Look What I Found!

My dad gave me a stack of Christmas cards. Needless to say, we're keeping this one for ourselves!

PS: Those paperwhites are still available!

Remember When I Said I Was Going to Play in the Dirt?

Morning, kids! Look what we have here- Paperwhite kits for sale!

What's available: Little kits (one bulb per pot) $10

Larger kits (3 bulbs per pot) $20

What you get: Clear, very simple instructions and a cluster of lovely, fragrant little flowers about 5 weeks after you start watering them.

Bonus: They come securely packaged in a 6" square box with ribbon and a name tag. One less gift to buy and wrap!

To order: Just shoot us an e-mail (brokenbarn@gmail.com) and tell me how many/ what size. We accept Paypal, USPS money orders, cold hard cash and/ or heavy labor in trade.

They're a great gift for gardeners, but I think anyone can appreciate flowers blooming in the house in the dead of winter! If you click on the "paperwhites" tag at the end of this post, you'll see a picture of mine in bloom.

Flowers in the Snow

It's gettting darker and colder and snowier.
In anticipation of the Dark Days, I potted up these paperwhite narcissus a few weeks back.
Takes 'em about 5 weeks to hit bloom size. The flowers last about 2 weeks- more if you keep them in a cool room out of direct sunlight. I have mine in the window but there's so little sun this time of year that it hasn't shortened the bloom time.

They make a lovely gift this time of year...

Click on the pix for a zoom :)