Whew! At least one of my amaryllises seems to have survived months of not watering, now that I’ve stuck it under the grow lights and given it water. I’ve moved it up to a sunny window; fingers crossed for the rest of them!
Garden Log 1/20/22 Read More »
Attempting coleus propagation! So, I was at the garden store recently (as one is), and they had this giant coleus in a pot for $25, and I had a hanging basket at home that had just failed with its asparagus fern (too big a root ball for the basket), so I needed to replace it
Garden Log 1/19/22 Read More »
Pleasant if slightly embarrassing morning going through my one-year-old seeds that I never got around to planting, taking photos and posting to local garden club group for giveaway. They’ll have a lower germination rate since they’re elderly, but still worth a shot, I think, so I’m happy to have some gardeners try. Some of the
Garden Log 1/17/22 Read More »
Let me preface this by saying I don’t really know what I’m doing here. Also that I clearly made a bunch of mistakes already. But in case it’s helpful, I’m going to walk through this: Amaryllises. So, if you plant them in gravel in glass vases, you can see the pretty white roots winding through,
Garden log 1/15/22 — Overwintering Amaryllis Bulbs Read More »
I have placed one of my seed catalog orders. 2 hours of happy perusing of seeds, with a British murder mystery playing in the background — is there a better way to spend a Friday night in January? I have bought FAR more seeds than I can possibly plant in my garden, but that’s the
Garden Log 1/14/22 Read More »
We came home from 10 days away, and I admit, I was holding my breath a little to see if my plants had survived. We’d hired a neighbor boy to water them, but he’s not a gardener, and I didn’t want to overwhelm him with detailed instructions, so I mostly just told him the minimum
Garden Log 12/30/21 Read More »
Someone was asking in the local group about bringing in tropicals for the winter, what we do to take care of them. So a few quick notes on what I do for houseplants around this time of year: – check for bugs, etc. on any plants you’re bringing in — isolate and treat any that
The basement re-org is proceeding apace, and I now have an IKEA shelving unit helping to create some more storage space in the garden area. I’m not quite done with the cleanout, but almost, which means I can think about what I’m actually going to grow again. I had a tough May — I was
Garden Log 8/29/21 Read More »
Morngingstar sedge makes a great cut plant in a vase. Bonus — it’s native! Also, now I have little morningstar weapons in my kitchen, which has to be good luck. It’s my favorite grass — there’s a reason why I made a fabric pattern featuring it. Fabric: https://www.spoonflower.com/…/495940-morningstar-sedge…
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Annual salvia. Will I remember to take cuttings for next year? We’ll see. (If someone knows exactly when I should do that, let me know? I’ve never done it before.
