Locals, stop by today! I bought these native seeds last year from Prairie Moon, intending to sow them outdoors in the fall; didn’t get around to it, so I was thinking I’d try the cold stratification method. I’m happy to split the seed packets if anyone stopping by today wants to take some to try! […]
Sripati says, “Helping?” Not exactly, kitty. 🙂 It’s okay, you’re cute. (Setting up for Garden Club meet-up today.)
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Garden log: We still have a few cold days coming at the end of February, but it’s warming up enough, esp. when it’s sunny, that it’s very hard for me to resist starting to putter in the garden. There’s a little patch by my front door that I ended up raking clear yesterday, uncovering a
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One of the lantanas I overwintered (which was really almost dead for a bit this fall, due to neglect) has come back strong, and even started blooming in its sunny window. Apparently all my plants think spring is coming. Yes, please.
Noticed this morning that the Makrut lime tree I bought for Kevin this Christmas (okay, for both of us (okay, maybe mostly for me)) has started blooming. Little limes coming, yay! This is my second time trying a lime tree; the first time, I bought the smallest one they had, didn’t manage to water it
It’s getting cold again tomorrow (I am so tired of cold, this point of winter in Chicago is hard, when all you want is for the line to start solidly trending upward), but look. Flowers coming. We just need to hang in there a little longer. (Hellebores, first blooming perennial.)
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The amaryllises that I started later than usual are finally starting to bloom. I’m okay with this timing — just in time for Valentine’s Day, and since they usually bloom for 4-6 weeks, it’ll hopefully be long enough carry me through to spring.
I have this weird love-hate relationship with magazines. I’ve bought a lot of them in my time — I went through a big Martha Stewart Living phase, for example. Cook’s Illustrated is a perennial favorite. All the shelter magazines were in heavy rotation when we were renovating our house, and these days, I’m reading (well,
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Sripati in snow. You know my cats are Puerto Rican immigrants, yes? This reminds me of my story, “Minal in Winter,” about a young woman who comes from Sri Lanka to attend college at the University of Chicago. Sripati seems happier in the snow than she was, though. 🙂 A little winter reading for you! http://www.mamohanraj.com/mainstream-lit/minal-in-the-winter/
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Thanks to Jed for the lovely flowers. 🙂 Pictured: • white hellebore (which can be planted out in the garden in the spring, and may return there as an early perennial if you’re lucky) • lavender mini rose (finicky, but maybe this time I’ll be able to keep it alive for a while) • dark pink cyclamen (note:
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