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Peperomia clusiifolia 'Rainbow' in Cookie Tin
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Tipsy Tillandsia
Photo © Kerry Michaels

I had such a great time this weekend fooling around with these tillandsias also known as air plants. You have got to love a plant who lives on air and water. I sometimes hang them in my shower or put them in glass jars (though they really prefer to have air circulating around them). I usually give them a soaking every couple of days.

Check out my gallery of terrarium pictures, including this one.

Dried Orages
Photo © Kerry Michaels

This summer I got a food dehydrator to preserve some of my anticipated container garden bounty. I was particularly looking forward to dried tomatoes, which I love. Well, as many of us experienced - this year's tomato crop was totally pathetic. None of the tomatoes even made it into the dehydrator. The few tomatoes we got, we ate right off the vine.

On the bright side, my herb container gardens went berserk this summer, so I there were plenty of herbs to dry and I found that the dehydrator rocks for that. However, the thing that has made my entire family into drying fanatics, is dried oranges. They are incredible. We are eating them as fast as we can dry them.

We've also dried apples and pears, picked right from our own trees, which is nothing to sneeze at, but I'm telling you, dried oranges are the bomb! They are incredibly tasty and also beautiful. I'm planning to fill up mason jars with them and give them as gifts for the holidays.

If you're in the market for a food dehydrator, check out the
Excalibur Dehydrator. Mine has been running almost continuously since I got it.

Wordless Wednesday Container Garden Pictures

Window Box by Smitten, Wiscasset, Maine
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