Lulu and Wheatgrass

Last year I brought some sod indoors for Lulu to eat during the winter.  It worked alright at the start but as we got less sunlight, the grass began to go dormant.

Someone suggested I try wheatgrass for Lulu.  I grew several trays of it for her.

 

She loved her fresh greens.

 

By having two trays, I could alternate them so the grass could grow in between feedings.

 

She did a good job of keeping the grass down in height.

 

I keep the wheatgrass in a sunny window and bring it down to Lulu on her end table.

 

I do not leave the grass there all day.  She only gets it once a day for a treat.

 

Often she stops what she is doing when I am snapping pics but not when eating her wheatgrass.

 

 

Lulu is a very happy camper when she gets her feed of wheatgrass.

 



 

"Yum, yum, yum!"  mumbled Lulu with her mouth full, "I love this stuff!"

 

 

"It is so fresh and green." Lulu chortled.  "And I don't have to go out and get my feet cold!"

 

"I'm so happy, I could crow!"  chuckled Lulu.  "If I was a rooster that is!  Ha! Ha! Ha!"

Christmas Cactus

I got my first Christmas Cactus from my grandmother in 1970.  It was already a large plant by then and when my grandmother passed away in 1973, I thought I would never get it to bloom again.  Below is the plant I got from my grandmother.

It didn't bloom again until about 1980 when we moved into a different house where it bloomed in profusion for many years.  Christmas Cacti like cooler temperatures and natural light.  We kept the cactus in a corner of the dining room with the heat register shut and seldom turned on the lights in that room in the evening.

Once when I transplanted it, a branch broke off. I was able to grow that into another plant.

Depending on the year, I have had the cactus bloom as early as Thanksgiving or as late as Easter.

I now have several other smaller cacti in different colours.  Below you can see a pale pink one and a vivid scarlet one blooming together in the same pot at the same time as my fushia one.  This doesn't happen very often.

Here is a closeup of one of the scarlet blooms.  Although they are not scented and do not last very long, I enjoy them immensely when I have them.  They remind me of ballerinas wearing fancy tutus.