Our backyard had a very ugly concrete wall that is 10 feet long whose only purpose appears to be preventing the ground from eroding out from under the foundation of the neighbors garage. I built a stepped platform using cedar fence boards for the facing that holds four rows of 5.5 inch/14cm square pots, and enclosed it with hardware cloth with a front and top hinged panels to keep the squirrels, birds, large leaves and occasional cat out. The pots rest below the level of the wood frame in front so they are protected from the worst effects of the sun and the cool air space below helps as well during the summer to keep them from overheating. I had pulled the more tender plants into our basement for the cold snap that was forecast for today and tomorrow that was to be around 28°F/-2°C. The second picture shows the snow from last night and today, forecast as a dusting. Our temperature is actually 20°F/-6.5°C at 4:00 PM today when I returned home from work. Too late to do anything but hope for the best, but many have survived worse. On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 6:49 AM David Pilling <david@davidpilling.com> wrote: > Hi Shmuel, > > On 27/01/2019 14:15, Shmuel Silinsky wrote: > > Any other ideas are greatly appreciated. > PBS wiki "white pots are cooler than black" > > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > > > -- > David Pilling > http://www.davidpilling.com/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > -- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Seedling young bulb bed2.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 244204 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Seedling young bulb bed1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 384357 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
