Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening Dec 2015 into 2016, 4 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Jeff--
My house is a 4-level split--which means always running up and down stairs.
Top most to bottom-most--16 stair-steps!
The lowest level is 80% underground--and it is cool down there. Usually about 58*.
It is also dank. I run a dehumidifier down there when it rains...

Anyway--this level was my EX\'s Shop---full of tools and gadgets that he used to
build all the wonderful rooms and floors and entertainment centers, etc..etc...
Level #3 is the club room level--where many a party was hosted--people crammed
all over the place. No one minded. My EX converted a plain concrete basement area
to this beauriful club room area with a wet bar, a bathroom and his office--now a
comfy guest bedroom with access to a private, full bath.
He had the most amazing talents in this area.
Nowadays--the SHOP has become an area where I keep a lot of junk--and the
hundreds of pots, of all sizes, that I bring home from the HD. It also holds a lot of unused lumber and plywood sheet pieces too. My old, unused bike, 3 not-functioning
swivel rocker chairs, etc..etc...etc... It is a JUNK ROOM...
It is down there that I keep my plants that need dormancy. Like my two HUGE
Clivias (see pic) as well as the potted Amaryllis and dug up Canna roots. Anything...everything.. There is an old, big table-surface that held his 12\" bench saw.
It is now MY work area where I pot plants, do seedlings, transplant things, etc.
It is \"No Man,s Land\"....I have to appologize to anyone that wants to go down there...
I can fling soil around and it does not matter.
A bloom and dust pan cleans it up.

SO--to answer your question--\"Where do I keep my dormant plants--look here...

1--This is right over the sump pump area..and below shelves loaded with potting stuff
2--Here are my 2 big Clivias which sit on small tables on top of the work table so they can get enough light from the shop lights just above. Sometimes they bloom here.

Hanging my head in shame--here are some more views of my basement...

You could play \"Where,s Waldo\" here and lose!
--You, Jeff, being a neat-freak--should never go down here....
--Cam would just faint dead!

:o)------Gita

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