Even though this winter hasn't been particularly brutal, I upgraded my garage overwintering setup. For you cold climate growers (and the amusement of warm climate growers), I thought I would share how I have uglified my garage for the sake of my trees. I strung Christmas lights around my stacked trees and plugged them into a thermocube. Then the trees are lightly covered with tarps to trap a bit of the heat from the lights. The biggest threat to my trees is that we use our garage a lot. It's a workout/play space, and we take the kids in and out of the house via the garage. The garage door can be open for extended periods of time, blasting cold winds through the garage. My solution this year was to hang plastic sheets across the garage door opening. I used wiggle wire to hang two sheets of construction plastic so that the garage door opening is covered, but there's still a split down the middle to easily get in and out of the garage. I still need to upgrade this by making scissor doors or something, but that may have to wait until next year's iteration.
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Garage winterization version 2.016
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Johnny I have the same situation as you, we are constantly in & out of our garage.. In fact every time I hear it open I have a panic attack and chase whoever opened it down and remind them that I know where they sleep at night if they dont shut that door quickly.. Lol! J/k!! Well.. Kinda 😉.. I think you are very resourceful in your tactics to keep those garage temps where they need to be.. Very good idea!My Plant Inventory: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...HZcBjcsxMwQ7iY
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I wonder if you all could have a thermometer in the garage with an alarm that goes off in the house if the temp falls below a certain level. Otherwise the garage door could be left open by mistake some cold evening and you could have a lot of damage. My detached garage is only used by me so that solves that problem.Steve
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Originally posted by Rewton View PostI wonder if you all could have a thermometer in the garage with an alarm that goes off in the house if the temp falls below a certain level. Otherwise the garage door could be left open by mistake some cold evening and you could have a lot of damage. My detached garage is only used by me so that solves that problem.
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A big variable in this is whether you park your car in the garage or not. A bunch of hot car parts really do a lot to warm a garage and the concrete slab in the garage.Calvin, Wish list is to finish working on the new house, someday.
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Originally posted by cis4elk View PostYour wife must be very patient.Johnny
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Originally posted by Rewton View PostI wonder if you all could have a thermometer in the garage with an alarm that goes off in the house if the temp falls below a certain level. .I absolutely love it.
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Originally posted by jkuo View PostThe multi-pronged rationalizations have so far appeased my better half.
Your setup looks good. I wonder if there were a few slits down the plastic, or two layers of plastic with slits at alternating locations, if you could drive a car in and out without tearing it up
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I contemplated multiple slits. I decided that the extra complexity probably wasn't worth the effort since we don't park the car in the garage unless the forecast calls for extreme bitter cold or a blizzard. Right now if we need to pull the car in, I undo the wiggle wire on the sides and roll up the plastic. The first improvement I need is an easy way to part and close the opening in the plastic. Right now my 4 y.o. likes to vigorously brush the plastic aside and dash out, leaving a gaping opening in the center of my plastic covering.
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