Thursday, January 30, 2025

2025: Day 30....."Ring of Fire House Plant with a new Baby coming up"


 Variegated 
RING of FIRE
house plant.

Such a beauty.

I love when the variegations are 
not too white because the plant seems
so much weaker with too much white.

This one has such a 
beautiful shape and 
perfectly named.


I'm glad the price of this one has
come way down in the past year
"cuz I ain't about that craziness".  

I doubt I'll ever let this one go out and play
because it doesn't like harsh sunlight.

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

2025: Day 29....."Plant Light Take-Away"

 I have 7 plant lights scattered around my house.

Various kinds. Long ones. Round bulbs. Red ones.

I've found it doesn't matter. None were expensive.

They all work.


I thought I'd find a favorite but no.


My least favorite is the eerie red one.

But even that one works well and seems 

 to really help this fern from

dropping too many fronds.

I'm trying to keep it alive until I

can hang it outside for the summer.

It's doing surprisingly well in all it's eerie-ness
and here it is almost February.
I just stuck the light on a photo tripod.



Another one is this Swiss Cheese plant which
has given me challenges in the past
but look how green it is!

on the above Monstera Adansonii.


It was a 2-pack so I stuck one here over this fern 
that has never grown in the winter before.
It has only lost leaves in the past.
Now it's thriving.

My take-away is get what works easiest with 
what you already have. A shelf to clip a light onto or a 
floor tripod if there's nothing to use or stick 
it in an existing lamp.

They all seem to work about the same.

Makes me wonder why I never did this before.

I think I thought it would be too expensive but
I don't think I've spent over $40 for all of them together 
and I actually love turning them all on in the morning
and checking everything out.

I know I could do timers but I need to say 
Hello to each one. (Only a plant lover would get that.)

Here’s 2 bulbs in my 
Rocky Mountain Juniper lamp
and a different kind under the tv.
I love plants. 
















Tuesday, January 28, 2025

2025: Day 28....."Gardening in Michigan in the winter"

 

This is what you grow in Michigan in January

while waiting for spring to arrive.

My crop output would likely feed only one person

who will hardly want to cut anything and will

prefer to watch it grow than eat it.

Because watching it grow is a fun part too.


The garden looks like this. 

Where the only pop of color is a 

metal gecko.


We're waiting for your glorious return.