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We had a cheap Temu catio that our two cats really enjoyed. It was destroyed last July in a windstorm so we took the opportunity to upgrade significantly. My older cat didn't love the new one but did OK while my younger would flat refuse to be brought in! But beginning a few weeks ago the older despises being in it and the younger has started following her example. It should be noted that weather is changing, and what were morning temps in the high 80s and low 90s are now 30 degrees cooler, but still pleasant. I've attached some pics of the new catio and would love to hear suggestions on how I might make the cats more comfortable out there. Alternatively, if weather change really is that big a deal I can move it off my patio for now and get space back until it warms back up next year.

Edit: many have suggested connecting it so the cats can come and go as they please. As much as I would love to do this there is just no way without breaching an exterior wall. We haven't entirely ruled this out (we're cat owners after all 🙃) but it's a Spring project at this point. Also, I can't find any pics of the previous catio but it was positioned in the same place as this one and was if anything more exposed and with less-comfortable resting areas. It did not have come and go access. The biggest difference between then and now are temperatures.

I have a pole frame pool with the standard 1 1/4" through fitting for pump hoses. I bought a pump to upgrade, which came with 1 1/2" hoses and threaded connections. I was able to find adapters to connect the 1 1/4" hoses to the pump but I would like to replace the fitting in the pool walls to connect the larger hoses. Is such a thing put there? I can't find anything on Amazon. The larger hose and fittings seem to be somewhat standard.

Has anyone found this rum in the US? It was the goto for rum drinks at every place we went and I bought a couple bottles to bring back but the last is almost gone. I travel a lot for work so hoping for some availability here in the US.

I had to prune a couple of my African Milk Trees (Euphorbia trigona) and have a bunch of cuttings, calloused and ready to propagate. Anyone who wants to swing by and pick up please DM me. I certainly don't need them all and don't want to throw them away. If this post is up I still have some.

This is at a nearby restaurant, in Tulsa, OK. Having struggled for the past several years to move my much smaller potted Euphorbias into winter greenhouse storage I really have a hard time imagining this container being transported, particularly for the taller single-trunk specimen. But I also can't imagine these surviving the winter here. None of the staff I have talked to have any idea whether it was out there all winter. Is it at all possible that this is cold hardy?

And yes, I noticed where the zip ties securing it have squeezed the growth of the trunk.

Finished our first permanent greenhouse today from a kit by Sylveria. I'm very pleased by the structural stiffness of it and waiting for rain to see how tight it is. We did use silicone on all the panels. Overall I am very pleased with the evident quality and sturdiness of the finished product and the accuracy of the parts. Assembly was not difficult, needed only a Phillips screwdriver and 10mm wrench or socket as the included tools were sub-optimal other than the included torx driver. Took my wife and I about 9 hours of easy effort across 4 days to build.

We have used a series of pop-up tent type greenhouses for the past several years once our collection outgrew coming inside for the winter. This will house a variety of cacti and succulents during winter months and serve as storage for pool items during summer. It's large enough to hold all our plants with room for a couple chairs in winter. It might make a great sauna during the Oklahoma summers!

At this point my main concern is with heat in winter. I have no real idea how much heater wattage it will require (Zone 6b, NE Oklahoma). Previous vinyl tent greenhouses have required 3 small space heaters running at 750W each but the panels on this strike me as better insulation than the thin vinyl before. I see several similar greenhouses in this sub so anyone with experience here, I would appreciate advice.