I've been binge-watching quite a lot of gardening channels on YouTube lately. Since I'm fixated on the idea of having a succulent and cactus-based garden, with a few other drought-tolerant plants mixed in, I've been watching a lot of channels that concentrate on or … [Read more...]
The Start of a Mini Cactus Collection
So Thomas and I live in Portugal now, and here in the southern part of the country, we get a lot of warm weather, a lot of beautiful sunshine, and pretty paltry levels of precipitation. In terms of living here and enjoying the weather day to day - couldn't be happier! In … [Read more...]
Lessons the Hard Way
So two initial lessons I've learned from having houseplants here in the UK: Do not let your plants overcrowd Do not underestimate how tricky it can be to keep even just houseplants pest free I've had houseplants before - kept them for years in Canada with … [Read more...]
Initial Seeds
Let me start off by saying: I'm not a gardener. I've no real experience gardening, let alone years of it under my belt to share. I'm a planting newb with a reasonably green thumb (there's not much I've managed to kill off besides one poor rosemary plant I over-watered), … [Read more...]