The Gardeners Anonymous Blog

Back From Mini-Vacation

I just went on a very short doggie vacation with my family, and look what I came home to.

Another Cattleya

It’s like boring you with pictures of my kids.  It’s not boring to me. I could just sit and stare at them all day.

And I don’t have to change their diapers.

This Makes It All Worthwhile.

I’m telling you: Gardening is easier than you think.

But even though the actual action of taking care of a garden is easy, the work can be tedious and time consuming. Most of the time I consider it Zen-like, meditative and relaxing. Every once in a while me head explodes with the amount of work I have to do in the garden along with the amount of work I have to do in my life in general.

Two acres is a lot of garden.

Then you wake up one morning with a mommy, wifey hangover.

You slog towards the coffee pot like a zombie looking for fresh human and there it is…

Cattleya 2 lc casitas springs

Just looking up at you with it’s beautiful face. And suddenly it’s all worthwhile.  

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I’m a grandmother!

This is as close as I’ve come to being a grandmother: My bouncing baby orchid keiki has flowered.

I reluctantly cut this keiki off the adult plant a couple of years ago.

But it has never looked quite as healthy as when it was attached to its mom. Yes, it looked O.K. But a couple of months ago it spiked, as did mom. It had some bud drop, but one bloom survived and now looks plump and healthy.

I’m such a proud grandma.
 

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