Claudette Coming Home

Soon I will be working from home.  I've been with my current company almost ten years but saw an opportunity that I really thought would be an interesting career change and applied, not really thinking they would hire me but if you never ask they can never tell you yes.

I'll be starting at the end of the month and this pretty little lady will need a place to live at the house.  She's not super big still so I hope one of the corners will be suitable enough but the lighting might be an issue.  Claude already has two grow lights and the basil plant near him is doing good so I think there is plenty of light there.  The problem comes with space though.  The basil plant is already sitting on a desk that needs to be clear for working.  There is no way Claudette can live there and be functional. 

She has a base for her pot though so location is a lot easier than Claude which has no base and instead sits on feet and drains to a mat if there is drainage out of the bottom of the pot. The mat is textured to absorb some of the water if it does and the bottom of the mat is rubber so it doesn't leak though to the carpet.  A nice industrial type mat.

I also have another pot in the office (not shown here).  So much to plant so little space in my home office.  That pot might be going out into the greenhouse and have veggies or a small tree.  It's a decent size pot.  What do you think would be good to grow in an approximately 2 gallon pot? 

Claudette Really Filling Out

Claudette is filling out nicely.  Soon she will be back to her old self and who knows how long it will be until she flowers.  Will possibly be able to take her home at that point or maybe just move pollen from one tree to the next.  Will just have to see how everything goes.

With the greenhouse in the yard now some of the more summery plants are now starting to pop back up.  I think it's turmeric breaking ground again in several places. Not the one up front though.  Although the day lily is still going strong.  Will see how cold it has to get before it kills it back for the year.  I remember even in Southeast Texas they would die back and come up in the spring.

Several other seeds have been planted in the green house to see what might sprout.  I know they say you can start seeds in a green house but I've never been able to find out.  At the house in Arlington the "green house" was more like a drafty covered porch.

I've got the study pretty well cleaned up and Claude is loving the new light setup.  I have the grow lights mounted to the wall finally and they are set up on an intermittent timer. Day is on 1.5 hours and off 0.5 hours.  Night is the opposite.  It keeps the leaves from burning quite so much it seems.

Full Moons of the 2026 Seasons

 

Super proud of this one.  I've been playing around with ai photo generation and with a bit of help and formatting research came up with this one for the moons of 2026 by season.

There is no blue moon this coming year but also no December moon for the seasons either.  That will be tacked on to next year's list as the first full moon of winter.  The next blue moon is May 20 of 2027.

So once in a blue moon has a chance again that month.

Greenhouse for Winter



I always wanted a greenhouse.  In Arlington we never got around to having a nice greenhouse.  It was instead a covered enclosed patio that was crumbling and the roof had a hole in it where rain would come through. This one is still missing a window but I have the manufacturer informed and expect they will send us the piece soon and I can just pop it in.

As you can see there are already plants in it and I expect to put in shelves real soon to add even more plant storage and humidity.  The key to a good greenhouse is humidity.  This guy seals up really well and I expect to have it going in full swing in no time.

So far I have about a dozen pots in there although half of them have no plants to speak of.  The one seen in the picture though has green onion, turmeric, pineapple, and the remains of a tomato plant.  I don't expect the tomato plant to bounce back though.  It got in too late after the last freeze to help. I also have an aloe in the back (lots of moisture in there and twice the size as when I bought it). In the middle left another turmeric and day lily pot.  One of such is still up at the front of the house and a good enough size pot that I expect it should be fine.  Winter isn't usually harsh enough to kill, just enough to kill back.

I'm hoping to get some more interesting plants growing in there as well since humidity is one thing I never really got previously so this should be interesting.