Monday, January 08, 2007

New Week!

To date, the weather is very mild but snow is in the forecast - we will wait and see.
The greenhouse is thriving on neglect - sad to say - a large chunk of yesterday was spent undecorating our church - putting away all the lovely Christmas things - and rearranging the poinsettias. The leaves on most of the plants are falling but when grouped together, they look beautiful. The poinsettia trees were a much commented on feature. They are lovely and lasting quite well. So, we still show a little of what I call "Christmas Leftovers" in our church and they usually last till Ash Wednesday. Hope to have greenhouse news this week.

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Jan.2, 2007

A crisp, cool and sunny day today - my greenhouse loved it - even though I only spent a few minutes in the greenhouse - took some cuttings from Mona Lavender and potted a baby Jade plantlet. Days are getting longer - dark at 5:10PM today - Yeaaa!
Spring is in the air.

Monday, January 01, 2007

Happy New Year 2007!!



Hope everyone is enjoying the New Year so far - we had heavy rain through the night - which eliminated the little snow that fell yesterday. It was mild and balmy today and the sun shone as well - we have taken down our outdoor Christmas lights and I spent most of today taking down indoor decorations!! Not my favourite thing to do but it is nice to have a clean house as I dusted and vacuumed!! ho hum!! Boring!!
Yesterday, I tidied the greenhouse - first chance I have had since we took the poinsettias to Church on Christmas Eve! I had lots of crunchies to clean up! Lots of sweeping as well. All the plants received a drink - some were hidden by others and not doing so well.
Yesterday, we went to Home Depot and I bought some annual seeds - if I don't buy the everlasting seeds when I see them, I don't get them.
Happiness is buying seeds for your garden on New Year's Eve! And if this wonderful weather continues, we might be digging in the garden early this year!! Hope!
Did everyone enjoy Christmas? We were pretty crazy running back and forth to Church to decorate and deliver flowers there and then I had my turkey dinner to prepare in between trips but it all came together nicely - our daughter and her partner and our son were with us for the 25th - we had a nice time and hope they enjoyed themselves also.
Happy New Year to one and all!!