A Moldy Setback

I had to move my worm bin outdoors this weekend. It's a bummer but things got a little funky in there and I had to do a little damage control. I suggest you not be eating anything if you're going to read on...

Winter Doldrums

Sorry it's been a while since I've posted. It's been so gray and cold lately I haven't been inspired to do much of anything inside or outside. But the days are getting longer, and hopefully warmer also, so I should have something to show soon. Erin will have some fun stuff soon too. In the meantime, at least my cymbidium orchid has bloomed and given me something to photograph. I thought this orchid was a dud because it never gave me flowers. Turns out I just needed to wait two years for this diva to finally bloom. Oh and I actually remembered to fertilize it this fall. That helped too probably. 

-J

Drippity Doo Da

Did you know that in Southern California you're supposed to get your roof checked and maintained by a professional roofer every year around September before the rainy season starts? I didn't. So now I have a giant, watery, plaster blister in my ceiling. All because of an open nail hole in the roof.

I don't understand why all the meteorologists were insisting this winter was going to be a La Nina. I think even my garden is getting tired of the rain.

-J

The End of Holes

I (unfortunately) had to move this week and the only good thing that came out of it was this:

Acrylic latex caulk.  A miracle product. 

Worms!

It's been raining so hard I haven't been able to do any gardening, so instead I made a worm bin! There's supposedly 50 worms in there right now. I didn't actually count when I added them. Not too many, but I thought I'd start small (also I'm being cheap). Hopefully they'll multiply quickly. The instructions for building the bin are available online from the WSU extension. (Thanks Yoonjo for the link!) It was SOOO easy.