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hey beefy, sorry i've been remiss in checking in over here. i've been back to work since recovering from our cycle accident. the doctor wouldn't let me go back to my bench, so the boss man put me back to work writing code for the cnc routers that cut and bore all the cabinet parts. needless to...

beefy, if you could post a pic of the dendro in question, i think that i could be a bit more help. pat mentioned deciduous and non- deciduous dendro's. japanese "yamamoto" dendros are non-deciduous, they tend to throw spikes directly from the internodes of the pseudobulbs in tight clusters. the...

gardener7, there's a thread a little further down called "do ya wanna build a greenhouse" a lot of diferent gh and cf options have been discussed there it could at least give you some food for thought. i agree with pat, except i build gh's so just send me the cheque and i'll run right over and...

i understand nightshade, that's why we all nibble at the edges of killing the corperate beaste with-out taking a good bite. cheers, doc i hope that didn't sound condescending it wasn't meant to...... doc

hey nightshade, i've always been fascinated with geo thermal but haven't had time to do much research into it. one of the things that i always wanted to try in that gutter connected monster was wrapping the wood stove in flex copper tubing, and pumping hot water from the stove under the benches...

rosalind, i personally don't know of any orchids that are wind polinated, that why alergists reccomend them to their patients. you can self polinate, it happens frequently in the wild. the pollen nodules are found under a little cap near the opening of the flower and the ova is usually deep in...

rosalind, vanilla orchids have a slightly different growth habit than most standard potted orchids. vanilla is a viney epiphite it needs a lot of room to sprawl. back when dawn and i part-timed at the huge orchid greenhouses, the owner allowed enormous rubber trees to root permanently in the...

hi nightshade, it sounds like wood framing would be you'r best bet. is the polycarb you'r looking at at lowes the rippled stuff? if so it probably won't retain enough heat in you'r zone. the polycarb that i'm referring to is called thinwall polycarb. it's 2 layers of polycarb seperated by ribs...

rock on brother, the plants will consume the waste of the livestock. i'm curious to see how long it takes the plants to catch up with the critters. killer deal on the aggregate btw! cheers doc

looks like a cool ride quad. i was wondering... how you are gonna deal with algae with all that natural sunshine? ebb and flow with an expanded clay aggritate medium? cheers, doc

way cool quad!!! i can't wait to heal and get the scoot fixed so dawn and i can visit your neck of the woods. we really enjoyed you'r link to the technofarming forum. cheers, doc

will it be any wonder when one day they throw up their fins and say, "so long and thanks for all the fish"?..... doc

beefy, it is quite common to find orchids grown in lava rock (large pore pumace) especially when they are imported from hawaii. we actually get our lava rock from lowes it's sold for landscaping (and gas grills) in 50 lb sacks. we use it mainly for dendro's and vandas as they prefer a really...

oopsie i forgot to ask little mother to hunt up some pics for me :P rosalind, i love that style of architecture! the place i mentioned earlier tek supply has some real nice redwood timber frame gh kits that use polycarb pannels. you could look at those and adjust your plans to include a more...

hi kinnip, you deffinatly don't need a slab for a cattle pannel cold frame. when dawn and i first got our scooter we used 2 cattle pannels to make a shed for it. i'll get her to hunt up the pics she took of the process. we used tarps,but it won't be much different to cover it with gh film...

beefy, that thing has eppicat all over it! the tubular lip is a dead giveaway although there could be a little layleyia in the wood pile. don't be too concerened about the dendro a lot of them are descidious, they will drop leaves in the winter. dendros are a little frustrating because of this...

hey boys and girls, i feel like i've spent half my life biulding gh's for other people. everything from cattle pannel tunnel coldframes to full blown pollycorbinate conservatorys. little mother and i had a gnarely motorcycle accident a month or so ago, and i've got a bit of time on my hands. i...

hi all, compact flourescents used in the aquarium trade (longer 55 or 65 watt tubes) are awsome. they use an electronic balast so the are cooler than standard flourescents and they only sip on the lectric bill. they also put out 3x the light of a standard. hey silkie.... i'll give ya a bill for...

we swear by www.teksupply.com they have it all, right down to the nuts , bolts, and hose clamps. excelent prices and one stop shopping, check out their prices on complete gh setups. btw i'm thinking that 101 deg is about 25 deg higher than most seedlings need for germination. but hey if we're...

beefy, most orchids with 2 parents of different genera usually marry up the names of each genera like cattleya + epidendrum = an epicattleya or miltonia + brassia = miltassia. breeders have pushed the limits of orchid breeding and now there are orchids with 3 and 4 parents ( through several...