As good as it gets!

Well this was as good as it gets for this one!  I'm updating on the Amaryllis...it's been blooming like crazy, in fact I have been snipping off flowers that are dying off now.  Overall it's been a successful experience!  The 2nd and 3rd flower spikes finally caught up.

Winter Frosting

I was staring at the snow on all the trees and shrubs and thinking about how it looks like frosting!  So I got out there and snapped some quick shots and put them together in a mini movie (using my iMovie feature on my iMac)  Turn on your volume too...

A pot load of bulbs!

In an attempt to keep my passion for gardening alive during the winter I got a little crazy and I placed an order in December for Tulips, Daffodils, Hyacinths and Crocus to plant for an indoor garden.  

Thanks to the folks at Van Bourgondien the bulbs were shipped quickly and were all in top condition!  

Here are pictures of the bulbs I ordered and hope to see before long growing like crazy!

 First up are these tulips called Barcelona

Second up are these yellow Daffodils called Carlton

 Third-  some Dafffodils called Minnow

Fourth- a two toned tulip called Tom Pouce

 Fifth- Hyacinths called Pink Frosting

 Sixth- Bi-color Blue Grape Hyacinth or Muscari

Seventh are these classic Crocus called  Pickwick

 Eighth and last are these Hyacinths called Stuyvesant

 This is the monster pot I put all of them in! It's 22" across and and 8" deep. It's by Pottery Barn from their Ashby Collection (It's actually considered a bowl)

(I got it on a steep mark down- yay!)

I put some lightweight filler in the bottom and then filled it with dirt  

to about 1/3rd full

I set the larger bulbs in first and then covered them with more dirt. 

Then I put some of the tiny bulbs in place (because those shouldn't be planted as deeply) and covered with more dirt.

I moved the pot to this heavy glass end table.

I've never done this before so it will be a fun experiment. 

Today is Jan.7, 2011 first day they were planted! Let's see how long they take to show their little faces!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will follow along and see how this goes!

Enjoying nature indoors....

Well, I'm so glad I took the time to plant some bulbs. I'm enjoying some beautiful colors and fragrances as a result. As you can see, we have plenty of snow outside and more falling...

These amaryllis were planted Dec. 1st and they are finally blooming. The other two are close to opening their flowers- I just wish they had all opened at the same time!

I planted these Paperwhites in tall cylinder shaped glassware so it would support the plant..as you can see they've really gotten tall! I placed them in the kitchen window and they kind of found each other and made an interesting arch...

Snow, snow, snow, snow, snow! The ski resorts around Traverse City are happy! This is actually what we've gotten in the past few days. Most of the snow we had before had melted...
A lot of this is due to Lake Effect snow, which we get a lot of.