Tropicals & Tender Perennials: How many cold climate people have a lot of tropical plants?, 1 by joeswife

joeswife wrote:
Well, we don't have a big house, but the basement has foundation issues, so instead of fighting it, I just use it for my winter nursery. Gosh, If I lived in Miami again, I would be in trouble, as much as I like to dig.. LOL
Here you can see the support beams holding in the wall on this east side. I had them painted brown, and the walls white. we gave up refinishing, since there are now new cracks above the old cracks. *sigh* but.. 1900 sq feet of growing areas!