{"id":7896,"date":"2012-01-03T01:53:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T06:53:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-13T18:22:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:22:43","slug":"sunny-winter-day-in-greenhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardern.co.za\/2012\/01\/sunny-winter-day-in-greenhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sunny Winter Day in the Greenhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WITH OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO FINALLY DROP TO BELOW 10 DEG. F, A BRONZE COLORED CYMBIDIUM ORCHID ENJOYS A SUNBEAM ON A JANUARY SUNNY AFTERNOON IN THE GREENHOUSE.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nOf the many pleasures one has in keeping a greenhouse in New England is the ability to garden during those months when snow is deep, and outside temperatures are far below freezing. It may be frosty outdoors, but underglass – in a t-shirt- I am muddy and filthy in the good way – with hand pruners, loppers, rakes and hoses. I actually prefer gardening in January in the greenhouse more than a June day in the garden. With the scent of almond and jasmine in the moist, green-smelling air, physical labor under glass in ones own greenhouse is one of the most memorable experiences. I have to admit, even as a snow-lover, with no snow this year, this sure beats shoveling snow! ( Lest we forget – last January<\/a>).<\/div>\n