Bok Choy Sprouts

You can just about see the little seedlings poking though the soil out on my balcony. I'll take some pictures of their progress as they grow. I don't have great luck growing things from seeds in containers for some reason. Wish me luck!

Green Things: Valentine's Day Edition

A few snaps from a walk around the neighborhood:


It's been rainy again, the ferns love it.


Yard chickens. I live in kind of a fancy neighborhood and I like it that even here you can come upon a flock of chickens roaming the streets fairly often.

I started a ton of paperwhite bulbs. They're going slow because my apartment is North facing, but that's okay, they'll last longer.

I got the most wonderful surprise flowers from my Valentine! I love those red beany things. (someone told me they're called "kangaroo paws", cute!)

Hellebore Visit

This past weekend my friend Sarah & I decided to take a little road trip to Eugine to visit a special hellebore nursery that was having an open day and plant sale. I turned out to be the most perfect spring day, with sunshine and everything! The nursery had wonderful landscaped gardens full of early spring flowers. It was a lovely day!




I think hellebores are nice, some people get really crazy about them, but I did end up buying one, it's called "Black Diamond".

Green Drink

The sun has been out, its been warm the past few days & it's been refreshing to say the least, I'm really excited for spring.

I've been starting every morning with a green smoothy: coconut water, mango, celery, spinach, kale, ginger. So good!



Snowdrops: there's something magical about them. They're so beautiful and delicate looking, but they look fine even after being snowed on!

Spring Bulbs

I bought this little grape hyacinth the other day in my ongoing attempt to bring spring indoors. I used to think grape hyacinths were so boring, but now I really appreciate their juicy flowers and delicate sent.