Hanging Clip Uses
Have you ever seen a greenhouse that didn’t have plants hanging from the roof or from the slants up to the peak? When I first erected my greenhouse I didn’t feel the need to hang plants. I was interested in starting flowers and vegetables. Now that I have been working on filling my pots and my shelves are a little fuller I thought I would start on a larger project; hanging flower baskets.

Posted Thursday, April 13, 2006

I wanted to learn how to arrange some of these flowers together, and which flowers would survive best together in a hanging pot so that I could use them on my porch in the summer time.

Since it is December, I decided to check out the local home and garden stores to see if I could find any last minute sales, which I did! I was able to by five ten-inch hanging baskets for just fifty cents each. I was excited I didn’t have to wait and order from the catalog. Actually, I still ordered some hanging clips from my online dealer. In the aluminum construction of my greenhouse, there are grooves for hanging clips. I thought “how convenient!”

The interior of my greenhouse is otherwise smooth and I don’t think I would be able to hang plants in my greenhouse without these great little clips. I set my clips, planted a few seeds and bulbs in my new baskets and then I hung my baskets along the roofline of my greenhouse. It is starting to feel like spring in my greenhouse even though it is mid December!

I was also working on trying to put up some plastic bubble wrap on the north side interior of my greenhouse. This is where my most heavy wind hits and I wanted to stop any potential air leaks by adding an extra layer of insulation. Another hobby gardener told me that bubble wrap on the interior of the greenhouse works great. If you have the least bit of static in your greenhouse or a little bit of moisture on the walls you might be able to get the plastic bubble wrap to stick to the polycarbonate walls without the use of any attachments. I choose to use my hanging clips to attach the top of the bubble wrap to the top of the wall anyway. Worked great and I don’t have to worry about the bubble wrap falling down on my heater or onto my taller plants.