Nancy,

I’m not a particularly neat person, I just don’t need a huge number of cuttings and these clear totes make it so easy.  I take cuttings in early June, and after the roots develop, pot them up.

I pot up quite a few things in the fall and huddle them together through the winter with the most fragile at the center.  I group them with a frame that is normally used for a car – I just don’t use the legs.  From Dec thru Feb I cover the frame to keep out excess moisture.  The pots are on top of shelving w/out legs to help drainage. I used to use straw for perimeter insulation but the pink/blue boards are easier and reusable. Here are some pictures of my overwintering:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kmrsy/albums/72157639664111664

One particular year there wasn’t enough room under the 10x20 canopy so I improvised with other kinds of framework, but usually 10by20 is plenty. The pic w the cat shows everything covered w shredded leaves. But some years I didn’t have the time to do that so used frost blankets instead.

Kitty