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Last week, I decided to make a miniature terrarium.   One very important thing to note:  the main plant in a miniature terrarium is moss.   The second very important thing to note:  moss does NOT grow in Texas.  I inquired about the moss at the garden center, where I was directed to bags of dried, decorative [...]

In search of new plants, Chris and I visited The Great Outdoors garden center, home of the fabulous topiary elephant.

A couple of weeks ago, Chris had the awesome idea of building shelves in our outdoor storage closet.  It’s a great closet, but was always kind of a pain to utilize.  It was very unorganized and every time I opened it, things fell on my head.  And it was pretty impossible to find smaller items.  [...]

The other day Chris was looking for a particular bowl when he suddenly called out, “AnnMarie!  There’s a plant in the cabinet!”  One of the sweet potatoes I’d stored way up in one of the top cupboards has sprouted the loveliest pink-purple stalks and leaves.  I loved it so much sitting there in my turquoise [...]

Sweet Chris surprised me with cherry tomato and basil plants when I got home from work yesterday.  We named the tomato plants Tommy Toes and Talulla, and the basil plants Basil (pronounced so that it rhymes with “dazzle”) the basil and Herb (pronounce the “h”) the herb. Oh!  And on a side note, because this [...]