by Alice Liles | May 30, 2015 | Repotting, Gasteria Batesiana
Beware the perils of waiting too long to repot when your plant outgrows its container. For the last year or so, I would look at this gasteria Batesiana and think, I really need to repot that, and then do something else instead. This year I decided the time had...
by Alice Liles | May 24, 2015 | Updating an Old Garden Spot for Succulents
A spot in the cactus garden was going to waste. Years of falling leaves, dust settling from the road, and time in general had made what used to be a raised bed lined with rocks pretty sad and in need of an update. I wanted a place to put pots of succulents, so rather...
by Alice Liles | May 8, 2015 | Blooming Now, Outdoor Cactus Blooms
As I mentioned on Facebook the other day, the cactus blooming season is upon us. All of the pictures I am about to share with you were taken on the same day, April 29th. I found one lovely surprise after another as I walked through my outdoor cactus garden. And the...
by Alice Liles | Apr 6, 2015 | Blooming Now, Cotyledon Orbiculata
Aren’t these just the neatest little flowers? The plant, as you can see, is not anything special, but it also is not ugly. The flowers, on the other hand, are delightful and unusual. The blooms measure only a little more than an inch in length, but they are...
by Alice Liles | Feb 25, 2015 | Blog
We added two new rain barrels for collecting rain water-yes it does occasionally rain here-and snow, which is supposed to hit tonight, so I thought I’d share my barrel system with you in case you’d like to try it yourself. Rain can be collected in...
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