Hi Jordan, welcome to GardenStew from Chelmsford MA. That is a lot of plants, it's good that you enjoy plants, it is an amiable profession. You...
Congratulations Patti, great caption. Jerry
I will never tire of your creative ideas. What would have ended up in the junk heap ends up providing a home for plants as well as an interesting...
Lovely orchids. I have never tried orchids. Have you had them long? How long do they bloom? Do you have to mist them often? Recently I was at a...
I remember cutting and rooting a large yucca filamentosa. We put the severed stalk in a pot of new soil surrounded with a very large plastic bag...
Good morning everyone, winter has refreshed itself with just enough white stuff to call into question the groundhog's prediction. However they...
Hi Fairview from Chelmsford, MA, welcome aboard. Jerry
Kindred flowers, my only rose bush. Yes, it is as Tina says, your bush is a lovely rose. Jerry [img] Rose ( photo / image / picture from...
Winter is a trying time for birds, the usual assortment of seeds and bugs are scarce. Often the birds depend on restaurants :-) hung out by...
Dooley! Dooley! You remind me of one of my first posts asking if a plant was a date palm........wait.......I will be back.........I FOUND IT!!...
Birds dying? Poor birds :-( I do not have wooden feeders anymore. I use to make large sunflower feeders from wood and acrylic sheets. Reminds me...
Tis true, tis true. The lower the pH the bluer the flower. The closer to neutral the pinker it is. Soil at 4.5 will produce a deep blue while 7.0...
I guess the experiment(now 12a-2013) will shift to the summer. 7a-2012 and 7b-2012 germination of lemon and lime seeds are doing well. Jerry
Does anyone know if any of the peppercorns in a typical pepper melange sold in grocery store spice sections are viable? Or does the preparation...
A lovely flower. Looking forward to spring when the garden center has hanging fuchsia baskets. I wish spring came in a bottle then I could pour it...
Last years Geranium is hanging upside down in the basement waiting for spring. Last fall I took it out of it's pot, removed the soil and hung it...
Now that you have posted the Allium baby pictures, we can hardly wait to watch them grow up. Jerry
I got a kick out of that story. Jerry
Hmmmm, maybe if I put one in my garden the rabbit might stay away. Jerry
Caladiums, they do well in the shade provide color and grow large. Jerry