You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: DREAM GREENHOUSE What's your style? Long term Solutions for Homesteaders, Permaculturists and Plant Lovers.
Does a lodge make more sense to you in light of that? I imagine trees, orange, lemon, peach, whatever wouldn't grow naturally where the lodge was located, in an area like the one you see looking over the balcony. Imagine the fragrance of the blossoms. Seems like they would need to be enclosed somehow with screen or something since you would want to allow pollinators access to them at times. Hard to describe the concept in my head in writing, can't gesture with my hands lol. And you don't let the trees get to big so you can have more in a smaller space. I read about that somewhere don't know what it's called but you shape them and keep them below 5-6 feet. Anyway...
yeah the name escapes me too right now. But it is like a way to prune them but not bonsai, or the varieties of fruit trees that stay small. My grandmother had a little tree in a pot that wasn't more then 3-4 feet and it still made a good few apples each year. I can also imagine what you are describing. I like the idea of keeping it separate too so that you allow for different temperatures and just use the greenhouse section as an optional heat source. Wouldn't want to live in a jungle ALL the time. Plus yeah, the pollination is an issue, unless you stick with self pollinators only. One flower in particular, called Queen of the Night would be amazing since it only makes flower in the evening and they drop off in the morning. Little things like that, I think, would be amazing if they were more common place. Your Lodge dream is totally doable. I say go for it when the circumstance permits.
Thanks for the encouragement!