Warning - this can happen to you!

[Ray]

Subtitle: "Damn! That's a lot of work."

So, you think you want a greenhouse, huh? Read carefully:

OK, so a couple of weeks ago I got out the ladder and scrubbed the outside of my greenhouse to get rid of all of the crud the trees and birds have deposited. It made such an improvement, that I went off the deep end:

Last weekend I emptied the greenhouse - all the plants went outside, then I dismantled the old benches - a 15 year old tiered bench built from pressure-treated stair stringers and 2 x 4's, and one made of galvanized metal.

Then I pressure washed the entire structure, raked the gravel floor level, and followed that by a complete dousing with Physan, plus a floor saturation with a herbicide.

(As an aside - it's truly amazing how clear the polycarbonate panels stay after 10 years.)

Evenings this week I built entirely new benches, using Dura-Bench panels, on pressure-treated 2 x 4 frames, using 5/4 x 6 decking planks to form walls to keep pots from falling off the edges.

Now I get to move plants back in, cleaning, trimming, and repotting as needed.

Oh yeah, I have orders to process, too...