Boy, are we in for some crazy weather in the next week! Tomorrow, (Saturday) supposed to be snow - to ice - to rain. And on (Sunday) a temperature swing from 30 to almost 60 degrees. Later in the week it's gonna get cold - real cold ... like teens to 1degree for a day or two. Ugh.
Yesterday, January 1st, 2015 I changed my pc screen saver to a photo of a big, bright daffodil with white petals and an oranger center. Gee, it's pretty obvious I can't wait until spring returns. Oh, well, got to make the best of it. I still have some white zinfandel left .... :-)
Thanks all for tips about my exposed daffodil tips. I layered some extra mulch over them. They should be good now til spring.
Nothing really going on. It was a lot colder today. Gonna be in the 20's the next couple of days, and that's a high!
Where's my thermals?
I'm new here, but not to gardening. I've been playing in the dirt since I was little. I do pretty well with my small scale gardenbeds (I have quite a few scattered around my house) and I also Iike planting in flowerpots. I don't have to do as much bending and kneeling that way. :-))
Now, houseplants are another thing. I usually end up KILLING them. Not intentionally mind you. I'm just not lucky with them for a variety of reasons. First off, in my house I don't have nice, wide windowsills. But even if I did, the cat would probably knock them off anyway. He's already knocked down my 3 tier plant stand a few times. Secondly, I really don't have enough light coming through my windows to keep indoor plants happy. As for the third reason, I tend to kill houseplants with kindness. I water them too much. In my defense though, I have to say I have a little philodendron that is actually growing! I see new leaf buds forming. It's all because of a nice woman I met in the supermarket about a month ago. We got to talking plants, and I told her how I tend to kill my houseplants. That day she gave me some advice. She told me, "Completely ignore them and barely water them in the winter." It's working!
