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March Birth Flowers
The traditional birth flower for the month of March is the Narcissus (a.k.a. the Daffodil) and symbolizes unequalled love, rebirth, new beginnings and prosperity. Giving daffodils as a gift express a deep love that cannot be equaled. A bouquet or [...]
Taxonomy-Lesson 1
These two popular climbing or hanging house plants are both part of the Araceae family and are quite similar at first glance and often get confused, but zooming in a little closer, here are some differences that can help [...]
Watering or overwatering ??
Let’s clear this up a little. The fear of overwatering does not mean that you should only give your plants small amounts of water… or that soaking the soil is a death sentence for your plant. Take a look [...]
Plant Trap
I may be giving away my age here, but a long time ago there was a movie called “A little Shop of Horrors” and it was about a very sweet little plant that grew into an enormous ‘Delicious meat-eating Monster’… [...]
Capture the moments
Take a look at your plants (or animals if you have) see how they live in the moment, not planning for the future but just being the best they can be, for today. If they have all they need, (operative [...]
Help… I’m a plant slayer…
Has a plant just withered up and died in your care after you tried everything to save it? Or even worse, you consider yourself a plant slayer and have just given up trying… maybe you replaced your plants with [...]
Allow nature to teach you stillness” – Eckhart Tolle