Flower Power

Today I am sharing photos of my wonderful indoor plants who are very confused. We begin with Ferdinand. Ferdinand was a dream of Daryl's who saw me one lazy late spring morning in the garden planting tiny, microscopic seeds into the warm earth. I was sewing my first herb garden - dill, basil and parsley. I already had a forest of chives, tarragon and mint! Did I mention this was last spring?
Daryl decided that he, too, wanted to plant something. He choose peppers. Peppers? I asked. Peppers - the hot ones. That is what he wanted, that is what he got.
It is now time for a small celebration. Almost 11 months later we have the signs of our first hot pepper.To put things into context - the pepper is about the size of a peanut. Thank goodness we were not starving and waiting for this pepper to sustain us! However, one will lead to more...and we will have a hot pepper fajita with mojitos!Speaking of growing things...my orchid given to me by the Schuelers as a house warming gift, which I thought I had killed - the fate of so many of my attempts at gardening, has sprouted again. I was recently told they can go dormant and then pop out again! Does anyone know if I need to stake the off-shoot? Nothing is happening with the vertical stem.My Christmas cactus did not bloom at Christmas. I was told by my mom that it could be an Easter cactus. Very religious flowering plant - I thought. Not the case. Said plant was green from the day I bought it. Alas, white flowers have erupted all over the place! Perhaps it is a Mother's Day cactus. Yay!

Please note blog dog sitting on guard for thee in the great outdoors!