What’s on Your Windowsill? (Plus Giveaway)
A visit to Erika's apartment a month back has inspired a new sense of excitement about my own windowsills. The morning after the tour, we experienced a rare winter treat here in Toronto: sunshine! 
Category: Houseplants
A visit to Erika's apartment a month back has inspired a new sense of excitement about my own windowsills. The morning after the tour, we experienced a rare winter treat here in Toronto: sunshine! Echeveria ‘Doris Taylor’
Click title to see full photo. Caladium in the Lawn
You know, I've never much cared for caladium. They've always been a "whatever" plant in my book, a humdrum bit of foliage most often seen crammed into decorative baskets and seasonal greenhouse exhibits. Who cares? (Perhaps Garden Tour: Erika’s Small Apartment of Small Plants
Yesterday afternoon I was invited into the apartment of a fellow Parkdale resident to check out her collection of fascinating and unusual plants. The visit brought the plant junky in me out in full force. I went Standing in the Shadow of a Massive Euphorbia
Can you believe the size of this thing? Me neither. I have not seen a euphorbia of this size before or since.
This photo was taken at the Andromeda Botanic Gardens in Bathsheba, Barbados. Letting Go
A sad mess of dessicated branches soon to meet the compost bin is all that remains of my beloved 'Chinese Ornamental' hot pepper plant. I had grown fond of this little hot pepper plant and was Fruits of Passion
The other day I happened upon a store that was selling four different types of passion fruit (passiflora) simultaneously. While I have tried some of these types separately before, finding four at once posed an excellent opportunity Seven Things (Plus some extra fun things at the end)
I've been tagged for a meme. I don't typically do memes and i know this makes me a terrible meme not doer, but I swear my reasons aren't bitchy, just awkward.
For example, this current meme requires that I list seven random things about myself. Dear god, the
Variegated Cuban Oregano
Yesterday, I found this variegated Cuban oregano plant for only a couple of bucks at a small parking lot nursery. Isn't it gorgeous?! I wish the internet had smell-o-vision and you could get a whiff of this She Never Met a Cactus She Didn’t Like
The title is a quote from this video. No truer words have been spoken.
Spring must be in the air because I bought two cactus plants this week. The first is some kind of barrel Let’s Identify This Euphorbia
While in the Cuban countryside, we came upon a number of very old cemeteries that always sat right next to the ocean. I was told that one cemetery dated back to 1919. How they managed to survive Overwintering ‘Oregano’ Thyme
Over the years I've made an experiment of trying out new plants to overwinter on my windowsills. These experiments keep me amused over the winter months and provide the first-hand experience with specific varieties required to Turning Towards Spring
I'm writing this post today for all of you out there, who like me, have hit the cold, hard wall of Winter head-first. If success is measured by achieving an intentional purpose then this has been one of the most Oh Festive Tillandsia, Oh Festive Tillandsia
Allow me to introduce to you yet another alternative to the Christmas Tree.
A few weeks back I bought this tiny $3.00 string of miniature LED lights meant for creating miniature Winter Wonderlands. I have a thing for miniatures that stems from repeated A Conversation with Derek Powazek, Apartment Orchid Gardener
All photos by Derek Powazek
I first came across the work of Derek Powazek online about 10 years ago when I was working as a graphic designer in the interactive department of The Place That Shall Not Be Named. Derek's retired online Windowsill Plants
The plants were so lovely in the window today on a sunny November afternoon. I could not help but grab a camera to capture the moment.
This is 'Variegata' hot pepper, a gorgeous and edible heirloom variety that has READ MORE...
This is 'Variegata' hot pepper, a gorgeous and edible heirloom variety that has READ MORE...Beautiful Sundew
Cape Sundew (Drosera capensis)
Guess who bought 3 different sundews and a Pinguicula at The Montreal Botanical Gardens gift shop? I could not resist setting up a quick photo shoot yesterday afternoon before repotting them into nicer containers. Delicate and deadly sundews are Over-wintering Hot Peppers (Part 2)
Earlier this Fall I wrote about bringing your hot pepper plants indoors for overwintering. I've put together a short 2 minute clip showing how I dug up a 'Variegata' hot pepper plant from my community garden plot and transplanted it into Growing a Nepenthes Terrarium
Look what my spouse brought home for me yesterday as a gift for being sick. If this is what I get for being sick what do I get for being a fully-functioning, productive member of society? Actually being sick was a nice Windowsill Cozy
Here's the follow-up to last week's Toasty Pot Coaster project.
This windowsill warmer is easily crocheted much like coaster using double crochets and shell stitches as a decorative edge. Start by measuring the width and depth of your windowsill.
