Meanwhile in the Greenhouse 🌧️⛈️⚓

 

I haven't been in the greenhouse for quite a while , beginning of September I think . After my back injury it was as much as I could do to throw this fleece over everything .

The garden table and chairs were brought inside or they might  have blown away in the storms . We are still getting frequent yellow weather warnings for rain .

The brand new greenhouse is flooded ....and it seems that I will just have to live with it ....sigh ....

I made a start by taking out the table and chairs , it's not so windy now . I need to get to the plants at the end under the bench .

 I have not watered anything in the greenhouse , mostly the cacti and succulents are dormant over the winter months .

 I thought the ferns might have suffered .....

...but of course the prefer the damp shade ...

..and look just fine .

The Tarantula and Elkhorn Ferns look great ....also surprisingly the Brahma Kamala Epiphyllum oxypetalum is looking especially lush !  I am looking forward to seeing that bloom again .

The Epies on top of the bench look a bit sad , but now I've removed the fleece the light levels will be better for them ...although they prefer not too much . They can easily get scorched by bright sunlight .

Hylocereus undatus however seems to prefer more sunlight ....

It has once again pushed through the shade net to get more sunshine ..... well maybe it has been a little disappointed for not finding much sunshine , but certainly a bit more light anyway .

I very cruelly left some Hylocereus undatus outside over the winter as an experiment . It has survived ! I also have a broken piece hanging on hooks in the front porch . It has put out ariel roots and is also still alive !  Hylocereus undatus is a tough guy !

  I would dearly love to see it in flower , alas I have only seen pictures of it on the internet .

It is my cactus collection that I am most worried about with the greenhouse leaking , I have now lost some of my most precious and rare ones . 😞

I use polystryrene from packaging to stand pots on and as you can see along the sides of the windows , to keep them cosy . This is an unheated greenhouse .

  I haven't had to use the candle lantern or my stone hot water bottles this winter .....but we could still get a cold snap .  The sheets of newspaper and fleece wrap are waiting in the wings .

It is the rain coming in that is really worrying me .

 This Lophophora williamsii , I have had for about thirty years and it blooms every year . I think it wants to go home to Mexico !      Crassula Buddha's Temple , is very small ...very precious to me ! 

Opuntia ..has a new friend , nasty bramble branch which has found it's way through under the window !

 They have something in common . They both bite !!

The nasty bramble's days are numbered !  😡 Where are my loppers ? ! 

I have had these Opuntias also for about thirty years . This one is Opuntia violacea , next to it Agave utahensis (notice how I put these dangerous ones in to the furthest corner at the back )

  And that's the fast growing Dog tail cactus in the green hanging pot ... er ..Echinocereus testudo I think  🤔

Anyway I must get on and figure out a way to get all the water out . My friend recommended using a dustpan to sort of shovel it out with . 

I'm also trying to keep out of the way of the good gentlemen who are doing some handsome new fencing for us .  

One last thing ..

          I promised to show you all the "hagstones " that I collected from Charmouth beach 😃

                                                      😃    Ta-daah !   

                                                         Love Debbie x

         P.S . Tomorrow I will show you my amazing driftwood !  I know you can't wait !! 🤣

                                 Love and Peace 🤍