Tag Archives: gardening

Seedlings!

Despite being completely mired in school­work this past semester, I somehow managed to start two small flats of seeds and keep them alive until they turned into cute little herbs! I think it had some­thing to do with running to Home Depot every two days for supplies … Read More

Garden happenings

I live in a town­house, and I am lucky to have a couple of decent gardening spaces. In the front there is the tradi­tional flower bed-plus-ornamental-tree-plus-hedge combo, and in the back there is a patio with beds lining one side. I’ve learned so much just with this small amount … Read More

Clean, clean, clean

This weekend, in prepa­ra­tion for a visit from my (Great) Aunt Virginia and her husband Mark, Adam and I did a lot of cleaning. Real cleaning, too — vacu­uming and dusting and organ­ising of random corners filled with stuff. I only saw one closet where some­thing had been stashed away in … Read More

High Line designs revealed

I’ve been following the work of Friends of the High Line for several years now. Its such an intriguing project — take an aban­doned, over­grown elevated railway track in the middle of Manhattan and turn it into a public meeting space, trans­porta­tion corridor, and sustain­able urban green space. … Read More

Gopher

When I visited Dallas over Easter, my family made our tradi­tional pilgrimage to the Dallas Arboretum for fun and photo­graphic frol­icking. It just also happened to be the weekend of Dallas Blooms, and a gorgeous sunny day in the mid-70s. Between the four of us we got … Read More

Progress..

Over the weekend we made some good progress on the town­home.. I finished painting my studio area, and started some test patches in the main living room. Adam’s dad and grand­mother came down on Sunday to visit and see the place, so that served as good … Read More

Weekend of DIY

Well, of the various activ­i­ties listed on Friday, I ended up only making it to one: Adam and I ventured out to Falls Church Saturday night to see Not2Night play at Bangkok Blues. It turned out to be a great night! The table I reserved ended up being right … Read More

News from the garden…

My hosta is about to bloom. :)

As promised

As promised a while back, I’ve got a few pics of my patio and assorted plants to show you! I took these pics about a week ago, and so far they are all still alive. :) I’m already getting the urge to add one (or a few) more to the … Read More

Planting Bug

Its that time of year again. When I become really really inter­ested in being surrounded by a huge jungle of gorgeous, green, leafy plants smelling of peat and moss and wet dirt. When I develop selec­tive amnesia and forget all of the plants I killed last year during this … Read More

Orchid Update

Besides my mad crocheting skills, I also scored some pictures this weekend of the winning orchids from the Philadelphia Flower Show: First Place Third Place Happy Horticulturalist

On the subject of gardening

I’ve been getting more into gardening lately. Maybe its the nice warm weather we’re (finally) getting, or perhaps its the impending move to my own place, but I find myself observing, reading about, and exper­i­menting with all things plant-related. A few of my projects: At home I’ve … Read More