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My attempt at indoor vegetable gardening in my studio apartment, with the occasional rant, recipe, or guerrilla gardening experiment.
Cooking Again: Spicy Lentil Soup
2017-12-20 06:09
I've caught the cooking bug again. It has been a while; the whole fiber-dyeing thing takes up my kitchen most of the time. But I've been itching to cook more regularly, and today I made some… Read More
2017-03-14 02:59
The best way to get back to blogging? Just fucking do it. One of my undergrad majors was Classics--I mostly took Latin and Ancient Greek classes rather than history/mythology/etc. I ran the… Read More
Nentes Plantarum Spinalong
2016-08-20 03:10
Nentes Plantarum Spinalong (Spinning Plants Spinalong) You may have noticed, HipStrings and The Homestead Hobbyist like each other. Like, BFF like each other. We’ve supported each oth… Read More
2016-06-18 18:17
I know this isn't a really sexy post, so here's a photo of Habranthus robustus flowers. In preparing to move to Seattle, I culled my plant collection severely. The nigh-constant moves to n… Read More
2016-03-30 22:48
I moved (again), this time to Seattle. Boss-man decided to shut down the company and laid everyone off, so I thought, what the heck? I'm getting outta here. I have very few plants now; I'm t… Read More
2015-06-29 19:28
Because I haven't updated about my own plants in a ridiculous amount of time, I thought I'd share an update about plants that used to be mine and are now thriving in someone else's garden… Read More
2015-02-20 16:06
The Hippeastrum I grew from seed I crossed are ready to bloom again this year! They grew out front last year and had quite long, luscious, green leaves. I brought them into my office in Dece… Read More
2014-09-13 15:24
I bought this two years ago in Berkeley, California, at Cactus Jungle. (The Plant List says it is, in fact, Orbea variegata, not Stapelia variegata. It has been languishing a little--poor li… Read More
2014-09-01 17:45
Various Amorphophallus (several paeoniifolius from different sources, a NOID, and smaller ones under the canopy--plus some Ledebouria etc.) Amorphophallus bulbifer with the barest hint of… Read More
2014-08-30 01:04
I've been dyeing fiber for six months now, and I have enjoyed every last minute of it. Some of my favourites? Well, here's a photobomb: Darkness on my new Polwarth/Yak/Mulberry Silk 50/25/2… Read More
2014-08-27 20:37
I started this plant from seed in, say, late 2011 or early 2012. I'm not entirely sure the start date--but I know they were still only small seedlings when I sold most of them at the Mid-Atl… Read More
2014-08-25 15:28
I go to the local Cactus & Succulent Society chapter's August plant sale every year to celebrate my birthday and buy some pretty wicked plants at dizzyingly low prices. For example, thi… Read More
2014-08-22 18:23
My horticulturalist friend stopped by a few weeks back with a gift of two Doritis in spike--one with pink and yellow flowers, one white and yellow flowers. They're the only orchids in th… Read More
2014-08-18 20:12
The beau and I moved to a new apartment last October. I don't believe I mentioned that. Surprisingly, most of my plants survived the winter indoors--I think it helped that I upgraded to T8 f… Read More
2014-04-19 02:41
The Dinner Party Harlequin Phalaenopsis I received from the beau's coworker a few years ago is in bloom again! The Phalaenopsis (Brother Red Hotshot 'Red Cup' x Brother Precious Stones 'H… Read More
2014-04-19 00:06
In March, I partook of a spinalong. We all received the same fiber--two 100-gram braids of Haunui Halfbred (one dyed, one natural grey) and about 50 grams of dyed mohair locks. I decided to… Read More
2014-04-06 07:55
I've been blogging on The Indoor Garden(er) for five years, since I decided to buy seeds and start them on my windowsill in January 2009. But, of the 542 posts on the blog, only 11 were post… Read More
2014-03-19 01:35
I picked up a friend from the airport this weekend, and we took the opportunity to stop by Al's Orchid Greenhouse, just a few minutes from the airport. We potted up and/or transplanted a bun… Read More
2014-03-17 21:46
My Hippeastrum has bloomed! The photo colours are about accurate--the red has a hint of orange to it. The second one is about to bloom. The second one is also sending up a second spike… Read More
2014-03-17 21:44
There is certainly more going on in The Indoor Garden(er) world, but these Hippeastrum blooms are certainly the most striking (and uplifting) of the bunch. This bloom is from the second pla… Read More
2014-03-17 21:43
I'm starting seed for this year's gardening. I'll be growing in pots in the front yard this year, so I have to be a little more selective in what I grow. I'm only starting 50 little pots of… Read More
2014-02-28 02:27
It's been raining almost daily for the past several weeks, and although the temperatures are in the mid-80s to mid-90s every day, it feels like it's still spring--which is nice, because I fe… Read More
2014-02-28 02:24
It has taken me a lot longer than projected to return to blogging. But I've missed sharing my adventures in gardening and other hobbies, so I need to just jump back in and start blogging aga… Read More
2014-02-28 02:24
I'm raising silkworm (Bombyx mori) so I can reel silk and make my own silk thread, perhaps to ply with other fibers I plan to spin. Growing silkworm is surprisingly approachable--let the tin… Read More
2014-02-06 20:37
I started Hippeastrum from seed I collected from a stalk in March 2010. A year later, when I moved to Saudi Arabia, some of the seedlings went to live with Mr. Subjunctive. When I moved back… Read More
2014-02-06 20:21
I'm vacationing in Barcelona for two weeks, so I'm finally finding time to relax and do the thing I love--cook, knit, and look at plants on the street. And, of course, share my adventures on… Read More
2013-05-17 16:36
The Loudon County Spring Farm Tour is this weekend, and tomorrow, I'll be helping out at Al's Orchid Greenhouse, where I get some of my orchids and where my friend Kyoko grows a lot of gesne… Read More

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