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Violet Barn and Cannas

Show Off Nov 16 2024

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Repotting:  Soak pot in 10% bleach solution.

African Violet:  All Purpose potting mix: 12 quart box.  The same mix that we use for nearly all of our plants.  A sterile, soilless, mix that we … Read more

Amaryllis 2024

2nd red orchid w white orchid Nov 16 2024

— Purchased Oct 16, 2024: two amaryllis bulbs from Amazon. One has red flowers, the other Minerva (white flowers with red rim). Third amaryllis bulb, red flowers, is a replacement for the 1st red bulb amaryllis that was received with … Read more

Dendrobium Orchids

Dendrobium King of Monkey

Dendrobium generally prefers 6-8 hours of good filtered light.  Stop feeding in September to introduce your Dendrobium into its winter rest

Bloom every 4-6 months. One stem may bloom more than one time.

Bright filtered light.

Water: 3 times a … Read more

Oncidium Twinkle Orchids

Oncidium Twinkle Yellow Sunlight

Oncidiums are popular indoor orchids for a very good reason—their large sprays of flowers often sag with dozens of blooms and pseudobulbs (a bulbous thickened area of the stem) that come up from a mass of thin white roots. Sometimes … Read more

Lady Slipper, Paphiopedilum Orchid

Lady Slipper Paphiopedilum Memoria Albert Eickhoff kolopakangii x stonei Paph Orchid

Paphiopedilum orchids does not need a drop of temp to bring on bloom.

Paphiopedilum lack pseudobulbs, meaning they have a lower capacity for storing water than other types of orchids.  Do not let the growing medium dry out completely.

Water: … Read more

ME Snowman with Bells

snowman with bells ME napkin

ME from Embroidery Designs. Snowman with Bells, just under 2- x 4-inches stitch area, count 5550. Stitched on 6- x 6- green napkin.

Instead of stabilizer I used metallic 24 count Congress Cloth as the backing sheet. This stiff canvas … Read more

Bulbs planted Fall 2022

Brecks Red Riding Hood Tulip

LIGHT Full Sun, Partial Shade, SIZE 14+ cm, ZONE 3-8 BLOOM TIME Late spring (May), HEIGHT 35 – 40 inches. One of the tallest tulips around!

Blooms are larger than most. What’s more, no two look exactly the same. Amber, … Read more

Summer 2018, embroidery and stitching

I have greatly been enjoying completing projects and learning something new this summer.

I have been working on two Hardanger and one Bargello designs for the last year and a half. I lose myself in designing and embroidery work. Shame … Read more