My new variegated Lophs are amazing. I was even sent a freebiee! I thing there are a couple seed pods hidden it its tuffts too 😍😍
Current W.I.P.s: GNS3
Showing posts with label Gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gardening. Show all posts
X100 Baby Loph Sowing
Just surface-sowed X100 Lophohora williamsii seeds, sourced from Germany ( source: Koehres-Kakteen.de). Sown in a Westland Cacti mix (with Seramis) and mixed with Limestone. Will be placing this on a thermostat-controlled heatmat at 85° for maximum germination...
What a Whopper!
I live my new Bolivian Torch cactus, despite the pain it inflicted on my fingers when I took it from the box it arrived in:
.jpg)
An Eagerness for Spring
Acheing for Winter to withdraw its devilish grasp, we ventured out to our first garden centre trip of the year. Having to do a work shift beforehand, and given the time of year, the sun was alreafy starting to set as we arrived.
Mrs P.L. had a Christmas voucher to launder and I had a crisp £20 note to swap for some gardening delights.
Luckily, there was a great sale on.
This meant, at long last, I was able to take on of these bad boy pots home with me:
Looking like the had been hauled from the decks of a sunken galleon, lost to the oceans centuries ago and now coated with colourful and rugged barnacles and coral, these have been beckoning me from this corner of my favourite garden centre for manyca year. With 50% off thecasking orice, I finally got to bring one of these 'maritime' gardening treasures home with me this evening, which makes me a very happy boy.
Given the sale, I even had enough cash left for these seeds and still come home with a spare pound coin in my pocket 🌿🍃.
I won't go into Mrs P.L.'s more wanton spending, except to say she is now the proud keeper of one this mother plant's speckled babies:
.jpg) |
| Thai Constellation Monstera |
The Door
This poor door is reaching the end of life. But, even thpugh it does not close properly and is starting to decay, I will miss it when it is gone. :(
Something Foxy This Way Comes
Haven't seen this gorgeous fellow for a while. It was nice to see him visiting our garden again today.
Malvern Autumn Gardening Show
Our twice yearly Malvern trips are becoming something of a tradition. I didn't take so many pictures this time as Old Rosie did a bit of a number on me lol:
 |
| I loved this dog's excitement |
 |
| My dream writing shed |
 |
| The rear of the writing shed |
 |
| This year's largest pumpkin |
Feverfew
Flowers on a rainy Autumn morning:
These are also my favourite flowers in our garden at the moment.
Cheap Thrills and Sunken Treasures
Took a half day from work and visited my favourite local garden centre this afternoon.
I do love the plant pots they sell. They look like sunken treasures from a long lost civilisation that have been rescued from the oceans. Unfortunately, they carry a price that reflects that look - ranging from £40 for a small pot to £200 for the larger ones!
Though I had to leave without one of these acheing beautiful items, I did pick up a bag of duck food for 50p at the garden centre till, which was really enjoyed by by the comical birdies:
Memories of Magic
I love the effects our garden fires have on our fire-bin. It almost looks enchanted lol.
Sprite Night
There is a definite primitive pleasure to be savoured in the act of creating and settling for the evening before a garden fire. As well as clearing the garden of debris collected from the maintenance of hedges and shrubbery and other natural waste, it also allows the mind to discard the clutter of everyday thought. Its warmth and wonder roots your body before its flames, allowing the mind the time immerse itself in contemplation. Its meditative quality is primordial, its metamorphosis of matter a personal invitation to return to deeper reflection.
A swig or two on the fermentation of certain fruits aids the journey away from the mechanised and digitalised world of your everyday reality. And suddenly, if you permit it, you can explore an ancestral magic that is a rich and powerful balm for you soul.
Before you know it, your imagination, unshackled from logic and science, is free to roam the worlds of long-past millennia, where the flames you tend can become a portal, releasing fire sprites momentary life to explore the heavens.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)