TIME FOR THE HOLIDAY CANNA CLEAN UP
There is time for some holiday cleanup in the garden. The amount of biomass evolving over the summer is somewhat overwhelming. Branches, leaves, and weed are removed. Gradually plants and…
FRIEND OR FOE?
The result of the combination of using almost no herbicides or insecticides in the garden and denser and more varied planting is that you get some unexpected visitors. A couple…
HOW TO PREPARE CANNA FOR SPRING
When I went through the pictures of the Cannas in the garden month by month through the last year I regretted that I didn’t buy more of them. The great…
PASSION ON VALENTINE’S
Mixing passion fruit and passion? Passion was not the first I was thinking of when I wake up today on Valentine’s day. I was more longing for a perfect boiled…
SITTING ON MY HANDS
Look at the mess! But the plants are keeping it up together and will shield each other against the cold weather. Both the Canna and the Colocasia esculenta ‘Lemonade’ are…
GOODBYE SWEET HOLIDAYS!
From being nineĀ adults and three dogs in the house, we are now only two adults and two dogsĀ again. Christmas has been hectic and very, very nice. From organizing, cooking, shopping,…