Stuff is Growin: Bamboo!

Do you know what pandas eat? Pandas eat bamboo.

Within the last week, our bamboo garden in the backyard has blown up, so we could support a couple of Buttersticks for quite some time. Well, maybe like a day. Pandas eat a lot of bamboo.
We have over 30 new sprouts rapidly growing throughout the garden. Chuck took some photos and measured a couple of them. We plan to check in later this week to see exactly how rapidly they're growing.

Stuff is Growin: Orchids!

So Jennifer gave me an orchid years (5? 6?) ago after her coworker left the office and abandoned it... For years I've been diligently watering this plant, which consisted of a couple of large leaves and a bunch of roots.

Last year, what I thought was another lumpy root growth turned out to be a spray of huge, gorgeous magenta orchids that lasted for weeks and weeks. I figured when that spray wilted, that was it for the next 5 or 6 years. But, lo!, this year another spray emerged and I was able to get some good photos.

Behold: