Forced #crocus is almost in bloom! ift.tt/1ndsQwB https://t.co/gd3Gs4Lp7F

trying not to kill the beautiful things
Forced #crocus is almost in bloom! ift.tt/1ndsQwB https://t.co/gd3Gs4Lp7F

I recorded and edited this video back in November, and somehow forgot to post it here. Seems appropriate, as I’m perusing seed catalogs and choosing additional plants for my future cottage garden, to post the state of the garden as it was before winter hit.
For those who would prefer to read than to watch: I transplanted a volunteer viburnum, divided a white peony from the north fence into many more pieces than I’d intended, and planted dozens of pink peony-flowering tulips.
The color scheme, for now, will be pink and white, with a hint of blue from the hydrangeas (when they decide to grace us with blooms, that is). I’m very much looking forward to creating a space that’s my own, as opposed to the other beds, where I feel I’m maintaining someone else’s creation. They’re quite nice, don’t get me wrong, but it’s taking me a long time to feel like they’re mine.
For now, though, I’m dreaming of spring and hoping that all those tulips come up like gangbusters.
Planning out my seed orders for 2016. Trying not to go overboard, but it’s so hard. #gardening https://t.co/B0v9e3dw0o

Two kalanchoes, both alike in dignity… One remained in the sunroom over the summer, and one lived outdoors in a pot.
The outdoor kalanchoe is currently in a larger pot than the one in which it spent its summer, and is spending the winter in our front foyer, sporting a multitude of teeny greenish white flower buds ready to open.
The sunroom kalanchoe, while tall and spindly, has been in full bloom for weeks now.
This kalanchoe is the only bloom I have to share for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day this month, but hopefully I’ll have some forced forsythia and crocus blooms for February!
I must be a gardener now: perusing seed catalogs in winter is akin to making my Christmas wishlist from the JCPenney catalog. #gardening