Wedding Flowers

Back in November I did the flowers for a friends wedding. I don't normally do wedding flowers, just for my brother and small bouquets as favors, but I couldn't say no. They wanted apple greens, interesting whites and edibles. Who doesn't want to work with that! Herbs and artichokes and kale and cabbage all when into the arrangements. It was a lot of work, but a fun outcome. I'm glad I did it and I'm even more glad they liked them.

Orchid: First Bloom!

I picked up this adorable little Den Jenkinsii back in 2009 in a tiny little 1.5 inch pot. Since then it has grown and been repotted but never bloomed until list past year! Come to find out it has soft orange blooms and is pretty prolific. This year it started sending out blooms sprouts but then they all fell off. So that sucked. But hopefully next year I can get them to bloom again.

Geraniums That Don't Suck

Geraniums. Those atrocious thick, weird smelling plants that took over the flower boxes of all our grandmas houses. These are not those geraniums! All three of mine are blooming like mad on the porch right now.

Rescue: I have no idea what this one is but I took it from a friend who was moving out of town.

Geranium: Flaming Katie

Geranium: Vancouver Cenntenial

I Made Flowers

Sometimes I make flower arrangements for folks and I thought I would show them off here. This one was for a friends birthday. So bright and fun. Lasted for over a week.

 

And these were for Ben's mom's birthday.

Spring Has Sprung

Spring is the best time ever. I have freesia bulbs under planted in my container Meyer lemon tree. For a few glorious weeks my white and red/orange freesia bloom like mad and fill my porch with the light lemony scent that makes me want to live outside for a while. They don't last long so I pick them for inside and for my office as well. Flowers are amazing.

Orchid Rebloom 2014

I've been such a terrible plant mom in the past year so it's amazing, but three of my orchids rebloomed without in spite of myself.

First up: this little rescue from years ago. This is it's second rebloom and of all things it's white this time where is was pink last time! So weird.

Second up: The Epi. Green Hornet that has bloomed every year since I bought it! Each year and new bulb pops up and it blooms. Like clockwork. And damn it's a cute little, weird orchid.

Third up: My Den. Aussie Chip that has been a trooper and rebloomed each year. It's small and adorable.

I moved them away from my fruit on the counter to help the blooms stay on longer. So I have a lovely little orchid garden I can see from my living room.

Who's Got Worms? This Girl!

So I've been worm composting in my kitchen for a few years now. I was doing pretty well for a couple years, then I started extending the time between feedings. The casting starting going anaerobic, got some mites, worms started dying - just a damn hot mess. I had a ton of rich worm muck but just had to start over.

So, $26 later and I had a pound of worms from my local worm lady. Yup, I have a worm lady. I took my mucky worm box outside on my wee little porch and started spooning out bits of muck into all my plants. I rinsed the box out into a bucket and watered everything with the dregs. So now, I had a shiny clean box and happier plants.

New worms had a fresh base of coconut matting (the kind that you use in hanging planters). This keeps them out of the drainage area. I added some veggie peels and shredded newspaper. I am hopeful that I will be a better worm mom this time around. Time will tell.