Wooooo got a mention. Thanks man 🌵🌵🌵

@greatnorthernexotic

2 ай бұрын

Yes! It has to be up there with being on Gardeners' World, surely. 😄

I've just come in from taking all my cover off. Roll on hot summer days 👍

@greatnorthernexotic

2 ай бұрын

I've just put the tarp back up here as we have a couple of nights down to 0⁰C 😂🤦‍♂️

Feels good don’t it let in em out 🤣 much better veiw bring on the sunny days🌵

@greatnorthernexotic

2 ай бұрын

Yeah it's a relief to get it down after half a year - and there's only half a year until I have to rebuild it 😂

Wow, cover did a great job! Thanks for the tips, I’m going to have a think about doing something like this in my garden!

@greatnorthernexotic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks, looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Great video and update mate. You did really well with the arid shelter particularly considering the cheap cost. Many success stories here. Firstly the washy. Keeping one of these alive planted out at your and my latitudes even for one winter is an achievement. All 3 I've planted out at my place have died admittedly smaller than yours, but the potted ones have survived. The opuntia look class. I have a green one (god knows the variety) that's been out 5 years with no issues. Even the more tender opuntia rufida survived last 2 winters outdoors under cover. I think they're tough old things. Agave americana I find similarly hardy as you, all varieties very similar experience with ie standard/variagata and mediopicta usually survive undercover well with only damage on exposed sites. Your yuccas look great. As you say they'd be fine without a shelter as they are up here. Great job first winter with the arid bed 👏👏

Good video. Great tips, will be looking at doin something similar in years to come

@greatnorthernexotic

2 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, will keep an eye out for your future arid planting 😄👍

Looking good 🙂 I covered my outside bed this winter (don't usually) because of the rain, didn't bloomin stop this year did it 🙄 My humifusa is doing fine, it's had 4 inches of snow over it in previous years. Got a few smaller Opuntias out with it and this year I put an Oreocereus celcianus out that did fine 🙂🙂🌵🌵

@greatnorthernexotic

2 ай бұрын

Yeah it feels like it's been raining for 6 months straight! I might try a couple of oreocereus in the ground too. 😄

Great job. Half thinking of putting in an arid bed. Is it all gravel? I imagine growth is slow?

@greatnorthernexotic

Ай бұрын

It's 30cm of gravel and building rubble on top of the topsoil. Growth is pretty fast so far! The plants put their roots down into the topsoil for nutrients.