Re: Inside Bon Vivant Nursery

Chris

This is beautiful....I shared it with my husband the plumber!  Suggested one
for the back and he seemed to make funny faces at me!
Also love teh Opuntia!  I have had one for several years and really dread
the weeding around it!  I have resorted to using the grill tongs just to
move it about to weed!  The large spines are easy to spot - it is the tiny
hair like ones that always get me!  The blooms are absolutely breathtaking!
Thanks for sharing the pictures!

Vera


On 6/12/06, Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com> wrote:
>
> You've all probably read my nursery trials and tribulations in amusement,
> boredom, or annoyance over the past few months.
>
> I'm here to make sure that it continues.  :)
>
> Since I didn't have enough room (or sun) in the back for my plants,
> I ended up using the flat roof over my garage.  I installed three
> long storage tables and built a framework for two of them out of PVC,
> covered them with shadecloth, installed a misting system over the top,
> and then connected it all to a manifold that's controlled by my computer.
>
> It's pretty much done now, so I'm torturing you even further by putting
> some photos online:
>
> Here's the first framework covered with shadecloth:
>
>   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/nursery/rooftop/shadecloth1.jpg
>
> The second one was the same height until today; I needed to add another
> foot since the coneflowers were growing through it:
>
>   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/nursery/rooftop/shadecloth2.jpg
>
> The third shelves don't have any shadecloth yet, but will probably
> get some:
>
>   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/nursery/rooftop/nocloth.jpg
>
> The first two shelves are on a timer-based watering system, but the
> third one is still watered by hand.  I left an opening for it in the
> manifold though:
>
>   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/nursery/rooftop/manifold.jpg
>
> I should add that the pipe isn't that bent.  It's partially because of the
> lens that I was using.  :)  Another tip:  PVC doesn't lose it's integrity
> when exposed to UV light, but it *can* become more susceptible to stress
> fractures.  Painting it protects the plastic so that it can be exposed to
> light.
>
> Of course, there are some plants that just don't care about watering
> systems at all:
>
>   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/nursery/rooftop/cactus.jpg
>
> I love Opuntia.  I just dread the day that I have to package one up to
> ship.
>
> Chris
>
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