Gardening season is pretty much done for now. I planted a lot of bulbs for spring and called it a day. I still have to clean up a bit and mulch (when the weather gets a bit nicer for a day or two) but I am otherwise in hibernation along with my garden until March. The pandemic, protests, and politics made it difficult to devote … Continue reading 2020 Garden Reflections
Daffodils are one of the earliest of spring flowers and one of the prettiest. Continue reading An Ode to Daffodils
Short post this week. In fact, it is more of a love note/lament for one of my favorite flowers, the camellia. I love camellias. These beauties add a bit of color to the winter with their rose-like blooms. In addition to beautiful blooms, camellias are evergreens with rich, shiny green foliage that provides a beautiful backdrop to any garden year round. Any garden, that is, … Continue reading Camellias
Growing up in Florida my mom always had a staghorn fern in the yard. I never thought too much about them until I got older. That was when I started noticing how f-ing big these things get! Also, how weird is it that they just hang out and don’t need to be planted or watered? These observations led me to investigate this cooky plant. Platycerium, … Continue reading Staghorn Ferns
Growing up my mom always had a ton of Christmas cactus in and around our house. Christmas cactus are like the fluffy, rainbow bunnies of cacti. They don’t have painful spikes, come in lots of pretty colors, and put on a magical colorful show in late fall/early winter (around, wait for it, Christmas). If you don’t have a green thumb, no problem; Christmas cactus are also … Continue reading Christmas Cactus
Dirty Britches 