Arnold mentioned that the heat in his cool greenhouse has not yet been turned on. I have a propane heater. It was the most reasonable choice when my greenhouse was built in the last century *. . .* 1999 but still *. . .* There is a 1,000 gallon in ground tank as propane provides fuel for heating the house, hot water, kitchen range. Pilot for greenhouse heater is turned off in the summer. Which means that it needs to be re-lit in autumn. Kneel on the gravel of the greenhouse floor, and prepare to light. Couldn't do it. Himself couldn't do it. Called propane company. Two very nice service techs came out. They couldn't light it either. After two decades in nice humid greenhouse the igniter is rusted to point where it cannot work. They didn't have a unit in either truck, didn't have one in the shop. Ordered the unit. Fortunately it will come from Bensalem PA and not a cargo vessel off the coast of California. May arrive tomorrow, in which case they will come and install it right away. Meanwhile, just to frost this cake - I was in the greenhouse tidying up one of the sand plunge areas on the long bench when I hear a rumbling noise. The wire shelf on the back wall collapsed, sending 17 long tree pots of Rhodophiala flying through the air and crashing to the ground, spilling dirt. Fortunately I was out of their landing pattern space. The plastic clips on the back wall / holding shelf must have degraded over time, several cracked, and the metal shelf supports gave way from the stress. Rhodophiala all tidied up. I need to clean and repaint the back wall (it's plywood), trundle off to Lowe's and buy some metal shelf brackets, those heavy L shaped ones. Himself will install them, Shelf will go back up. I think it will now hold oxalis and lachenalia and similar smaller pots. Rhodophiala, which must be grouped in a crate because they otherwise fall over, will be found a different site in the greenhouse. Sifting soil out of coarse gravel of greenhouse floor was not how I intended to spend my weekend. Judy in New Jersey where the leaves are falling, even while Musa, Canna, etc are starting to yellow but have not been kissed by frost. Yet. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>