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Friday I took the photos of the flowers in my last post. Saturday I walked into the bedroom and the Christmas Cactus had more open blossoms. The first blossom had changed; it was open wider. I took a photo of it in the morning light to compare with the photo from the previous day. That evening I found the petals rolled back toward the stem.
Christmas Cactus in the morning.
Christmas Cactus in the evening.
I watered some dormant plants in the garden and watered the covered bed. Poking up through the mulch were twenty onions about two to three inches tall. Two weeks ago we planted onions and garlic. In the bed are salsify, parsnips, beets and carrots that are tolerating the cold nights. On below freezing mornings there are frozen drops of condensation on the inside of the plastic. This is my first winter with the covered bed and I'm interested in how it will function in January.
Last weekend we planted radishes, arugula and two varieties of lettuce in containers in the sun room. Three of the four varieties of seeds have germinated and young plants are standing about an inch tall.
Our hibiscus plant was due a pruning so we cut it back and pruned a large palm. Last winter our cats decided the palm was a toy and did some serious damage that required radical pruning. It's recovered but doesn't look as good as it did a year ago.
Zebra Plant blossom from the side.
Zebra Plant blossom from the top.
We have 10 windows in the sun room. We had put blinds on five windows to protect furniture and plants that can't tolerate direct sunlight. We decided to install blinds on the five remaining windows so we can better control the light and temperature. We couldn't find blinds the correct width and the store couldn't cut the ones we selected so I tried an experiment with one vinyl blind. I aligned the ends of the blinds, clamped the bundle with my hand and ran it through a table saw to remove one inch from each end. Perfect! It looked as if it came from the factory. We cut and installed the five blinds.
Blinds installed on the western half of the sun room. The room is finished with the exception of the tile for the counter. Hopefully, we'll install it before Christmas. I took this photo Saturday morning just before we sat down for breakfast. (Larger version)
Christmas Cactus in the morning.
Christmas Cactus in the evening.
I watered some dormant plants in the garden and watered the covered bed. Poking up through the mulch were twenty onions about two to three inches tall. Two weeks ago we planted onions and garlic. In the bed are salsify, parsnips, beets and carrots that are tolerating the cold nights. On below freezing mornings there are frozen drops of condensation on the inside of the plastic. This is my first winter with the covered bed and I'm interested in how it will function in January.
Last weekend we planted radishes, arugula and two varieties of lettuce in containers in the sun room. Three of the four varieties of seeds have germinated and young plants are standing about an inch tall.
Our hibiscus plant was due a pruning so we cut it back and pruned a large palm. Last winter our cats decided the palm was a toy and did some serious damage that required radical pruning. It's recovered but doesn't look as good as it did a year ago.
Zebra Plant blossom from the side.
Zebra Plant blossom from the top.
We have 10 windows in the sun room. We had put blinds on five windows to protect furniture and plants that can't tolerate direct sunlight. We decided to install blinds on the five remaining windows so we can better control the light and temperature. We couldn't find blinds the correct width and the store couldn't cut the ones we selected so I tried an experiment with one vinyl blind. I aligned the ends of the blinds, clamped the bundle with my hand and ran it through a table saw to remove one inch from each end. Perfect! It looked as if it came from the factory. We cut and installed the five blinds.
Blinds installed on the western half of the sun room. The room is finished with the exception of the tile for the counter. Hopefully, we'll install it before Christmas. I took this photo Saturday morning just before we sat down for breakfast. (Larger version)
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