post pics after pls

Thanks for takin a look!

There are very few varieties of plants that survive in this ocean environment- mostly pine, spruce and rhododendrons. Have a few roses. May to late Sept is OK for plumeria, citrus that I have, but the wind still can blow 40mph. Everything needs to be under the lights in my indoor greenhouse Oct-Apr. We occasionally get a tree down, broken windows, but the excitement of watching storms blow in and waves crashing on the rocks outweighs everything else. Have loved it here for 20 years but born and lived to advanced adulthood in southern Californian- loved the growing environment but got sick of the heat.

You have the touch. Never seen anything like what you accomplish where you live. I hope you keep posting pics as spring approaches. It's amazing and gorgeous.

I keep having images from the Goonies pop up when I think of Oregon. I mean scenery- lots of evergreens, those clouds and wind you see off the ocean. Maybe not exact LOL. I thank you much. That means a lot coming from a a former Southern Californian. The goal was to try and come as close to a zone 9 winter as possible. I have amazed myself even with this experiment. I hope to re locate one day but until then. I'm blown away at how nice your plumerias are. I will for sure keep this updated in Feb -March and could use some advice on plumerias this spring.

wow great job on the tropical plants! I have been growing plants for years and have finally got a greenhouse. I drove to buffalo and picked up a 10' x 12' Harbor freight greenhouse. I live in Toronto so hopefully I can get a bit more warmth from the lake. Fig trees are first on my list. Thanks for the extra motivation!

Thanks and congrats on getting your gh. Please post pics once it's up.

Fed 26 Radishes taking off

Kale starting to flower

dipladenia full of new growth