ramblings from an arkansas farm girl
As promised in my last Sunday Letter, today I’ll show you how to repot an orchid. It pains me to imagine how many orchids I’ve killed through the years. When I was a silly, busy banker, I truly thought after they bloomed once, they were done.
Um, no. Like every living thing—a schnauzer puppy, a milkweed seedling, a carpet of lichen—learn what orchids like, treat them with a little TLC, and not only will they re-bloom beautifully, but they will grow larger.
Crazy, I know.Continue Reading
Hey, hey! It’s Christmastime again…
Today I’m spotlighting 10 Gifts for the Gardeners in your life. And guess what? These 10 gifts won’t break our gardening budgets. Do we have gardening budgets? 🤔
December is here in all her lovely holiday glory. My goal is to keep Christmas simple. Any gift-giving I do will be small and likely purchased online. The past few years in our family, we’ve been celebrating the magic of stocking stuffers. It’s true—incredibly good things come in the smallest packages.
Almost everything on this list will fit in a stocking.
Most are offered by small, local businesses.
Nothing cost more than $25.Continue Reading
Did you know milkweed was used during World War II? I learned this bit of American history by reading When Angels Rest, by Donald Harington, one of my favorite Arkansas authors. When Angels Rest is classified as literary fiction. When I read about the characters in the story collecting milkweed pods for the war effort, I suspected this must have been based on the truth, even though I’d never heard about it. As a huge fan of milkweed—we grow several varieties for the monarchs— I dove into the rabbit hole, reading all about this piece of American history I’d never learned.Continue Reading
