Christmas cactus

Posted on December 15, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged amarylis, Christmas cactus, Flowering, Indoor gardening, maidenhair fern, overheated, overwatered, underwatered, WateringLeave a comment

One of my Christmas cactuses on the kitchen windowsill has come into flower. I hope the rest will flower too. I have ten different Christmas cactii there. I think they are not doing as well as they can because I am not watering them enough.

On the end of the sill was an old amarylis plant, I think I’ve overwatered it. But it was about ten years old. I also have a maidenhair fern on the bathroom that is huge but most of it’s leaves have gone brown. Probably because I had the radiator fixed in the bathroom and it gets too hot in there. I need to sort things out…..

Summer ending

Posted on September 9, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Flowers, Gardening, Hanging baskets, Life, Plants, Rain, Sad, Summer, Watering, wilted1 Comment

Most of my hanging baskets have survived a very dry summer as I watered them every few days. But I made the mistake of thinking the rain that has been falling heavily for the last few days would suffice. And because I have trouble negotiating around the yard I haven’t done any watering! Big mistake. Because I had two hanging baskets hung underneath another two baskets. Usually when I water the top ones the water runs into the bottom ones, but then I also do the lower ones to make sure they are thoroughly wet. The rain just didn’t penetrate and the two lower baskets are now badly wilted. I doubt they will be able to recover as the nights are getting cooler and the growing season is almost over. They have also gone to seed. Drat!

But the photo shows one of the healthy ones…. If only I’d done the watering!

In the garden

Posted on August 14, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Back yard, Flowers, Gardening, Heat, Photo, pots, Summer, summertime, Watering2 Comments

I have to say I’m amazed at how the back garden plants are growing. There have been some casualties from the heat, some plants have wilted while others have thrived. My photos are all a bit blurry, I need to clean my phone lens, but it gives you an idea of how well it’s done. But I’m praying for rain. X

Remembering to water the plants.

Posted on August 2, 2025August 3, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2019, Gardening, happiness, Joy, life colour, Plants, Poem, Poetry, Watering, YardLeave a comment

Describe one habit that brings you joy.

If I forget they wilt.

They sag and look sad.

I can only water

This limited area

Viewed from the back door

And kitchen

Scent wafts in

And gives me joy.

Cactii

Posted on July 24, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cactii cactuses, dry, Growing, healthy. Poem, Life, Poetry, spiky, sunny window ledge, thriving, WateringLeave a comment

Celebrate cactii

They just don’t die

Easily anyway

Not too thirsty

Find the balance

Wet or dry?

Keep them happy

They’ll thrive

We need rain….

Posted on March 31, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Blossom, blue skies, Cherry, dry, Gardening, Life, March, Pear, Watering, WeatherLeave a comment

What I suspected is true. Parts of the United Kingdom have had their driest March in 60 years. I even went out and watered my plant pots today as my daffodils are starting to wilt.

My Cherry and Pear trees still have tightly furled buds and are not showing any sign of opening, their blossoms held in stasis until the rain swells the plant cells to make them pop open.

March is usually wet and windy for at least part of the month. But not this year, the clouds lifted and blue skies sparkled. I guess the farmers are starting to panic now. It was so warm today I left my coat off and wore a tee shirt.

Old pears.

Posted on October 25, 2024 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Food, Fruit, Gardening, Growth, Life, Memories, Pears, Plants, Sadness, Trees, Watering4 Comments

My pear tree didn’t set any pears this year. I think it was in a sulk because my hubby passed away and I think I neglected it. He used to water the garden for hours but I can’t get the hose pipe round into the main garden.

Moving forward, I’ve been getting help trying to trim back the overgrowth. I still have tall trees but some of the lower branches have been cut to allow more light in. How will it progress? I’m hoping for a wildlife garden but with a few brighter plants to cheer it up, (and plenty of pears again)

Spode plants

Posted on June 22, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cold, Gardening, Hot, Indoor plants, Plants, restroom, Spode studio, Watering2 Comments

In the restroom at Spode. Lots of plants adorned the old windowsills. I gave them all a bit of water as they were looking very dry. I didn’t pour a lot of water in them as I didn’t want to disturb someone else’s regime of watering. It’s lovely to see them surviving as the space is boiling hot in summer and freezing cold in winter, but still the plants survive.

Hidden passion flower

Posted on August 13, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Back garden, Back yard, Flower, Fushias, Garden, Hidden, Passion flower, Plant, Summer, Water, Watering2 Comments

Deep in the jungle of vegetation that is our back garden are a few passion flower plants. They were coming into bud over the last few days and at last one has flowered! It’s sitting next to a fushia plant and is on the ground. Another one is trained up the downpipe to the guttering and a third is trained along the trellis fence above the wall. The only worry is the hot weather and lack of water. We have been using a hosepipe but that is likely to be banned soon. That’s part of the reason why I hang the hanging baskets one above the other.. It drops through and waters the one below too..

When will they flower?

Posted on May 14, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Ariel roots, Buds, Feeding, Flowering, Growing, Indoor plants, Learning, Orchids, Watering2 Comments

My orchids occasionally flower, but they haven’t for ages. The new one I bought still has flowers on it, but the buds soon fell off. I’m trying to feed them but I think I need to get bigger pots for them and new orchid compost/ fibre. I probably don’t water them enough and I don’t spray mist them. But I have had them for years. They have lots of ariel roots, there leaves are mostly green. So I will try and pamper them more.

Mallaband-Brown

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