On the way back to the house, after meeting Callum at the bus stop at the end of our driveway, something brightly-colored caught my eye. It’s apparently some kind of Stenocactus — my usually-quite-sufficient Google plant identification skills failed me here. No matter. It was a lovely surprise for me, and apparently for all the…
Kitchen Gardening
Sibling Rivalry
My human baby has gotten wind of my love for the plant babies. My phone rang late yesterday evening — it was a business call from the West Coast that I needed to take. I talked for a little while, then turned around to find Rory systematically pulling the seedlings out of their pots and…
Care and Feeding of Seedlings
A few weeks ago, I was at a hardware/garden store and saw the opportunity to pick up a few seeds and plants that I’ve been wanting to fulfill my uber-ambitious garden plans. I snapped them up, clearly not thinking about something critical to my plans: where would they go? I have no raised beds yet….
Squash Seedling
“Careful,” I tell Rory. “These are plant babies. We have to be gentle.”