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[INDOOR-GARDENING:164] Re: running out of room!

Hi Karen, dear Listmom.

Must admit, I don't write too much - in all of my spare time I am watering
an overcrowded jungle of houseplants!  I would never complain about such a
thing - it's marvelous, but definitely a time-consuming thing.  Who can go
where?  Does she have enough light there?  Is he happy RIGHT THERE?
I, personally, have found that those rooms with a south view - I keep least
warm.  I suppose I can only speak from example, but I live in a 3 bedroom
house on Martha's Vineyard.  I tend to leave bedroom doors shut when I do
not have visitors.   But imagine the welcome company I have six months of
the year!
During the winter I tend not to keep plants in these south-facing rooms,
but when I run out of room (again!), I chose the heartiest spiders to place
in them.  If I need additional space, I find that plant hangers work
nicely.  To be honest, I prefer a nice silltop table to place in front and
it is so easy to build yourself.  I have simply take a piece of 3X1' pine
and nailed it to 4 1X2 boards.  I tell ya, this is the "priority plant
table" and everyone knows it.    Once you've shopped for materials, it's
about 15 minutes of work.  I know I am not giving the actual information
requested, but I thought I'd share!  :)  

christine
martha's vineyard






At 04:52 PM 2/19/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Welcome to our two new members!   I read Andrea's post and thought Yes!
>running out of room!  I'm sure we're all facing the same problems, so,
>let's get some ideas going!
>
>Here's a question:  I have a perfectly nice south-facing 6'x4' bedroom
>window that I've been reluctant to use for plants because of the problem of
>not being able to use curtains or blinds at night to block the light.
>Also, the window opens sideways and the wide, carpeted sill is my cat
>Beanie's favorite world-watching perch.
>
>Has anyone built or bought the kind of plant shelves that fit inside a
>window frame?  
>
>-- Karen (so many plants, so little space...)
>Listmom, Indoor Gardening Mailing List
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