Winter Will Also Be Beautiful
There’s something so heartening about the first paperwhite opening. Winter is coming, and it will be cold, but it will also be beautiful.
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There’s something so heartening about the first paperwhite opening. Winter is coming, and it will be cold, but it will also be beautiful.
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Temperatures are dropping to 29F tonight, so all the tropical plants had to come in, so there’s been lots of moving plants and repotting plants and trimming off dead bits and spilling dirt everywhere and seriously debating where plants will get the most light. But after that, the cleaners came. Did I cleverly schedule the
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Little ornamental peppers that I meant to plant in planters and never got around to, so I figured they could be indoor plants instead. Benefit of a zinc island, doubles pretty well as a potting bench. (Downside — not heat-proof, be aware.)
Little crocodile fern from a friend, little stone mouse. Stone mice are welcome in my house. Not so much the live ones.
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I didn’t know spider plants had such adorable little flowers. (This is a spider plant, right?)
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It’s getting a little chilly at night; we’ll be bringing the tropicals in this week. There’s always a last flurry of blooms at the end of the summer, after they’ve soaked up all the August & September heat.
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Several more items got dropped off overnight for the perennial, etc. exchange — for more details, locals, check the Oak Park Area Garden Club group events. (I scored a Japanese sky pencil, which I suspect I’d never have bought on my own, but is fun to get as a freebie and try!)
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Locals, I’m hosting a perennial & garden tool exchange the weekend of the 23rd / 24th on my porch. Details in the Oak Park Area Garden Club group, under events. I’m not sure you can see the event unless you actually join the group. ***** Here’s how it works: Friday anytime or Saturday morning, drop
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(We had a Serendib staff meeting today, and my spooky lady spooked one of my staffers… )
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