The Hanging Garden(ing)

My friend in the mountains had a couple of amazing houseplants. One is a night blooming cerus that blooms at midnight and has amazing tendrils that make it seem like an alien being. 



The other is a 20 year old plant that has winded its way across their entire living room and the banister to their stairs. It is truly awesome. This is what I aspire to in terms of what my houseplant situation is like. Filled. With. Plants.

I can picture that. 

It's been obscenely warm here so I've been warming some houseplants in the sun the past few days. 

I recently re-potted Diego (Boston Fern) and they look great for winter. I pruned a WHOLE lot off of its underside in about November; probably about 30% of its growth. I also repotted the magnolia tree seedling, which almost died from a month in a plastic pot (poorly thought-out decision for overwintering inside), which caused it to retain too much moisture and start to die. I think it will survive. 

Both plants got a nice, healthy serving of worm castings in the new soil, and Diego also got some peat. 

This summer I would like to grow a small variety of celery in containers. It's a million times better than grocery store celery.