When the Growing Gets Cold

Coming back to the Ecohouse after a brief winter hiatus I was anxious to see how the cold frame was holding up! So anxious, in fact, that while doing snow removal with the broom I shattered a window. Alas, the lettuce and radishes looked like they had quit some time ago but the spinach was chugging along and looked no worse than when I left. Today, the first sunny day in Syracuse in quite some time, I did a real inspection of the garden. It seems that what everything really wanted was a drink. So, now that everything is watered and should be getting a couple days of sun I'm hoping to see some perky plants out in the snow. We'll see.












Just in case the out door garden doesn't make it, we've got a constantly growing collection of plants inside. My favorites are my carnivorous plants that just may be the coolest things I've grown yet. My highland Nepenthes is the show stopper with its gorgeous pitchers but I've got a soft spot for the two Mexican Butterworts whose flowers I'm anxiously awaiting.

Also inside are rosemary and thyme plants, a burgundy ficus, aloe, a Christmas tree, an African violet, chamomile, and an aerogarden that I just planted with parsley, chives, catnip, nira chives, cress, and mitsuba.

I do believe we're having a meeting this Sunday evening, so I will hope to see everyone there!

Be well,
Elizabeth