Gardening

The Caladium Project

In Gardening, Life on 21 August 2008 with 9 comments

I love growing orchids, and I’ve had some luck with it. But orchids are the toy poodles of indoor growing - fussy and high maintenance. Sometimes you just want a big slobbery mutt.
So a few months ago I asked my dad what plant he thought had the most beautiful leaves. Dad’s an amazing green-thumb and [...]

Growth

In Gardening on 14 May 2008 with 6 comments

When we moved from our old place, I had to chop down this Fred because it was so huge it couldn’t be moved. So I went totally Paul Bunyan and chopped it down to its base. Now, life begins again.