. I thought I would share with you a newish hobby of mine that has occupied my time for much of this summer.
Houseplants! And in particular, cacti and succulents. I've joined a few Facebook groups which really are fueling my interest.
Here are a few of my acquisitions.
I bought this acacia utensil caddy for a few bucks at a Goodwill store and filled it with hens and chicks in the back and a sedum, mini aloe and aeonium kiwi in front.
At this barn sale this past weekend, I picked up this cute Grecian urn planter for $3.
I planted the blue sedum in the teapot earlier this summer.
This is Echeveria Black Prince.
This one needs more plants:
But it does have a sedum and some pork and beans.
This haworthia is one of my favorites. I bought it last April at a show (or was it the April before?) and it has already more than doubled in size. I will repot for 2nd time in the spring.
I've also become rather fond of these horse teeth:
After learning today from a FB group of a 75% off pot sale at Rite Aid, I raced out and got these (the 3 big ones) for $13.
I purchased this PINK wandering jew with the gift certificate I got from the library's summer reading program:
I bought another small collection of old pots from someone on FB. Probably won't even try to get them going this year and will save them for spring.
I am learning lots of Latin and researching the care and maintenance of each one. I even created an elaborate grid detailing sun, water, etc requirements of each because having so many plants can get confusing. Some are very particular. Some like it humid, some like it dry. Most don't like too much water, but also don't like drought. Some I will try propagating.
Most have been outside but will be brought indoors soon. I'm going to try overwintering them in my family room, which I typically close off from the rest of the house, so it gets quite chilly in there, but that's what many succulents/cacti like. They go into dormancy and this helps them flower later.
As you may have seen (?) I also bought these little tables on FB for some of these plants.
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