African Violets and Gesneriads: Started some leaves, 1 by Allison_FL

Allison_FL wrote:
Really WOW :)) You put your African violet leaves out there ? Is it one with a floor then you can walk into. ? Is it warm enough in the Spring I guess the warm sun keeps heat in the greenhouses ? I never had one .
Are they isolated from other plants that have been out doors and protected against insects ? Thanks , Allison

No Our other home had an extra bedroom and larger glassed in garden room with mini green houses and 8 large windows with wood shelves my husband put up under the windows painted to match the room. And my plant stand were in the back room/computer room/ We moved down the street sold that home got this one real cheapI no longer have a computor room nor could use one, even thou my wheel chair has head rest I am too weak to sit up for long periods of time. So my good old computer is set up on a desk in our bedroom and I use a wireless keyboard and mouse. . It only has one bed room.There was a yucky screen room where the past owner just put wood up coverd all the windows and more yuk mess. It's a small room 10 x 16 ft. Mt husband did it all over putting really nice windows . The whole room 3 sides is almost all windows. He put walls and insulation and insulated drop ceiling. He took the door out and a window and opened the room into the living room.we could not even move my plants down and I had twice as many then until the room was finished and we got the electric and A/C and heat put in. We bought the trailer for a thousand dollars. The people that bought our other home was not moving in for a month from sale so gave us time to get the plant room down and heat, it was last Decmeberand we were haivng some pretty cold evenings. One night while they were down there my husband came home and told me he could not get the heat to work. He covered the stands with blakets left the lights on and put lamps into the greenhouse to keep them warm. It worked and next day he got it working :)) It has a tiny ramp for the drop for me to get in and out, I have a long nice table for potting and under it for boxes and soil, pots... supliesThe table is about 12 ft long by 3 ft. my wheel chair rides right up and under it :)) I always keep on hand. It has two light plant stands side by side makes it 8 foot by 2 foot. and fivee of them but 4 are used . On them I have about 10 four foot double light fixtures so about 20 grow light tubes. I have two mini green house and a book shelf some wall shelves in there. This is my garden room now :))
In our kitchen and living room we have many windows. Living room has seven nice windows each growing Streptocarpus all in bloom, Epsicas, African violets.... A coupld of the windows have little end tables covered with blooming plants then a couple shelves going up the windows. Kitchen windows too :))
Yes my husband does everything for me :))
To make story of how wonderful he really is. I needed a lot of care, and when you get sick poeple disapear out of your life. I ened up in a Nursing Home. I lost everything I ever worked for that I could not fit in half of a small Nursing home room. Believe me no Nursing home . It was horrible . No dignity. I never gave up on Fairytales. I had my computor . That's how I met my husband. He took me out of the Nursing home or I'm sure I would have already died in there.
His health went down hill rapidly when he has had a heart attach Jan, 2004. I get a lot of help comes in daily CNA, nurses, Doctors....
Each day is a Blessed Treasure :))

I had never time to grow Av's when I was able to work. I had a good career nice big home new truck, everything going for me. And one day I got home and could not carry my purse in the home or wa;l to the mail box. This can happen to anyone anyday, any age.
So finding the world of African violet the joy of growing them, the life each new leaf brings is such a treasure for me. The sharing of them and making friends all over the world and sharing with each other :))
If I was still working I know I would have never fount these little treasures . And all my AV friends :))