OH NOES! My Clematis!
I planted the miniature Clematis pictured at left in a pot this past Spring. Because its in a pot, the roots don't have great protection from a really hard freeze -- if the soil in the pot became completely frozen, the plant would die from the drought. So, a couple weekends ago I finally remembered to bring the pot inside.
I meant to put it in the basement to keep it cool enough to remain dormant, but keep it frozen. Instead I forgot/was lazy and left the pot near the patio door in the kitchen. Guess who's clematis thinks its Spring? Damn! I am so stupid! I'm going to have to let it grow, flower and then keep it healthy until I can put it outside in May. Hopefully it won't be pissed off that I screwed up its freeze/thaw cycles. I'm a little worried. I don't have any fertilizer to give it because I used it all in the fall! I'm going to have to buy some fish emulsion soon. Oh well, I'll have a lovely purple clematis in my kitchen in January/February. MWAH HA HA! Flowers in the winter! Are you not all jealous?
The Christmas baking is going well. So far I've made my sex muffins (which are actually just the best brownies in the entire world). They are cooling now so I can't sample one. Phoo!
I have shortbread in the oven. I'm trying out Jamie Oliver's 'ultimate shortbread' recipe from his new 'Cook with Jamie' cookbook. I'm also going to make his gingerbread recipe, which uses the shortbread recipe as a base. So I have two batches of shortbread in the oven. Its taking so long to bake! 50 minutes! I'm so impatient.