Growing With Plants

Our first substantial snow of the season arrived yesterday, but it never measured up to what was promised ( nearly 24″ or more and…

Here’s wishing each of my readers, a very Merry Christmas!  Sharing some images from the last 24 hours at our home. Above, an amazing…

My sister has the knack on curling the edge on the dumplings.  Salmon filets ( wild caught) await prep in the kitchen. This one…

KUMQUATS ARE RIPENING IN THE GREENHOUSE As we enter the Holiday season, and the winter solstice, the rare fruits of winter arrive in the…

I’ve been obsessed lately with Christmas Cactus, or what florists now call Zygocactus ( a name introduced a few years ago by the trade…

Joe wraps pine garland around the post of the Martin house, it is made from our local White Pine, Pinus strobus, a common New…

In bud today, is a large, if not massive tree aloe which I brought back from a trip to California about a dozen years…