Thanks, Bert. I have a nice bench under those oaks but will normally have a glass of cool white wine rather than iced tea. Iced tea is my lunch drink however. My entire driveway is lined with dwarf magnolias but they have just about completed their blooming.

I am inspired by your squirrel relocation program. I need to start. The way you have strung the shelves between the trees reminds me of a hammock, which could become part of your orchid growing area nickname. You have done very well in incorporating the natural landscape into your orchid garden. Well done.

Jim

Thank you, Jim. One drawback, perhaps the only one so far, is that I have get up on a ladder every time I want to remove a plant. I guess no plan turns out perfectly. Of course, I was not looking for aesthetics. I was looking for simplicity.

How'bout "Hammock Jungle"?

Sounds good.
And there is also the Sky Walk,
The Hanging Gardens of Starkville

Ken, just be glad you can still get up on a ladder! I know lots of folks younger than us that can't. Or won't.

I love the "Hanging Gardens of Starkville" Good one, Ursula.

Jim

How about "Stairway to Heaven"?

hawkarica said:I love the "Hanging Gardens of Starkville" Good one, Ursula.

Jim

Stairway to heaven? Nice!

You were a Led Zeppelin fan? My son used to play this once in a while as a teenager, I liked it a lot!

Ursula said:Stairway to heaven? Nice!

You were a Led Zeppelin fan? My son used to play this once in a while as a teenager, I liked it a lot!

Shows my age, huh?

you and me and Mj ….

Hey, back in our day, music was worth listening to. Rap is c***.

I have one more squirrel to capture but so far it has been too smart to venture into the trap. I caught a small opossum last night but just released it. They don't harm anything that I grow (as far as I know).

Love it too, Ken. I think Bert's idea of sitting and sipping under all those pretty plants is right up my alley.

Two large boxes of wet Swiffer refill pads, lots of Windex and Paper-towels, the whole set of Beethoven symphonies and the glass walls on the inside of the greenhouse are all scrubbed and polished. ( except for center ceiling panels, since the shade cloth is installed on the inside. )
Now to clean the shelves!
The before and after-


ok get going, Ursula.....

Sparkling like a diamond, Ursula. What a job! Well done.

I'll bet the music sounds great in there when it's empty.

Did most of the shelves yesterday! Amazing how much crud deposits on everything in one indoor season.

Regarding the music - by sheer dumb luck the greenhouse has really good acoustic qualities, especially if you bounce music of the ( double pane ) glass in the ceiling. So I have a small shelf high up on the wall with loudspeakers directed at the ceiling. Play some Choral music and you think you are in a cathedral.

So Ursula, when you can't eventually move them outside, what will your plan for cleaning?
(I may not be moving any outside when I move.)