...the flowers has riz, I wonder where the birdies is? (attribution: my mother who is extremely odd, but in a nice way).
The first thing I did this season was Spring cleaning in preparation for seed planting. This year, the third garden season, the greenhouse required a serious washing-down of the walls and surfaces. How to do it, what to use? The vendor (www.charleysgreenhouse.com) didn't have much to say about the best way to clean. The panels are plexi-glass, so I didn't want to chemically cloud them. I googled my way to cleanliness, and decided upon Joy in hot water, followed by a plastic cleaner/shiner. Cleaning the greenhouse walls and roof is a good example of something to which my rusty shoulder joints will object. I had the good fortune to meet a lovely young U Del student through Craig's list, who agreed to spend an afternoon cleaning the greenhouse for me. As it turned out, the temperature was 70 degrees that day, and I had a serious case of Spring fever. Consequently we worked side by side, and I now have a spotless greenhouse. We were finished by lunchtime and enjoyed a wonderful first-outdoor-meal-of-the-season with him discussing economics and finances, his majors. It was nice to have a youngster around, as mine are geographically undesireable (read=live far away). Note: (1) Joy in hot water, applied with a BIG sponge is an excellent cleaner; algae and dirt instantly vanished. The pipes, surfaces, and plexiglass look as good as new, (2) only a seriously OCD gardener would both clean the plexiglass and polish it. I planned to use Brillianize on a soft cloth (www.brillianize.com), but found that it was more trouble than it was worth --- it made no visual or protective difference (anyone need 2 gallons of Brillianize?).
No comments:
Post a Comment