I actually only bought two amaryllis bulbs this past winter — one in October and one in November. Between them, I got 5 stalks of flowers over two months. The 1-stalk bulbs we were getting in Cali must have been serious runts. Sorted below in order of growth — the bigger bulb really put on [...]
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I’ve always meant to force some bulbs for the winter, but never quite got around to it in the past. Since you could still plant a full garden outside in the winters in Cali, I usually ended up doing that instead. Not so much the case here, though. So once the snow started coming and [...] These vaguely fit into the “garden” part of this blog, right? Right. Mostly, it’s just an excuse to share the pretty flowers that T got me for a certain holiday this past February. Yep, I really waited this long before posting them, mostly to stay away from all the vitriol that some people have against [...] It’s been half a year since we moved to Finland, can you believe it? A lot has changed since that first month, and I’ve got many more projects planned in the coming winter months. Just wanted to stop, take a breath, and look at how we’ve grown. In the case of my spice rack, quite [...] Have been trying to catch up with the huge piles of emails, RSS feeds, and comments from the past month or so’s online inactivity. It’s a bit daunting ! Just finished up the gardening folder late last night, and that was clocking in at 4000 individual posts or so. I felt very accomplished, being able [...] A couple of weeks ago, I impulse-bought a pretty little glazed ceramic strawberry pot at the new general goods store. I had absolutely nothing to plant in it, since my strawberries were wrapping it up for the season and my herbs were all comfortable in their own little hanging pots in the kitchen. But it [...] |
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