Re: Winter interest and cabin fever

Well, I'm jealous of those of you who are seeing signs of spring outside -- even
having some flowers bloom. I made a tour of my unlovely backyard looking for
things of winter interest. The dried heads of a Miscanthus above the snow and
the brown balls of Hydrangea 'Annabelle' are about it; well, maybe the yellow
and red branched varieties of dogwood. But then there's the big ugly patch of
seed hull laden snow under the big bird feeder which the mourning doves are
sifting through for overlooked goodies. The brightest things in the yard are the
male cardinals.

Indoors I've been bringing up from the basement all the amaryllis and they are
spectacular. Two pots in bloom with about 5 flower spikes per pot, about seven
other pots in various stages of coming up. I summer them all outside on the west
side of the house in a protected place, water and fertilize them once a week or
so, dry them off in the basement at frost time, and repot them before moving
them to the living room in Jan. or Feb. Easy and gorgeous.

I filled out (finally) my seed and plant orders today and spent too much, but
those pictures got me! Can't wait 'til spring.
-- 
Barb P.
SE Wisconsin, Zone 4

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