Spring!
And now, due the miracle of a temporary warming spell, I present, Crocus! Now, I just have to remember that they’re pretty much the only thing that can survive out there for the moment…
Summer Dreaming
So it’s February. And it’s snowed. Again. And there isn’t enough tea in this world to keep my hands and insides warm. So, in honor of Project Spectrum, I took a leisurely stroll through last summer’s flower pictures and put together a Fire themed collage. Can Spring get here just a little quicker so I
Indoor Garden Notes
I got not one, but two amaryllis for Christmas (one from my Dad, one from my aunt). Interestingly, they’re clearly both from the same supplier (they’re in fact the same variety), but have wildly different box designs. Anyway, I was very excited to get these, as I’m getting to the point of missing my currently
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Weekend Notes
I raked 15 bags of leaves this weekend, 13 of which I had to wrangle on a rather blustery Saturday morning. Fortunately, my backyard is rather sheltered, so I only had to work around the worst of the gusts, but I definitely have some issues with Mother Nature deciding it would be fun to have
Garden and Craft Notes 2007
Well, it’s starting to happen. I could see my breath this morning when I was on my way out the door on the way to work. Which immediately put me in mind of the two plants I have in the backyard that I want to bring in for the winter. We definitely haven’t had any
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Midweek notes
Is there anything more beautiful then fresh tomatoes from the garden? Especially when they’re heirloom tomatoes, and therefore come in so many pretty colors? As you can see, the cherry tomatoes in my father’s garden have been going crazy. It’s nice to know that even though I don’t have the room/proper light for vegetables, I
Indoor Garden Notes 2007
I divided out one of the clivias today, and got three rather good-sized babies out of the deal. It’s funny, because I remember them fitting into smaller pots the last time I divided them, so I must have done it at an earlier growth stage. Since I had the benefit of some plant largess from
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Distraction of the Day and Garden Notes 2007
I enjoy one of the city maintained parks close to me, near USM. In the Spring, they put in tons of tulips which look absolutely lovely. Once those go by, they pull them out and replace most of the beds with annuals, but the central bed is planted every year with cannas. It’s fun to
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More Garden Notes 2007
Garden geek alert again. I visited my mother’s (and her garden) today, and she actually had a parasitized horn worm caterpillar. You know you’re a total geek when this is the most fascinating event of the evening.
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Singing in the Rain
I have just returned from heaven. We had a work outing today in Standish. As we were hanging out after gorging ourselves, one of my coworkers mentioned that we’d passed a great small nursery she’d been to last year that has a really good perennial sale in late summer, and she noticed the sale was
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