The sun came out this afternoon so we were tempted away from our plant spreadsheets to move some friends around.
Continue reading “2025/02/08 new rain lily!!!”Baby fern “hardening off” to world
Hardening off is getting indoor grown plants ready for the big world. Sometimes for indoor seedlings I’ll put a fan on them to preview the experience of wind. These ferns haven’t got that treatment yet because we have them in a little container sealed for humidity, but I figured it was time to get them ready for a spring debut into the world.
Continue reading “Baby fern “hardening off” to world”12/14/2024 plants in their home
Mom and Dad kindly invited me to visit Chickasaw National Recreation Area with them this weekend. The cats get a rest from Briar’s ideas.
Continue reading “12/14/2024 plants in their home”12/03/2024 frostweed
The low this morning was 25 F and one frostweed finally let out some ice!
Continue reading “12/03/2024 frostweed”12/02/2024 persimmon jelly yummmm
The Chef has found the way to pull the deliciousness from the persimmons without too much seed trouble.
Continue reading “12/02/2024 persimmon jelly yummmm”11/29/2024 and 12/01/2024 past and future preserving of fruits
11/24/2024 splitbeard bluestem
This is one of our favorite native grasses!
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I haven’t been good at blogging lately but Paula rightly insisted I document her harvest!
Continue reading “11/19/2024 lemongrass”10/24/2024 quiz time
The Chef and the Paula prepared a sumptuous meal tonight.
Continue reading “10/24/2024 quiz time”10/06/2024 wild ground-cherries
Physalis cinerescens grows wild in the backyard and I’ve started moving cuttings of it to new places.
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