{"id":71756,"date":"2016-03-25T18:47:46","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T22:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=71756"},"modified":"2018-11-05T13:12:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T17:12:05","slug":"in-a-hothouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=71756","title":{"rendered":"in a hothouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/longisland2013\/P1014472-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1014472-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><big>&#8230;or a greenhouse, hoop house.  Located on Long Island, NY, visited in June 2013.  What I remember most was the all-engulfing <em>moistness<\/em> of the environment.  Evapotranspiration so intense as to make one giddy.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/longisland2013\/P1014475-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1014475-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Which is undoubtedly why I lingered for a very long time, to take photos of familiar plants grown so beautifully as summer bedding in that heated greenhouse on Long Island.  Moving slowly between the growing benches, I drifted into reveries of shopping for the summer home in Montauk, to fill the conservatory with lush hanging baskets.  Another life, another garden (another bank account).  Would I leave my sunny, arid home for a Gatsbyesque estate with plentiful summer rainfall?  These are the questions that arise when visiting a Long Island hothouse on a lovely day in June.  (It&#8217;s good to be home.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/longisland2013\/P1014455-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1014455-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/longisland2013\/P1014453-001_1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1014453-001_1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/longisland2013\/P1014420-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1014420-001.jpg\"\/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Except for the begonias, it wasn&#8217;t a botanically palpitating experience.  To me begonias are still the boss for summer containers, light on water, arresting in leaf.  I need to find a Begonia luxurians again pronto.  (No need for winter protection here in zone 10.  I stack my potted begonias under dry eaves for the winter.)  But it was impressive enough just checking out the growing operations and the boisterous health of well-cared for plants coming out of a winter&#8217;s sleep.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/longisland2013\/P1014526-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1014526-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/longisland2013\/P1014514-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1014514-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/longisland2013\/P1014510-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1014510-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/longisland2013\/P1014496-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1014496-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/longisland2013\/P1014452-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1014452-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/longisland2013\/P1014468-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1014468-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/longisland2013\/P1014502-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1014502-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/longisland2013\/P1014490-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1014490-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/longisland2013\/P1014480-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1014480-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/longisland2013\/P1014503-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1014503-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a great weekend.  Maybe visit a local greenhouse?<br \/>\n<\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;or a greenhouse, hoop house. Located on Long Island, NY, visited in June 2013. What I remember most was the all-engulfing moistness of the environment. Evapotranspiration so intense as to make one giddy. 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