26 Aug
I bought a cute little “China Doll”
(Radermachera sinica)
plant today.
The leaves are shiny a delightful green and this
plant will annoy me to no end. I’ve probably
owned 10 so far.
They sell them as small houseplants. Story
has it that they will grow to 6 feet. (not under
my watch.).
They have a delightful
green and are wispy in [...]
24 Feb
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We’re enjoying all our new babies, little things are waking up (inside)
here are some happenings in the greenhouse.
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Marigolds just starting. They only took two days to start
coming up. I had them inside in a sunny window.
Now that they’ve formed their leaves, they’re under the
warming lamps in the greenhouse
Shasta Daisies
The stem you see hanging over the [...]
12 Feb
A couple of days ago I was cleaning out the spent blooms
on the Amaryllis plants, from Christmas. I had shoved them under a bench in the
greenhouse.
And low and behold a plant from last year finally decided to wake up.
This is another Apple Blossom variety. I was thrilled. Everything is so
dead around here, and look how [...]
26 Jan
I’m tired of winter. Pretty as it is, it’s enough. And it’s only
January. I found my old gardening journal. Long before
the home computer. I used to write ..with a PENCIL.
(can you imagine). It was fun looking back. These
pictures and entries were from 1994. This is a seedling
bench my husband built me for Christmas. It’s solid as
a [...]
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