Beauty, life and gardens home and away
I do love to have lots of plants in containers. With flowers in containers, you can accentuate and dramatize a display of plants. As a kind of theatre where each…
The result of the combination of using almost no herbicides or insecticides in the garden and denser and more varied planting is that you get some unexpected visitors. A couple…
We spent the last weekend in the Hill Country with some other Norwegian expats, specifically on YO Ranch Headquarters near Kerrville. For Norwegians who live on the flat land around…
When I went through the pictures of the Cannas in the garden month by month through the last year I regretted that I didn’t buy more of them. The great…
Lantana loves heat and sun, so from December to March, it looks just as scruffy as it radiates and glows all the summer season. But wait until the end of February, beginning of March with pruning, since the old branches and leaves protect against wind and cold until spring arrives.
Her er en liste over norske og internasjonale frøfirma som leverer til Norge. Jeg har ikke bestilt frø fra alle disse frøfirmaene selv. This is a list of seedcompanies that you…
Tidying up in the garden when the weather is warmer. I guess it’s pretty safe to tidy up in the garden now, though the weather has become colder again. So…
Mixing passion fruit and passion? Passion was not the first I was thinking of when I wake up today on Valentine’s day. I was more longing for a perfect boiled…
Last February I got this amazing big Cymbidium orchid from my husband. I think it was five or six stems with big, fat purplish flowers. I just loved it. When…
I am browsing the internet for seeds and plants to buy at the moment. I have made a list of seed companies here, and there are a lot of companies…
It will be chilly nights around Houston the next several days, so be aware that the most vulnerable plants may need some protection. I wrote about it last year too…
Now is the time to sow your tomatoes! And really, it’s so easy when you live in this climate that you don’t have any valid excuse. Start with buying some…
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