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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169489) • United States 21 Mar

We are having highs of 90 F and above. I know it is not permanent. It is still about three weeks until our average last date of frost. I am moving my houseplants outdoors anyway. If I need to cover them some nights, I certainly...

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Have not done that in a while

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169489) • United States 14 Apr 24

While hubby went to the VA ER I cleaned and cooked. One of the things I made was home made granola. It seems like ages since I have done that, like maybe two years. I used molasses and maple syrup for sweetener, coconut oil for...

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April 15

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169489) • United States 8 Apr 24

April 15 is the average last day of frost here. After that it should be safe to put out houseplants. I took two out anyway this weekend. I am just so ready for them to be outside. So I took an asparagus fern out as it is pretty...

april 2024

houseplants

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Houseplants. Do You Like Them?

CAPirani Photography & Art @capirani (2817) • United States 5 Apr 24

Do you like houseplants? I love them. But right now, I don't have much room for many. I have a Ficus, peace lily, snake plant, spider plant, and two porthos which back in my early years were actually called philodendron. I...

houseplants

indoor gardening

growing fruits and vegetables indoors

houseplants and pets

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What Do You Collect?

CAPirani Photography & Art @capirani (2817) • United States 1 Feb 24

I used to collect clowns, figurines of clowns, etc. I had to give them up due to downsizing a few decades ago. Now I collect mixed media supplies, paints, etc., houseplants, vinyl record albums (most were my mom's), and a small...

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What Kinds of Collections Do You Have?

CAPirani Photography & Art @capirani (2817) • United States 22 Dec 23

Right now I collect mostly art supplies that work for mixed media art. I don't have room for collecting even those things. In the past I have collected clown figurines, houseplants (I still have a few), always writing paper...

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Tunnels throughout

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169489) • United States 24 Jul 23

There are tunnels throughout the bits of wood from the cedar tree that I am cleaning up. They were made by carpenter ants. These carpenter ants do not know where to go with their tree down. They are hiding under bits of the...

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It is not freezing here, yet

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169489) • United States 2 Oct 22

Looking at the forecast for the next ten days, we will have a night or two in the 40's F. Not cold enough to freeze anything. I began doing some repotting and cleaning up of plants to bring them in for the winter. For a change I...

october 2022

fall weather

houseplants

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Houseplants

DE @DaddyEvil (174558) • United States 16 Oct 21

It's feeling like fall outside so Pretty and I have brought in the houseplants we've got room to keep in the house this winter. Do you live in a country where you have to bring plants in when it starts getting too cold for them...

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Where has Spring gone?

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169489) • United States 15 Apr 21

Locally April 8 is supposed to be our last danger of frost. Let me tell you, this year that is not the case. All this week we will have freezing temperatures overnight. I brought in all of my houseplants. I did not put many out...

april 2021

overnight frost

houseplants

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I bought a variety of herbs

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169489) • United States 31 May 18

Among the other things I did yesterday, I was able to go to one of my favorite plant nurseries and get a variety of herbs. It is cloudy and overcast, so it will be a good day to get things into the ground. At school we had the...

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My Cactus is Blooming Despite its Lack of Water

Marsha @MarshaMusselman (38865) • Midland, Michigan 1 Nov 17

I've been lax this summer on watering my houseplants. I've already thrown one away that got top heavy and fell out of its pot. Knowing I didn't have the time or inclination to repot it I got rid of it instead. Doing customers...

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Morning energy

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169489) • United States 4 May 17

I have much more energy in the morning than in the evening. I came here last night and could not think of a thing to say. Honestly. I have a few minutes before work. I shall use that time to take the last of my houseplants...

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It's nice to have houseplants again

Virginia Lee @VirginiaLee (134) • Newport, Rhode Island 31 Mar 17

One thing about the last couple of places I live that was frustrating for me was the lack of houseplants. Sure, I had lots of trees and nature around me, but I like having plants inside my house. I have a giant jade plant and an...

Today Has Been a Water Day

M. K. Albus @MKAlubs (455) • United States 30 Aug 16

All day I've been periodically looking out the window in hopes of seeing rain. We've had a thick blanket of dark clouds all day and it has looked like it was about to start raining at any moment. But so far we have not had so much...

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You know it's bad when the florist laughs at you...

Yuki @yukimori (10192) • United States 28 Apr 16

I walked up to the grocery store this morning, partly because I wanted to get out and moving and partly because I wanted to grab something quick and easy for breakfast. On my way to the produce department, I stopped to look at...

orchids

indoor gardening

houseplants

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How do you keep plant pests at bay?

Fleur @Fleura (35055) • United Kingdom 24 Nov 15

After reading a post about houseplants by DaddyEvil http://www.mylot.com/post/2864390/houseplants-anyone I wondered how all you plant-lovers deal with pests. I seem to be waging a never-ending war of attrition against pests on...

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***Growing A Sweet Potato Vine Houseplant***

Kashmeresmycat @Kashmeresmycat (6369) • United States 22 Feb 13

I got this crazy idea a couple of weeks ago. I wanted to try and grow a Sweet Potato Vine because they are suppose to be so pretty. The sweet potato I had on my table had started to grow little sprouts from the eyes. I thought...

growing a sweet potato

houseplants

sweet potato

sweet potato houseplant

sweet potato vine

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My green thumb...NOT!

ctryhnny @ctryhnny (3460) • United States 3 Dec 12

I have always loved houseplants but they aways die on me. Right now I have 3 plants and I've had them for over a year which is amazing to me! Sometimes I look over at them and will see a couple of dead leaves so I pinch them off...

houseplants

water

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i love it when my houseplants bloom

Suebee @Suebee (2013) • Canada 5 May 12

I'v never had much of a green thumb. I used to have a lot of houseplants but because I moved often (every 2-3 years) and it was almost impossible to take my plants with me, I got out of the habit. Well, recently, due to lifestyle...

blooming

flowers

houseplants

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