The construction of our new barn is going well and I’m particularly excited about the completion of our green roof porch. The multi-colors of the Sedum’s foliage will make the roof appear as Joseph’s Coat, the coat of many colors.
This green roof will reduce water runoff as it will absorb the water and release it slowly.
The other practical aspects of this type of roof is that it evens out temperature extremes on the roof liner which extends the life of the liner.
With the green mass, the inside of a building will remain much cooler due to the evaporation of water from the plants and the absence of a baking hot surface as is the usual case.
We’re in full sway of putting away our backstock of plants and will be putting away the stock for sale next week so that we may start covering our storage houses with white overwintering plastic in early November.
We’ve bought and grown a lot of stock for next spring’s opening and have to be very careful to ventilate the houses and to even water them in the depths of winter.
Rodents can be a problem even though we catch many in mouse traps.
I prefer the storage of plants even with all its headaches as I am able to hand pick the best stock in the fall for later spring sales.
Enjoy the fall as soon Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here!
Tom
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