Can't resist - I love to show off my greenhouse!
The tropical house (350 sf) was built in 2009, the addition began in 2010 and was completed (350 sf) in 2018 (we simply ran out of room to add more space!).
I have over 133 full-sized specimens representing 72 species, of which 54 are edible! Many of them bloom and fruit regularly. 63 species were grown from seed, mostly collected by me on our travels.
Everything is in pots. The greenhouse is located under a HUGE maple tree for summer shade, and I can't even dig down two inches. That said, many plants escape their pots and go to ground anyway...
My weather station base in the house this morning. Brrr!
The only request from my incredibly patient husband when I built the greenhouse addition - a pub! The orangerie furnace is on the wall.
We named it "The Laughing Impala Pub" based on a picture I took in Africa a few years ago.
The "nursery" and "veggie town" in the orangerie, where I start new trees and grow veggies for the winter.
The orangerie addition, although it is technically kept at tropical temps.
My orchids in their winter location (on the right). On the left are my marula trees.
Messy potting table.
The tropical house. The main heater is behind me on the West wall. One of my grasskeets on the feeder. They just live loose out there. I can't get many good pics of the tropical house because it is so crowded.
Electrical control area. Everything runs on 3 heavy duty extension cords. I use about 28 amps, although i have close to 40 amps available.
Water filter and descaler. The descaler has worked great at keeping mister heads clean in the summer.
One of my two homemade foggers. Boise is DRY! You can see the screen door into the tropical house. It allegedly keeps the birds inside the tropical house, but they follow me into the orangerie all the time. None have flown out the front door, thankfully!
The exterior looks way better in the summer when the wisteria is all green. My husband built the really cool porch and pergola, and his wood fired pizza oven is on the right (I think it looks like a Greek version of The Alamo...). You are all invited over for pizza!