I took the day off today to relax after completing the final course in my Master's program. Began my day with snow shoveling due to blizzard conditions - someone was to come service my furnace this morning, so I figured I should take care of it. They cancelled, but even so, I still have the … Continue reading March16, 2026 T caput-medusae Update
The weather has been decidedly spring-link, so probably we will be slammed with heavy wet snow soon to remind us that it is not spring yet. The only thing stirring outdoors are the daffodils and tulips. They are inching their way out of the soil, and I had been watering them because the snow had … Continue reading March 7, 2026, Six on Saturday
It has been 41 days since I first noticed the beginning of the bloom cycle in my T caput-medusae I did not take pictures for a few early weeks, but then I started getting weekly pictures. The eldest of the trio still has no sign of flower stalk, but it will come, and besides, how … Continue reading February 28, 2026 Weekly Tillandsia Update
Hi all, I managed to get a little bit ahead on my homework so I could take some time to see all the progress as calendar spring inches closer, and even in my garden, there are signs that spring will arrive, despite everything. You will gasp, but it is true! There are signs of spring, … Continue reading February 28, Six on Saturday
Lay My Love is a brilliant song on the Eno/Cale collaboration Wrong Way Up. The lyrics came to mind, particularly the bit about scrambling in the dust of a failing nation, when I took the pictures used in this post. Feels like that around here with all that is being destroyed in the name of … Continue reading Lay My Love
My little plants are moving along. I can see a faint blush on both of the flower stalks, but it is not obvious like it will be. Number 1 is still holding out on me, so I gave them all a pinch of fertilizer in their water this week. I play fast and loose, using … Continue reading February 21, 2026 T caput-medusae update
It was Valentines day and I took an opportunity to take more pictures of my T caput medusae that are in a bloom cycle. Number 1 still has no evidence of inflorescence, but I think it will be soon. Numbers 3 and 4 are coming along and I almost think I see a hint of … Continue reading Tillandsia caput medusae update
My week got away from me, and though I was at one point very near to the Botany greenhouse, I could not sneak away to visit. Alas! We have had a dusting of snow - not enough to cover the bare spots, but enough to make the snow look clean again More expected tonight. Sun … Continue reading February 7, 2026 Six on Saturday
Cold is a four letter word. I am lucky in that I was able to stay home, on Friday so apart from taking the bins out and back again, so I really can't complain. They say the high was around -20 C, but there is some lovely snow on the ground, the roads are dry. … Continue reading January 24, Six on Saturday
My first Tillandsia is a T melanocrator tricolor. I still have it but it does not get enough light to have three colors nor to bloom. Then it got sunburned when I forgot that it was time to remove them from the windowsill that is too hot and direct in winter, for all but T … Continue reading Tillandsia caput medusae
Gardening in the Prairie 