We had some snow this morning, but on my mantel there's a small reminder about the spring that will eventually come.
Other good candidates for forcing the branches are cherry, quince and birch. The latter will sprout small, fresh-green leaves.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Forced Forsythia
About two weeks ago a strong wind gust knocked down a heavy oak brunch and it, in turn, broke off two branches from my forsythia bush. I brought them in and put in the water. It's blooming now.
We had some snow this morning, but on my mantel there's a small reminder about the spring that will eventually come.
Other good candidates for forcing the branches are cherry, quince and birch. The latter will sprout small, fresh-green leaves.
We had some snow this morning, but on my mantel there's a small reminder about the spring that will eventually come.Other good candidates for forcing the branches are cherry, quince and birch. The latter will sprout small, fresh-green leaves.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Nature Ornaments
We went to visit family in Cincinnati, OH for Christmas. One day while we were there, we went to Krohn Conservatory to see their beautiful Christmas displays. One of my favorite features there is a Christmas tree that greets the visitors right when you enter the conservatory.
The ornaments are made mostly of natural materials. As a kid, I used to make a lot of ornaments myself using nuts, cotton, straw and eggshells to name a few, so it's always nice to see this tree with no glitter and no shiny balls, but still looking so nice.
Here's one more picture for inspiration that will hopefully last until the next holiday season. Or better yet--that will make me to make some ornaments sometime this winter to be ready for Christmas 2011.
The ornaments are made mostly of natural materials. As a kid, I used to make a lot of ornaments myself using nuts, cotton, straw and eggshells to name a few, so it's always nice to see this tree with no glitter and no shiny balls, but still looking so nice.
Here's one more picture for inspiration that will hopefully last until the next holiday season. Or better yet--that will make me to make some ornaments sometime this winter to be ready for Christmas 2011.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Happy New Year!
Happy 2011!
With the cold weather that came in November, my activities and thoughts have been away from the garden. It almost seems that my passion for plants and gardening is in a deep winter hibernating mode.
On the last day of 2010 I received in mail an envelope stuffed with various offers for gardeners. From about two or three dozen only one caught my eye--a promise to grow your own mushrooms in the backyard. Would not that be cool? Can it be done in our climate? I will research it later... still plenty of time until spring.
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