Orchids: I Needed to Do Something to Save them, 1 by MollyMc

MollyMc wrote:
At the old house it took me 2 years to find the right place in the yard to grow my orchids. Then I had to move to a rental house. No matter where I put them, they were getting sunburned. They were getting pretty poor looking, leaves going yellow and brown.

Right after Christmas my DS was visiting so I put him to work. We bought some brackets made to hold good sized dowels, mounted them on the north side of this tool shed and put the dowels across them. Then hung the orchids that had hangers on the dowels. There are a few down on the ground between the New Guinea Impatiens and Begonias. This was the only place I could think of that would be guaranteed not to burn out in the summer sun.

BTW, the Mango tree in the yard hit this shed when hurricane Frances blew through last September. There's a small veggie garden on the other side of the shed so I had to block the area to keep the dogs out. (Looks kinda hokey I know, but the orchids are happy now.