22 February 2026

Japanese Witch Hazel

 As usual, our Japanese Witch Hazel was the first plant of the year to drag me out into the back garden during remnants of Winter:

21 February 2026

Baby Lophs


I took a sneak peek in on the Loph nursey this morning. Athird of the x100 seed I sowed last weekend have already germinated. 🙂

17 February 2026

Variegated Caesipose Lophs

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 😍😍




 

16 February 2026

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...


15 February 2026

Crabs' Harvest

Just completed my Night of the Crabs Shell Island pilgrimage write-up. Next week, I will finish my Crabs horror story. And in the final few days of February, I'll finalise my latest Lego crab book mock ups. The deadline of February 28 for content of the next Guy N Smith fan book is now looming...

14 February 2026

Micro Aquarium

Made this micro aquarium out of an old Spirits bottle.