The Variegated Thumb

I try to keep the subject of my blog posts all about plants.  This one will be a little less planty.

For the past couple of months we have been adding on to our house.  We are doing as much of the work ourselves as we can.  From pouring the slab with wheelbarrows to framing, roofing to insulating, hanging sheetrock to laying tile.  We’ve been staying very busy.  Hence my extended absence from the blog.  When I mentioned all of this work recently to a friend, they asked if I was making more room for plants.  Yes and no.  We’re adding on living space for the humans in the house, not the plants.  But, there will be a couple of places that will play home to plants in the added space.  All along in our planning we discussed having a nice window ledge in the bathroom where a couple of orchids can sit and enjoy the enhanced humidity of the shower.  We also have some really nice patio doors where I think a potted tree will sit – probably the grapefruit tree.

Making a home for a couple orchids - can you see the potential?

I have written several new blog posts, but time in the evenings has been spent on construction tasks, so I haven’t had the chance to take pictures or upload them.  So several posts are in the line-up and will be posted as soon as I have a chance to get the corresponding pictures in place.  Stay tuned!