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I'm in west michigan and what has worked for me so far has been throwing a few bags of mulch around the base of my enclosures. Up until last winter I...

This is what my other tree looked like last year. The trees that did this didn't put anything out this year. This may sound dumb, but I'm assuming t...

Could try my stacked 55 gallon drum idea that I'll be using on mine next year.

Next year I am looking at a 200watt heat lamp in a socket on a spike to stick in the ground and face upward in my barrel housings I'll be building. I...

No one thought of using a heat lamp in a socket on a stake in the ground pointing up?

Barb, I got sick of unwrapping the lights that i had draped all around the tree and figured this was much easier. I think next year I will be looking...

Here's an update on things. I uncovered 3 of my 5 tonight. Let's just say the drums were 10x easier to remove and drag behind my shed for storage th...

Where are you located? Care to show pics of your winterizing method step by step on what you do? I'm in Oklahoma. I don't think I have a step by step...

doesn't seem like a good idea to me. These barrels take up a lot of room, my intent will be to throw them out behind my shed during the summer time fo...

How bout if you used the barrels, split down the middle, but glued fiberglass house insulation inside them? Like R13 or R19 fiberglass and 3M spray ad...

I will be taking down my barrel enclosure I used on a 6-7 foot windmill this past winter. It was not insulated so I will be curious to see how health...

Not that anyone wants to take my advice, but I never open my boxes thru the winter. Being michigan we can get times of thawing for weeks at a time an...

Man! and I thought I went overboard on mine.... everything is so tidy you make my slapped together wood boxes look rickety....I got so lazy this year ...

Doug, I'm guessing that the slab wood of the doors is a better insulator against cold than 1/4 inch thick plastic.Barb I don't disagree, but as my tr...