Знаєте, раніше я не займалася настільки прискіпливо пророщуванням живців рослинок. Але з появою в квітнику гортензій місцевого типу мені захотілося ще й мати французькі. А от як виростити кущ із гілочки,

І знову приїхали до мене гілочки гортензії із французької Бретані. Я постійно прошу доньку прислати мені їх, бо мрію розвести у себе цю прекрасну квітку. Але поки що із кількох спроб маю: один кущик на

Пройшов тиждень з моменту пересадки моїх маленьких гортензій. Поки що ніби все добре: рослинки навіть не в'янули після відкривання їхніх коренів. Ризик пересадки взимку найбільший, адже рослинки все одно

Ось так от буває: робиш-робиш по півроку якусь справу, а потім раптом дізнаєшся, що ти все це робиш неправильно. Бо на самому початку не розібрався досконало в суті справи, у нюансах та дрібницях, які

Минуло 24 дні з моменту, як я підготувала та поставила пророщувати живці гортензії. Настала пора переглянути, як вони вкоренилися, і пересадити у грунт. Нагадаю, що гілочки гортензій мені прислала донька

Дочекалася я свого замовлення! Вчора отримала посилку від донечки із Франції. А там, крім смаколиків та подаруночків від внуків, довгожданні гілочки гортензій із їхнього двору! Моя мрія - виростити побільше

Three weeks ago or perhaps longer I trimmed back some of houseplants. After a couple of weeks in water all the cuttings have rooted nicely. The Fiddle Fig needed to be potted so I purchased a bag of Miracle

you sow and you grow you always return with much more than I knew I would hold my hands clasp around your neck only to find a body full of abundance Gardening is always a delicate between balance of abundance

Usually, January is the month for feeding all the houseplants, but, I have been busy organizing and cleaning different areas of the house. Unfortunately, some of them started to show signs of neglect,

The end of the year syndrome is always a funny thing. We rush to finish things only to start them over again in the new year. For a brief moment, a thin slice in time, we stand still, to reflect. In fact,

After another week, the garden is blooming once again. From flowers to fruits, cuttings and seedlings, everything is growing at a tremendous pace, in this week's garden journal, I muse about the flowers

if there is one constant in the garden, it must be death that is turned into life The garden is always full of death (think composts) and life (think fruits hanging ripe for the picking from the branches).

Rapid growth leads to more and more cuttings; that can become new plants (or compost) Homemade Compost It all starts with compost really. From the decaying matter of plants that died or needed to be cut

A week or so ago, I started harvesting some of the rocket seeds, but I could not get to them all. Today, I harvested the rest, but over the weekend the basil seedlings also showed their little seedling

It always pains me to cut back flowers. It feels morally wrong to me to cut them. Even if only to place them in water and put them in the kitchen, I feel that the need to be left alone in the garden where

Gerard, the winter storm came some 10 days ago to Spain. His first day was pretty strong, I guess he wanted to show his force and blew as much as he could. A few things on my balcony decided to fly with

I am quickly turning into one of those people who will profess that we can change the world with compost! Yet, in the same breath, the philosopher I am, I know this is merely wishful thinking. But that

Soooooo, here we go again. When I thought I sorted out the problem with the mealybugs and one half-dead plant and all is going to be ok and fine with my plants, a new thing ruined my day when I found out

Hi Green fingered souls! Today I am doing an experiment to see if I can take cuttings and regrow them in pots to start off new trees. The first is more of a plant, an aloe vera plant, and is so easy to

When I cut back my plant for the winter, it still had some green leaves on it. So I placed them in water and they rooted! I was expecting them to need to be in the bubbler, but since the cuttings were