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I sit on a ridge two hundred feet above a river. On its surface, glints of sunlight play with shadows cast by passing clouds. I close my e...

The show stopper in my solarium is Iresina , also called Bloodleaf with good reason: it's leaves are magenta. I love it as a bedding pla...

The gazing globe broke. While pulling weeds nearby, the gazing ball toppled off its stand and smashed into smithereens. Gone. This is a...

Still no frost. Frost is predicted every night this week, and still it doesn't freeze. Today feels like a reprieve from a death senten...

The houseplants are all indoors, including the flowerpots from the front step. My solarium looks like a jungle. I love the lushness. ...

Frost tonight, so i'm finally bringing in the flowerpots from the front step. Hefting the heavy ones is a chore that requires ingenuity....