Thanks for stopping by my blog, I will have to look around at yours, lots of stuff to see. I have mixed feelings about our ornamental grasses, some days I love them, some days I am sure they are trying to take over the yard!
Thanks Chris! My husband said that we could also burn it to the ground … I’ve heard that’s true but I think that he just wants to play with fire 
I’m not sure when the *right* time is to cut them back, but I cut all my grasses back about the end of January. My hubby ‘helped’ me out by doing it for me one year with the lawn mower. I was so mad at him I cried! When they came back more beautifully than ever, we’ve done it that way from then on. The mower might be a little severe for some, but a strong cutting back does the trick. Think of all that compost… Have a great week! Chris
It's so subjective, isn't it? The plants that one person considers extraordinary may be common place to another. Yet, if we each had to come up with a Top 10 Most Incredible Plants (or Flowers) in the World I'm sure there would be a few that would make each list.
For example, Divine Caroline has just produced their list entitled Eight of the World’s Most Unusual Plants. And sure enough, two of the eight feature in my list of the 10 Most Amazing Flowers in the World - Rafflesia arnoldii and Amorphophallus.
Would your list include these two beauties or are there other plants that are not getting the attention they deserve because these porkers are stealing the spotlight?
I’m busy making signs for the Veggie Garden where I volunteer. Our fall plant sale was postponed from 10/27 because of the fire, and will now occur on 11/10. This is actually better from a vegetable gardener’s perspective because my tiny seedlings of lettuce, cabbage and Swiss chard will be planted this week. They won’t be much to look at, but they’ll offer the promise of things to come, rather than the worn out, mildew-tainted zucchini leaves and burnt tomatillo plants that I mostly removed last week. 
The mums are at their most beautiful, ready to be picked for an arrangement at the festival next weekend. The day is beautiful and inviting, and the air is crisp and faintly fragrant with the rusty smell of withering summer crops and spent flowers. It’s hard to think I’ll be moving indoors soon to work on my inside hobby: the endless Art Nouveau doll house. Same with my purple fountain grass. Soon, I’ll cut it back to about 12 inces, and it will be beautful come spring. Happy GTS,
Aiyana
I have two brown turkey figs, now residing in the garage (with enormous scary boxes and piles of who-knows-what else), waiting to be potted up and to go dormant for winter. Not really sure how to go about this - so anyone with good advice (on figs, silly) should jump right in and tell me how to winter them over.
It is my understanding the fig trees could probably survive a winter in the ground in Boise A) if I had planted them and, B) if the temperature goes no lower than 10 degrees, and C) if they have a southern exposure. BUT, they will likely die all the way back and don’t have a long enough growing season to fruit after that. So, I am choosing to grow them in containers.
When I purchased the fig trees, they were already 4 feet tall and they produced about a dozen fruits apiece this year. I know they are root bound because I can see that at the bottom of the pot, and because I am a procrastinator and didn’t get them potted up into bigger pots this fall. My thought is this: put them in slightly bigger pots so they are not crowded, so they can hold a bit more water (right now it is running directly through the pot) and to keep them in a sunny albeit cool place in my garage over the winter. Then, pot them up again in late spring in nice pots with rolling saucers (not roller coasters) and keep them outside for the growing season.
Discuss.
And tell me what you come up with.
It looks as if it just wants to get tucked in and sleep for the winter. It is huge though … just a tad sorry looking these days. But hey, at least it’s warm there!!
From my Fortune cookie from the Chinese take away last night at work, It has a succinct night staff quote: