Operation: Overwinter (As coldfolk)

HorseloverFat

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Learning much in my past two winters spent containerized tree/shrub gardening in, not only Zone 5a, but in the wildly chaotic transition months of Wisconsin seasonal change; I’ve decided to document THIS year’s HOPEFULLY “most successful yet” overwintering techniques and apparatuses I shall employ this time.

Please feel free to share yours, ESPECIALLY if you are cold like me.. or colder! Brrrrr!!
 

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Nice project, I'm planning on building a shelter of sorts for my balcony trees.
Also, the former utility employee inside of me is urging me to mention you shouldn't block the meters 😂:

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I know, not my beeswax. 🤣
Haha! I hadn’t even considered that!
 

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Nice project, I'm planning on building a shelter of sorts for my balcony trees.
Also, the former utility employee inside of me is urging me to mention you shouldn't block the meters 😂:

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I know, not my beeswax. 🤣
Upon re-examination.. i think we are “ok”, here. 🤓AA84F7DD-CC76-42F5-B3C5-2AB06299891A.jpeg
the utility worker can burrow my binoculars. 🤣🤣
 

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Located here in Chicago and placed all my trees on the ground today.

Planning to set up the cold protection areas this week and prepare for the deep cold
 

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The BROAD details remind me of the platforms for the earliest, mass-marketed 3d console video games... like spyro-esque..

The details are so wonderfully grim, and intriguing.. like MC Escher got into a barfight with Wes Craven..

Jim Henson was there... he didn’t step in, though... but he was there.

;)
 

moke

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I LOVE that concept!

Is it yours?

Are you familiar with David Firth?

Or Ed Templeton?
LOL, No I actually was going to photoshop something peeking out of your pit and stumbled upon this pic at random, I had to post it because of the similarities and the door to the pit.
I will now look up David Firth?
 

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I am documenting the differential temperature between Actual:MicroC:Coldframe from sundown until I fall asleep.
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I’d live there.
what an interesting space!
Nice.
Haha! Thank you!!

It’s all done with old, recycled material.. with “non-permanence” in mind.. mostly built through tension, leverage, and gravity,,

The procedures learned from My time constructing mud huts/shelters in the wilderness ends up being constantly applicable.

🤣🤣
 

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They need you on the living in the wild tv shows. You’d be a hit on the show Life Below Zero.
It’s quite an interesting structure you’ve built.
 
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