Post #777792 by mike and marie on Thu, Jul 13, 2017 1:59 PM

On 2017-07-12 08:01, jimsflies wrote:
I leave my bananas in pots and bring them in for the winter.

Gonna have to try this sometime. Have not grown banana plants yet. This year we added Florida tillandsias but they're all in the house. Also growing a pineapple in a pot on the lanai.

I haven't covered the furniture...always torn between protecting from the weather or creating habitat for mice. I do bring in the cushions and store those for the winter.

We worried about this before too, but it hasn't been a problem at all. The Covermates do the job well. No mice. We do have a few well behaved local cats and maybe they help keep the mice and chipmunk population down, which is a very good thing.

I take down the sail shades. I left one up one year as an experiment and the s-hook on one side bent straight from the snow load. The sail shade didn't get damaged. Its best to take those down to avoid problems.

Where are your sail shades? We need more 'above' type stuff in our back and we've thought of rigging sail shades from the side of the house to some posts. Would like to see your setup. Do you have a thread on your home bar in this forum? Love the snowtime pic.