Hippie with a bookshelf garden

Indoor Gardening with some crafts on the side 20|New England| Hardiness zone 7

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Since getting a few post-bloom orchids I have spent some time listening to videos and learning about maintaining them. One of my bargain orchids had bloomed some more so I never got the chance to repot her into a bark medium. Sadly this meant that she threw a fit shortly after a tad bit too much watering and started to display a yellow leaf.  So according to a video I waited for the leaf to turn completely yellow and then was just able to pull it off. I am so baffled by plants sometimes. I could even see where it was trying to seal off the area in preparation for the leaf being shed.

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The unknown flower bulbs are starting to bloom in the garden– I must say that I am pretty impressed by them! So far there is a white one and a green one, with a red flower starting to make its appearance too!

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Update: found a green flower!

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Found two more new colours in the garden!

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The more I see the prince of orange, the more I think I might end up getting one. But these plants are always so massive and I have a bias toward trying to grow them from a small plant.

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HAPPY EARLY MONSTERA MONDAY! I love posting about Cheesy and all his new growth. Why not show off this darling new leaf he is unraveling. Not sure why but it kind of reminds me of a bird’s head (I think I have been staring at my laptop for too long)

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Runner beans, climbing French beans, and sweet peas. July 2020. 

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So…. fern rehab. I went on vacation and she wasn’t watered quite enough. She also ridiculously rootbound, AND there was a piece of felt constricting her base left over from when I bought her two or three years ago. I actually couldn’t get the felt out because it was so fused with her roots, but her current pot is a good size up, and she (clearly) feels much better. Ferns are really resilient!! Don’t give up on your fern too quickly, give it a chance!!! 

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This badboy came with our new house because the previous owner didn’t want it to be damaged in the move by Swee_et

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My little baby anthurium has been repotted into something a little larger, and now resides in a lovely white cover pot with little pink flowers. Usually I try to avoid repotting new plants because they already have to undergo the stress of adjusting to a new environment, but I couldn’t help it with her. Seeing the roots crawl out to the surface looked concerning, and I began to worry that the root system might die back. I’m hoping she takes nicely to her slightly larger home

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Look at my friends giant peace lily 😍

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I had two little spiderettes growing roots for a bit, and decided it was time for them to fill up my pot a bit. There is something about these plants in which they simply hate me. I used to have a pot filled to the rims with these little guys, but they all started to perish leaving me with two. Now I have the two new young ones. Honestly, I love the look of a fuller pot 

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I need a system to not get more plants. Say hello to my newest rescue case: another orchid. That makes for two new rescue orchids in the past week… I don’t know how I got here that I suddenly am going to have so many but I expect good results. Granted this orchid is the saddest of the batch. I’ve watered her but two leaves for sure need to be chopped off and I think a third will follow shortly afterwards. I’ve decided to leave the empty flower stalk on to see if it will stop drying out slowly. (22/07/2020)

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I’m a big fan of thrifting for plant pots since I find that sometimes I will see styles of cover pots I would not imagine of. My latest adventure for cover pots/plastic potting pots yielded a better surprise; an orchid pot! Safe to say I snatched it up and took it home. My orchids have been hanging out on a tray in plastic pots and no matter what I did I could not make it look pleasing to the eye. I also have been wanting to plant all of them together; the mother and her two keiki. I had a chance to examine the roots of the mother orchid, and trim back some more roots that simply did not make it. Now I am so content with the little arrangement. 

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HAPPY MONSTERA MONDAY FROM CHEESY! I think I post about this monstera adansonii too much, but it feels like he is always up to something. I literally just tied him to a larger stick and I am already contemplating propagating him. The leaves on the top are the newest growth and I worry that his frail winter growth won’t support him. Not to mention it looks a little strange just how far the distance between the nodes is. I imagine he will be getting a good trim when I get a bit more time. All the little Cheesy’s! He’s going to be the densest plant in my house soon enough hehehe  (20/07/2020)

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Queenie

Phillip and Eric

I will be acquiring a 12’ long vine that was a pothos at one point but is now a very looooong vine with roughly twelve leaves and it just needs love 😊

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Trying again

[spreadcasts]

Hunted this #hornworm (upper-right) for days, following its trail of destruction and grenade-shaped frass #poop (foreground). #tomato #integratedpestmanagement #ipm #homesteadinglife — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2WKrFJk