Longer days are here, hooray!

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postaday2015, rosemary, sunlight, weather

My husband and I were out and about and when we were driving back home, I glanced at the clock on the dash and it was 4:55 pm as we pulled into our driveway and the sky was still the prettiest shade of light blue with a gorgeous gradation of pink to deeper pink right on the horizon framed with the mountains in the backdrop; it was such a shot in the arm to see that daylight was lasting longer.

The pictures that I took of my rosemary plant that is residing in my bedroom were from the moment that we returned home at 5:00 pm and you can see the daylight right outside my window. You can also see that my rosemary plant has grown since the summer when I brought it in to winter it until next spring.

If you look at both pictures, you can tell that despite the cold weather, we do keep it on the cool side in the house, my rosemary plant has grown and it seems happy where it is this year, as opposed to the other years where I kept it in the dining room. The hibiscus plants and the bougainvillea don’t mind being wintered in the dining room, but for reasons that I don’t understand, the rosemary never liked it there. My bedroom apparently is where it feels the love. I am more than happy to accommodate it and my bedroom smells quite nice as a result so everyone is happy.

My herbal obsession: Rosemary

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plants, postaday2014, rosemary, winter

There I admitted it; I have an obsession with Rosemary and it is of a long duration. Year after year, I buy Rosemary plants hoping to have one take hold and stay with me for more than just one season and year after year, I get sad when they don’t make it. This year, I decided that since one of my rosemary plants did really well this summer, I would try to once again to bring my plant inside and see how it goes this winter. The one that I planted near the pool is going to stay outside, I’m sorry little Rosemary plant, I wish you well this winter.

The thing that I am doing differently this time around is that I dug out the Rosemary plant from the soil, so I am hoping that since the Rosemary plant was so happy in the soil and where it was, it will continue to be happy this winter, I just have to find it a really good sunny spot which is much easier said then done, my little Rosemary will be competing with the Bougainvillea, the Mandeville and the three hibiscus plus a few new Impatiens that will be needing a spot inside, I tell you I will be needing a Greenhouse if I keep this up.