Tag: plants

  • oopsie – here we go –

    Many of us said we’d pay for our warm dry Fall… And yup – the payment is coming due this weekend. Sub freezing temps and possible snow – we may not get above freezing for several days. It’s nearing the 5th anniversary of my moving into this house and the weather is duplicating that which we had 5 years ago! So I can reframe this as a 5th house anniversary gift from the weather makers 😀

    Spent the day moving my plants nearer to the house and grouped so they are easier to put a tarp over – and the poor plants like my nasturtiums which grew back may not make it…unless I find room inside to bring them in.

    The weather here is so temperate that many of my houseplants have gotten so huge living outside most of the year that moving them in and out during very cold spells is no longer possible – I just do not have the space for them anymore.

    And of course the tasks that “should-have-been-done” when it was nice out are not done…but if they were – well then that would not be me.

    Reminds me of what my son said once when visiting me here – “it’s neater than I thought it would be.” I replied that someday it will be neat and spotless and he’d be surprised…

    “But,” he laughed, “then you wouldn’t be my mommy.”

  • Ahhh December

    December came in like the rhyme about March – a lion…..a very windy wet lion. My house was being bumped around a bit and all are tying down anything that could fly off into the river…somehow though I doubt December will go out like the lamb of that same rhyme!

    I moved my chairs and plants away from the edges as we were moving a bit too much. I have always been an indoor and outdoor plant person – and here most of my plants can make it through the winter outdoors which is good as some of the indoor plants I bought when I first arrived have gotten so big that I have no room for them in the house – and besides the pots are now quite heavy….I do bring in the more “delicate” plants and the ones I know do not like to be wet all the time : – )

    Enjoy your December but do stay safe – it seems to be bringing some pretty miserable storms across the country….