First Snow on the Greenhouse

I had to see what effect the snow would have on the light in the greenhouse.  There wasn't a lot of snow and the sky was cloudy so the greenhouse seemed about as bright as it was outside even with snow on the roof. 

This large monkey puzzle branch was thrown by my sidewalk.  Undoubtedly it fell from on of the big trees in the next block.  Maybe someone thought it was cool but lost interest and left it for me.  I was pleased and think it'l look great with tillandsias and Spanish moss or perhaps just lft alone and hung somewhere.

The Paddle Plant (Kalanchoe luciae) has buds on it.  I've never sen one bloom before so that'll be fun. I planted paperwhites for the first time this year.  (I've bought them before but this year they actually got planted.) One group got planted on gravel with water in a tall cylindrical glass vase.  You can sort of see them on the far left on the table.  They get a bit more light and heat and are already about 8 inches high.  The other group is planted in soil (on the floor between the two cyclamen)  and they're less than half the size.

The bromeliads don't seem to mind it out here even though the temperature sometimes drops to the low forties.   Loving the Spanish moss!

I covered most of the garage door with these heavy fabric shower curtains that were once in the house.  I got new plastic curtains to go behind and the layers seem to be keeping a little of the cold out.  The sunflower beaded door was a gift from my eldest niece several years ago. I found two  aged white columns like the one the agave agave lophantha tricolor is sitting on at a thrift store.  Not sure what I'll do with them yet but they were too inexpensive not to bring home.

Brugmansias are still blooming although one has spider mites.  I've hit them with the hose a few times and sprayed with water and dish detergent.  Neem oil is next!

With the exception of the spider mites, so far, so good in the greenhouse.  Everything seems to be doing fairly well.  I finally took a hose down and watered before it froze outside.  What fun that was. Since so many of the plants don't need water for quite a while (agaves, cacti, etc.)  I've just been hauling buckets of water from the house.  The hose sure makes short work of it and I was intentionally sloppy with the water, washing leaves from the tables (which were present in this picture.) and soil from other areas.  How much more fragrant everything was in the humid air!    I'm having a great time discovering how this  greenhouse thing works.  Hopefully over Christmas break, I'll have some time to re arrange things.