Organic gardener growing food and flowers, lovin' pollinators and birds.

  Caring for a houseplant or tending a garden helps me to focus my energy on the task at hand, and there is still plenty to do while the out...
Potting up amaryllis bulbs for indoor blooms can brighten up a room in the cold season. In the video below I share the tips for planting up ...
Every year I like to play this game called, “Winter isn’t coming yet.”  It’s a game of procrastination. How much can I put off planting unti...
Here's a beautiful "new to me" variety of amaryllis called 'Double Dragon'. I purchased and potted this bulb up i...
There's more snow covering the garden outside, but life is pretty colorful indoors. You might notice a few new additions, such as tha...
Blooming now in my houseplant haven is 'Temptation' amaryllis. This is my first time growing this variety and it is a stunner! I ...
Welcome back to Tea Talk — a fun virtual letter exchange between Angie from  The Freckled Rose  and me. In this series we often document o...
We had two beautiful, warm days earlier this week where it felt like a day in May, only to be followed by snow the very next day. On that wa...
Prior to last year, my only knowledge of growing amaryllises was as a bystander. As a child, my mother grew amaryllises (only reddish orange...
Soon this double amaryllis will open and share its beauty. This was the bulb that started to grow in December . I have others to follow, ...
Today's Floral Friday includes a mix of the outdoors (with photos taken earlier this week after an ice storm) and what's blooming in...
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