African Violets and Gesneriads: November Bingo Picks and sign up, 0 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
We got down to 43 last night, Jan. I brought all of my orchids inside yesterday along with a couple of hoyas and put them in the guest bedroom, the kitchen and the study. I left hundreds of plants outside though because there just isn't enough space in my small house. It's supposed to be 44 again tonight but warming up by the weekend. Thank goodness we didn't get cold enough for frost. I am thinking about going to Lowes and buying a roll of that 6ml poly that Gail told me about to put on the north side of my screen enclosure for the winter. I think it would help keeping out the cold air. I hope I'm wrong but I have a feeling we are in for an unusually cold winter.

Last year I bought some wrought iron plant brackets on clearance at Wal-Mart and hung them above one of the windows in my guest room with an old wooden closet rod across for hanging plants.

This is what it looks like today with the orchids and a couple of hoyas: