What's been going on in the past three months to keep me from blogging? Whole bunches of travel and fun and of course, since it's summer, I'm gardening. Springtime usually means being up to my eyeballs in new garden beds, container gardens, moving the houseplants outside, etc. This spring was different. First of all, I went to the American Begonia Society convention in West Palm Beach, FL. What a wonderful time! I came home with a suitcase full of begonias as well as a charter for the Rhode Island Chapter of the ABS... now we are official!
Next was a trip to Ecuador. I fell in love with the little town of Cotacachi and bought a condo there. It's high in the Andes and the temperature ranges from 50 degrees up to 75 degrees... year round! Can you say 12 month growing season? Today in RI the humidity was extreme and the temperature in the 80s. I was weeding with sweat running in my eyes and dripping off my nose.
This is when I envy people working in air-conditioned offices (only a little!).
Working with my carnivorous plant buddies a bog was installed in a greenhouse at the University of RI. We had some wonderful plant donations and Michael Szesze of The Carnivorous Plant Nursery helped us with the installation. He and his wife were great fun and I will definitely post pictures of the big event. It was July and very warm but a good time was had by all.
So now everyone is all caught up and pictures will follow soon.
Remember to keep slugging down that water when you're outside in the heat and don't let the weeds get you down!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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