Orchids

I have grown various orchids for years, but I’m downsizing my collection of over fifty (yes, you read that correctly: FIFTY?!) orchids, as Sadie is eating up all our time these days… with no end in sight!

And if you grow orchids, you’ve already noticed that I scorched a leaf on my cattleya at the top of this page. I’m super sorry about that, I’m still getting used to the sun’s intensity in our yard here.

If you are interested in growing orchids, check out a few tips I included in an article I wrote back in 2013.

Here are a few of my babies in bloom right now, to start 2018 in the right direction!

Chelle Ellis

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On September 6, 2017, we bought a 134+ year old Colonial Revival Eclectic known locally in Coldwater, Mississippi, as Ms. Sadie’s Place. We aren’t sure of the age of the house yet; there are old photos dating back to 1883, when she was a much smaller but established version of herself. In 1942, she was moved a mile South, along with the rest of the town of Coldwater (including a massive church) to make way for the Arkabutla Reservoir, built by the WPA in response to the Great…