The 25-year-old snake plant/mother-in-law’s tongue/sansevieria has decided to put out a flower. I hear they smell lovely in bloom; guess we’ll find out. Nice end to the houseplant-focused season. In a month or so they will all be outside, or most of them. I’m mostly seed starting for the vegetable […]
Most of my phalenopsis orchids have bloomed reliably after summering outdoors for the past three years. They hang in shady areas–either in the grove, under a tree, or nestled in with some rhododendrons. Houseplants, including the orchids, go outside around May 15th or a bit earlier. The orchids aren’t that […]
I love the living room so much. There is snow on the ground outside, lots of it, and we have fires in the fireplace most nights and it’s such a cool combination of tropical rainforest/cabin in the woods/post apocalyptic garden/home of feral nerds. And all those plants do a […]
I’m just going to own this: I do way too much of this kind of thing. That represents a lot of work up there at the end of the season when I am simultaneously packing up and bringing in new plants and dividing and it winds up somewhat exhausting. Also […]
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 […]