Texas Gardening: Gardening with Texas Native Plants & Wildflowers, part 13., 1 by WillisTxGarden

WillisTxGarden wrote:
It's currently 35 F in our area and falling...looks like that storm is finally encroaching....not lookin' forward to the ice but I've got all my plants covered....I had built a structure to drape a shade cloth over to somewhat protect my plants from the extreme sunlight/heat during the summer. This year,...I finally enclosed it and brought all my plants inside
for this upcoming freeze. The walls are doubled with 6 mil greenhouse-design plastic sheeting for outside wall - 4 mil plastic sheet for inside wall then, a layer of black geo-textile fabric for additional insulation -
(on the west & north facing walls the fabric blanket is on the outside and then covered with additional 4 mil plastic sheet) 8 - 9 degrees warmer inside. It's 44 F inside with just a little thermostat-controlled heater with a fan in front to move the warmer air through the "house" ( a small fan
is also circulating air from the top down) everything looks good so far!

Here's a "before" enclosure pic


This message was edited Jan 15, 2007 10:52 AM