Did the first indoor sowing six days ago. Irresponsibly early but the heart wants, etc. No pretty pictures yet because they’re mostly in plastic produce containers and Ziplock bags secured by binder clips and it’s not an elegant look. So here’s above is of the artichokes started a few weeks […]
*Disclosure: Theoretically, as an Amazon affiliate I may earn commision on Amazon links. This is unlikely! Favorite tool of the year: (Photo above). 5LB Kobalt Fiberglass pickaxe: my upper body strength is not impressive, but the weight and slicing ability of this thing makes digging through impacted soil […]
Just kidding, they are arbitrarily doing whatever, just like always, except this time it’s *blooming*. My five phalaenopsis orchids have limped along for years, not doing much of anything, certainly not blooming, and the two that I rescued from Lowe’s out of pity have never shown much gratitude, (not that […]
Other than the stars, the planets have the longest damn memory. Ours included. I wanted to have a larger view of the history of the land where I garden, which seems so impossibly old. So: We are at latitude 42.38, longitude -72.65, in West Hatfield, Massachusetts, on the western side […]
These guys are why I have to make sure I’ve moved all rocks and flagstones prior to when the weather gets cold. After a certain point they’re nesting underneath every available rock. Found them yesterday when I went to grab a container from outdoors to serve as an indoor water […]
Winter is a great time to experiment because even if it turns out to be a failure, at least it feels like forward motion in the universe. Yesterday I added two indoor water features for the novelty and the potential to increase humidity among the plants nearby. The background plant […]
Amaryllis, Colocasia, Black-eyed susan vine, returning houseplants, orchids, and overwintering tropicals… Most of the houseplants and tropicals have made it indoors at this point. Caladiums, canna, calla, dahlias, gladiolus all still keeping on until the first frost and will all be stored in the basement or garage. I sometimes […]
So much beauty so late in the season…
We’ll assume this story is apocryphal because I can’t source it beyond Jeff and I talking about it. If it’s not apocryphal I’m likely mangling details so we’ll just consider it an illustrative ‘maybe’: When architects were designing sidewalks at UC Berkeley, they observed the natural paths made by students […]