January 9, 2010

sprouting sweets

I’m experimenting with a couple sweet potatoes from the store. A white one and an orange one. I cut off an inch of each and put them in a glass of water. I’m hoping for a few sprouts I can pot up then plant in the garden when spring comes. I didn’t do so well with mail ordered slips last year. Maybe too early to start, but I’m looking forward to getting the garden going.

January 9, 2010

my plot in the snow

January 5, 2010

I came across a nice post at Johnny’s about January “garden” tasks. Get the greenhouse ready. I don’t have a greenhouse, but the wonderful thought of working in the sun in the middle of the winter makes me wish for one: “The ideal way to spend a sunny day in winter? Go to the greenhouse and soak up some Vitamin D while you get organized for transplant production. Your goal is to inspect, clean, repair, and take inventory.” Rather than a greenhouse, I’m getting my plant lights and shelves ready…

January 5, 2010

window frost

Behind the garage window are my pots and gardening supplies – waiting.

January 4, 2010

snow photos

January 4, 2010

white dendrobium

With so much snow outside, I am photographing indoor subjects. Dendrobium Ise x Sachi blossoms profusely several times a year despite my neglect. This year it has many air roots on little shoots along the stems. I am considering potting these up.

January 3, 2010

empty plant shelves

My husband brought the plant shelves and lights up from the basement today and assembled everything. Looks like a new garden ready to go. This is the only window in the house that gets beautiful full sun all day long in the winter. Its high enough to be out of the shadow of the neighboring house. And it faces directly south. I often find Skippy stretched out in the puddle of sunlight on the rug here.

January 2, 2010

Meyer lemon flowers

Its mid winter and citrus are ripe in the south. But this is the season my potted tree blooms. I suppose its something about the light or temperature change when I bring it indoors in October that triggers blooming. Looks like it may be a good year, as more buds keep forming. Five so far. The most its had before is three lemons.

January 2, 2010

vegetable palindromes

On a palindromic date (01-02-2010), here are some garden (and other) palindromes: No Garden, One DragonPotato idiot atopStep on no pets.Vegetable was I ere I saw Elba, Tegev.Yo basil is a boy.No lemon, no melon.May a moody baby doom a yam?Lisa Bonet ate no basil.Flo, gin is a sin. I golf.Dee saw a seed.

January 1, 2010

Happy New Year!!!

weeks and counting until my last spring frost

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