While I was tapping my foot and staring out the window last week, I figured out a no- cost solution to protect my precious though ungrateful orchid plants during their summer outdoor vacation.
The problem is there's no shade around my place. Not anywhere. So I hauled out a retired wire cart from the basement and the plants camp out there on the deck with a recycled plastic chair cover protecting them from the elements at night.
I uncover them in the morning, leaving the plastic shade roof overhead, and they should thrive. And bloom as well, if they have any compassion.
The nursery plants I bought last week during the rain and wind were looking pretty sad,abandoned on the deck but most of them are now planted.
The deck looks as though a mini cyclone blew through but it was just me, filling pots and delivering them to the perfect spot.
Then I ran out of energy so step two, the tidying up step happens tomorrow.
I accidentally snapped off the stalk of the beautiful parrot tulip but it's having a secomd life inside.
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