Archive for the 'Plants' Category

Golden Barrel Cactus – Echinocactus grusonii

You see alot of these at nurseries, mostly $20 +.    Today I was in search of a deeper ceramic pot to grow cat grass.  Not wanting to deal with alot of traffic I went straight to El Mirages Super Wal-Mart.   Not exactly a store I am fond of for a vast amount of reasons, but thats [...]

What to do with that pot of bulbs you got from the grocery store

Sometimes when it comes to plants I buy based on smell.  Over the years I have accumulated a lot of bulbs from freesia, tulips, daffodils, grape hyacinth, hyacinths, and paper whites (probable too many paper whites).  You can blame Trader Joe’s for some of my buying habits.   As you can see in the picture [...]