For several days we've been working at clearing out our beds in the lathe house. The lathe house is a structure for growing out plants which protects them from herbivory and the worst of the sun/wind while exposing them to all the other aspects of the elements. Our beds were pretty wild and wooly but we've managed to get them under some semblance of control and will continue to. Addtionally I learned a new plant in the lathe house; Roscoea auriculata. This beautifully flowering member of the Ginger family is native to the Himalayas but unlike most members of this family is cold hardy to Zone 7b due to its mountainous origins.