Garden Journal

My little succulent cutting made a root! Woot! I was sort of hoping for more than one, but the other two cuttings I took haven’t rooted at all yet, and this one looks nice and strong? I’m totally new to this process, so not sure if I made a mistake here, but I went ahead […]

I really ought to start some seeds, but haven’t made it down to the basement yet. It’s a little bit of a sequence, because we have a sink down there which would make it much easier to do seed starting, but it’s leaking, so I should get a plumber out, so then there’s calling and

Garden log 2/2/21. Next step in seed starting — figuring out when I’m supposed to start various seeds, putting them in piles, labelling them. Definitely easier with some seed companies than others — Botanical Interests nicely puts that info on the back, along with recommendations on whether it’s better to start those seeds indoors or

I’m trying to figure out which of my plants will easily propagate from cuttings; with grow lights in the basement, I’d love to set up a propagation station down there, to make more plants for myself, or others. I’m guessing all of these will relatively easily propagate from cuttings, but I’m not positive. Advice welcome!

I’m trying to be a BIT more frugal with my plant-buying right now, as pandemic frustration has led to a bit of an explosion in discretionary spending in our household; we need to be a little more careful. So when I found myself on Etsy recently perusing all the fabulous succulents you can buy, visions

A 10 minute video, where we look at some seed packets from Botanical Interests, and talk about the kinds of helpful information you find there.

Thanks to Maria Teresa McKee posting, I realized I didn’t have to wait another month to start seeds; I had some micro greens and micro tom tomatoes that I could start now. Exciting. I think I started these 4 days ago, and when I went down yesterday, I was delighted to see so much fresh

I spent a while on White Flower Farm’s hellebore page, deciding which hellebore I wanted to add to my collection (photo at left from last spring). Hellebores are expensive — generally about $25-$30 each, which is pretty high, even for a perennial. I’m assuming that’s mostly because it takes some time before they’re large enough

The last of my amaryllises is opening. This is Candy Floss; I like it a lot.

Amaryllis Apple Blossom, framed by climbing jasmine, a Makrut lime tree, a gardenia, etc. I feel like, with a little clean-up, this could be the cover to a very sweet fantasy romance novel. 🙂