MAKING PRESERVED LEMONS WITH KELLY MARSH January 4, 2015 Preserved, salted lemons, or L’Hamb Marakad ( or ‘Sleeping Lemons’) so popular now in many upscale restaurants and on cooking shows is easy –… Continue Reading
THE RARE, CURIOUS AND JUST PLAIN AWESOME WITHIN THE UCONN GREENHOUSES December 31, 2014 ANT PLANTS, LIKE THIS MYRMECODIA SPECIES, HAVE SWOLLEN STEMS IN WHICH ANTS LIVE – THIS ONE T THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT / STORRS GREENHOUSES… Continue Reading
WHAT’S IN BLOOM THIS DECEMBER December 28, 2014 A DAPHNE MEZEREUM ‘ALBA’ OPENS A FLOWER NEAR OUR GREENHOUSE WALK, RESPONDING TO THE MILD WINTER TEMPERATURES THIS DECEMBER. IT WILL BLOOM SPORADICALLY –… Continue Reading
A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL December 25, 2014 Merry Christmas everyone! While picking camellias from the greenhouse for our Christmas Eve dinner,- I thought that I might share some images from our… Continue Reading
THE CHRISTMAS CACTUS AND ITS LITTLE SECRET ABOUT FLOWERING December 15, 2014 It’s a Schlumbergera party! And it seems that I have been focusing on inviting only the newer varieties ( most in the S. truncata… Continue Reading
BUSY LIKE AN ELF…LITERALLY. December 10, 2014 I feel as if I need to post something, as my Holiday break closes in. So here are a few random images from the… Continue Reading
MAKING A REAL, WORKING TERRARIUM November 22, 2014 JUST BECAUSE A PLANT IS SMALL, DOESN’T MEAN THAT IT WILL MAKE A GOOD TERRARIUM PLANT. I LIKE TO CHOOSE PLANTS WHICH ACTUALLY PREFER… Continue Reading
FORCING HOUSES, CROSNES AND RARITIES – MY AUTUMNAL NOTEBOOK November 12, 2014 THIS NERINE SARNIENSIS IS BLOOMING INSIDE THE GREENHOUSE, BUT I JUST LIKED HOW IT LOOKED AGAINST THIS FALL FOLIAGE – PINK ANG GOLD, SO… Continue Reading
AWESOME FALL FOLIAGE MADE IN AMERICA, AND IN JAPAN November 11, 2014 Cornus controversia ‘variegata’ Just because it is a Cornus (Dogwood) does not mean that it comes from North America- this cornus comes from the… Continue Reading
JAPAN AND IT’S TRADITIONAL SQUASH – KYOYASAI, SHISHIGATANI AND KABOCHA October 29, 2014 One of the few precious Shishigatano squashes that I grew this year. This year I grew some of the rarest and most treasured of… Continue Reading
