The "Elk Horn" or "Stag Horn" fern has hogged this corner of the office since October. Somewhat finicky to grow as house plants, they can get enormous outdoors under the right conditions.
You often see them in California botanical gardens. Mine might double in size over the summer, making it too big to winter inside again. Oh, well, fun while it lasted. It's one of those unusual plants-- ugly or beautiful is in the eye of the beholder.
I also kicked the Jade plants outside this week, a little early because it's only 33 degrees this morning. They are not happy campers but will survive.
The house feels roomy when all this plant material suddenly goes away. The Jades love the front porch and grow like crazy all summer. Jades are very heavy plants, especially in these big clay pots. What was I thinking? When they get that big, they're impossible to transplant so sometimes I just prune the tops off.
Nothing interesting happened this weekend. It's still too cold for gardening, other than clean-up chores. The big excitement was washing the outside windows on Sunday afternoon, all covered with a winter's worth of grime. It instantly made the house lighter in the strong afternoon sun. It also nicely highlighted the indoor dust.
We're looking forward to some sunny days this week, with temperatures close to 60. Yea!
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