Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

Summer may not be the time to expect a lot of flowers on home-grown orchids. I'm still not ready to say that I know how to grow them in ...

These were in the Climatron at the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis. I was there this weekend. I enjoyed seeing the orchids growing o...

Here is the last installment on the Master bathroom. Some lessons learned: (1) Even if you CAN do it, if you can't get it done, hire a c...

It's great to see that there are critters around, especially beneficial ones. Toad was hanging out in the Schlumbergera. I see toads or ...

The black ones are called "Petite negri". The green ones are called "Lattarula". Supposedly, Thomas Jefferson grew Lat...