Here is why I missed Tuesday Tidbits and an African violet post….a little bitty kitty captured my heart and my attention. Meet the newest member of our family. This is Henry. How did this little bitty kitty come to live with us? It’s a good story! I may or...
I get a lot of questions concerning pots without drainage holes, called cachepots. Should you drill a drainage hole? What’s great about the pot I just purchased (and I have been seeing more of these in the garden centers), is that it has a “plug” in...
There are several ways to determine whether your plant needs water, but today I want to talk about one particular way you could use. (Though I am showing a plant on a scale, it is for demonstration purposes only.) This particular process starts with a well-watered...
I recently purchased an elk horn fern (Polypodium polycarpon ‘Grandiceps’). It is a gorgeous plant but is covered with hard water spots. How can I clean the water spots off? Until I wrote my first book, I didn’t know exactly how to get them off....
I love African violets. You probably already know that because I say it a lot. When shopping, I usually choose the one I bring home because of the flower color or the foliage. Recently though, I chose one because of its striking sepals. Why the sepals? I guess...
