Indoor Gardening

Most of my gardening this time of year is the indoor variety.  Yesterday, I visited a local garden center that has a fabulous after-Christmas sale:  50% off everything in the store.  Since the sale had been going on all week, the pickings were slim.  I did, however, treat myself to an orchid.  I hope I can keep it alive.

I have a whole baker's rack of potted plants.  They spend the summer on the front porch, and the winter in the kitchen in front of the French door.  The ones that don't fit on the rack spend the winter in the living room, so we dodge large fern fronds while navigating in there.  The challenge is to keep everything well-watered while they're indoors, without overflowing and spilling water all over the floor. 

It's nice to have plants in the house in the winter.  Helps with the cabin fever that sets in when the days are short and cold, and there's very little that's green outdoors.