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Follow my blog with Bloglovin Brian and I were able to escape the Kentucky winter this January and make a trip to the Atlanta Botanical Garden. I’ve been to the gardens several time with Mr. Williams but always in the summer. The gardens are perfectly situated in the middle of the long trek from Kentucky […]
I love taking walks in the woods and seeing what beauties await me! Today I am walking around “The Farm” as we have always called it. We haven’t had any animals, except for dogs, on the “The Farm” since I was in diapers. We are walking at my parents place. These are the hills that […]
Cannas are one of my personal favorite plants groups. They are striking in the garden with beautiful flowers in a wide range of colors and bold foliage. Over the years cannas come in and out of popularity and availability. In the 1700’s and 1800’s only the well off Europeans were growing cannas in their gardens. […]
Follow my blog with Bloglovin How to Make a Wabi-Kusa Wabi-Kusa is a fairly new term to a lot of people. It comes from a Japanese aquarium artist named Takashi Amano. He is well known in the aquarium world for revolutionizing the entire industry. His […]
In winter, here in Kentucky, I need projects that will help me bring the outdoors inside. I found working on my aquariums, terrariums and wabi kusa have been a lot of fun and a great way to bring a little green inside. Just seeing these little habitats take off and grow helps prevent cabin fever. […]
Colocasia gigantea It seems I need to add to this post. Colocasia Gigantea is now known by science as Leucocasia gigantea. It has been removed from the Colocasia group into it’s own section. Colocasia Gigantea (Thailand Strain) is a unique and large growing plant in the Araceae family (commonly called Aroids). The family consist of […]