Potting Plans

It’s been really humid here, so humid the dehumidifiers inside haven’t had enough time to catch up and lower the humidity back down to where I want it. And I think this is pretty obvious when you have a look at the soil in my plants. Heck, my basil pot’s...

Long ago, we replaced the orange trees in our back yard (we had six of them!!) with yucca cuttings I found on the side of the road because someone had pruned their own trees. A few months back, the yuccas were rooted well enough and I had enough plant...

There are a lot of flower beds in my garden. Some would do incredibly well with height added, others are better suited to shorter or medium-height plants. One particular one in my front yard was demanding for a couple massive bougainvillea to fill the spot. So...

I’ve been intending to share this technique of topdressing cacti for ages, as I put these pots of cacti together nearly two years ago now! Don’t ask me why I hadn’t got around to sharing these pictures & thoughts until now. I haven’t a clue! I guess at th...

A long while back, we took out the six orange trees that were planted here way before we bought the house, probably eons ago by the original owners. They looked great, but in terms of maintenance – they were impossible. They were massive, turned into aphid and mealybu...