I've recently decided to give gardening another try. well, actually, just a try...no "another" because this is the first time that I'm putting real effort into it.
In the past, I've had basil plants and they've never lasted much past the summer season. I've also had an office plant, you know, the kind where you can forget about it and then all of a sudden it looks dead so you rush to water it hoping to have saved it in time and 10 minutes later the plant looks fresh as a daisy. yeah, I killed that one too. I've had a few orchids but they are so out of my league and died almost instantly. I've also had an oleander which my grandma brought from Italy as a little baby plant (technically she shouldn't have been allowed to bring it into Canada but my grandma was a sweet little old lady) and grew to epic proportions. It flowered every year and it was just a beautiful plant. I didn't even have to worry too much about it.....until I took it back to my mother's house. She decided that it needed pruning and proceeded to prune the life out of the plant....literally. There was only a stump left.
So anyway, I want to learn to take care of plants and I thought I'd start off with plants that don't need too much attention. This may sound like the easy way but rest assured I did not purchase any of the succulent plants in the pictures (I did buy the herbs, but that's for cooking purposes). The plants in the pictures are all pieces of other plants given to me by friends. I've planted them in their own pots and I'm hoping that they'll take root and grow.
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| these, once they start, multiply like crazy |
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| this one when it grows will hang over the sides of the pot |
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| this is my favourite - little brains! |
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| I'm not sure this one's going to take root - I'm keeping my fingers crossed because aloe vera is very handy in the summer! |
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| this is the bastard plant because it has these teeny tiny needles that stick to you whenever you get near the plant and they're painful - however it's quite photogenic |
If anyone has any suggestions or advice or if one of my plants looks like it's dying let me know!
1 comment:
I love cacti and succulents! I just started a few from seed. I actually found a kit in the children's section of Winners...LOL! If a 10 year old can do it right? Your plants look great so far. One word of advice is to give them only a dribble of water every few days...I call it the Teaser Diet. I give mine just a drip. Its like going to the bar and doing ONE shot and then leaving...hahaha...
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