I have something a little different for you today: a peek into my creative practice of growing things and really noticing the changes. I got my first plant (indoor or outdoor) during the early days of the Covid pandemic and lockdown. I have since grown my collection to 35 indoor houseplants, 12 flowering outdoor plants, and 2 trees. Before March 2020, I was a plant killer. I had never kept a plant alive for more than a few months. So I never had plants in the house.
Ah yes, I remember my social media exploding with green thumbs, too! That and sourdough bread bakers. I have also killed my fair share of plants, but have a few somehow still sticking around. I originally got them probably 8 years ago, when my son was a baby and I became obsessed with this idea of clean air in his bedroom, so I got him a snake plant that now lives on my kitchen windowsill.
The pandemic brought me my vegetable garden which *mostly* feeds wildlife, but occasionally we manage to steal away a few yummy heirloom tomatoes.
these days, I try to let my creativity bloom in my dye pots, but I also practice watercolor and am learning to drum. I live somewhere between reticence and chaos. 😂
We started an indoor/ outdoor citrus garden during Covid. We’ve lost a few. Enjoyed blooms and fruit that we would have never experienced living here in New England. It’s been a joy, but also painful going from 1500 sq ft to 600 means the plants are practically living on top of us from sometime in October through April at least. It’s worth it most days!
I got all of my (still living) plants at the beginning of the pandemic, too!
Ah yes, I remember my social media exploding with green thumbs, too! That and sourdough bread bakers. I have also killed my fair share of plants, but have a few somehow still sticking around. I originally got them probably 8 years ago, when my son was a baby and I became obsessed with this idea of clean air in his bedroom, so I got him a snake plant that now lives on my kitchen windowsill.
The pandemic brought me my vegetable garden which *mostly* feeds wildlife, but occasionally we manage to steal away a few yummy heirloom tomatoes.
these days, I try to let my creativity bloom in my dye pots, but I also practice watercolor and am learning to drum. I live somewhere between reticence and chaos. 😂
We started an indoor/ outdoor citrus garden during Covid. We’ve lost a few. Enjoyed blooms and fruit that we would have never experienced living here in New England. It’s been a joy, but also painful going from 1500 sq ft to 600 means the plants are practically living on top of us from sometime in October through April at least. It’s worth it most days!
A citrus garden! I LOVE IT!!!