Fern Expedition

Last Sunday we visited quarry 't Rooth for a fern "expedition".

The kenderman is a member of the Dutch Fern society and I was allowed to join them.
The weather was perfect and the group was small...

Our guide had the key to this abandoned quarry.
This area is closed of and managed by the Limburgs Landschap.

 a not so rare but (to me) very beautiful chalk loving Asplenium trichomanes

(link in English and Dutch)

Polystichum aculeatum a.k.a. hard shield-fern (link in English and Dutch)

a rare and to me a new thistle : Carlina vulgaris (link in Dutch)

 a to me new Dipsacus: Dipsacus pilosus (link in Dutch)

Asplenium ceterach aka Rustyback (link in English and Dutch)

And just before we split up... some giveaways to whoever interested in ferns.

You can find a link to more fern posts here

The Garden

  ranunculus aconitifolius

 Dicksonia antartica

Dryopteris atrata

Aconitum napellus album

Vague Monday Morning

I can use a song like Match Bet from Squid to get me started (smile)

Back to Reality

After fully being recovered, I've been enjoying my last days of my summer holiday.

It was just me, myself and I (and two lots of attention needing cats)
because the kenderman started working again two weeks earlier.

No worries! I love to be able to do whatever I want.
I've been visiting my dad, friends, IKEA and some thrifts shops.
I've been organising our home, cleaning, washing,
reading, walking and eating...

and styling...

All good things come to an end! (big smile)

Brussels Design Market

Today we visited Brussels Design Market again.
They claim to be the largest vintage market in Europe...

We only bought the Richard Lind planters underneath here.

Playtime

The cats try to entertain themselves with the indoor plants.

We all desperately can use some playtime...

I'm so sorry for my absence!

My mother's condition, work, commuting time etc. is absorbing me.

The Hortus

We wanted to check out the ferns in the Hortus of Amsterdam.

A happy kenderman... surrounded by treeferns (smile)

Dicksonia antarctica

Polypodium

we saw a pretty nice insect hotel

and a napping cat

We'll go back one day but it was time to leave for the main goal of the day...

Fern Love

We have searched for a specific fern for quite some time...

We found and ordered  Goniophlebium subauriculatum online at Farnwerk shop.

The plants shipped on Monday and arrived on Thursday at my neighbours house.

Checking the tracking number I discovered this on Saturday...

and my neighbours weren't at home.... gggrrrrrrr 

On Sunday morning I could pick up the plants, almost a whole week after being sent.

And we received, in almost perfect condition, two beautiful plants!

For us there's just one shortcoming...

the Farnwerk website is only available in the German language.

Thankfully they answered my mail in English perfectly. So no worries.

Hopefully their website will be available in English eventually!

Then we definitely will order again!!! (big smile)

Siësta

Most of our ferns are wilting due to the warm weather and ongoing drought.

While watering with a water can, I suddenly spotted a visitor.

Pan is having a siësta. I think I should follow his example ☺︎

Shelter

Not all of our ferns are hardy, some of them need protection from the cold...