My mother can tell you that I've never had a plant. Nor would she ever trust me with one, except for maybe watering her outside flowers, with the garden house, when she's away on vacation - which isn't often. So when I embarked on my own personal garden earlier this summer, with encouragement from my favorite cooking blogger, I was a little skeptical.
My biggest problem with shopping is that I have no terminal amount that if reached, stops the spending. Therefore, I make sure to bring a valued friend with me to make sure I do. In this case, my favorite cooking blogger took me to Home Depot (as you can tell one of my favorite stores - just under Macy's and Williams Sonoma) and we went plant shopping. I decided that I wanted a hanging basket and a few plants for some pots. This is where it started and it didn't end.
Noting that I don't have a lot of sunlight on my patio, I purchased some rainbow and peperomia plants, an ivy plant, a hanging basket full of guinea impatients (more to come on this plant), a roma tomato plant, and some red and green bell peppers. I also purchased some rosemary, chives, italian parsley, and some basil.
My first adventures with THE hanging basket turned into some very testing ones. One morning I woke up to realize that my plant was completely sucicidal, that or very much asking for attention, and had it been able to, I think it would have thrown itself off the plant hook. See picture here. The best thing about this impatient was if I watered it - it immediately came back to life! A very good plant for someone who is a little forgetful about watering.
Overall, the plant adventure has been very rewarding. I've had a few bell peppers in my meals, and my tomatoes are flourishing and the herbs have been a great addition to my cooking! More importantly, I've kept the plants alive!! What a confidence booster.
The twist this week: Challenge yourself to go outside your comfort zone and get a plant, just make sure its one that will be forgiving and will let you know when it needs some TLC - like my very patient impatient :)
Happy Homemaking!
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Yaaaaay for my shout out! LOL...where are the veggies?
Another tid bit for you blog follower is to make sure you have houseplants that need varying light. In the summer time this is much easier because you cant get a lot of direct sunlight to those needy foliages , but in the fall and winter months your beauties are in a dormant stage and may experience slow growth. Don't let this stop you from getting that beautiful house plants just make sure that it will only need low light. When the spring time hits again place those little babies right by a window where Mr. Sun will show them some love (for those that need high sunlight,you can also use a little artificial light from a desk lamp - I use this for my spider plant at work..it is a very needy plant!). Check your tags in each plant to verify what level of light your plant will need. Happy Homemaking to CW's blog followers!
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