Book Reviews

Book Review: How To Raise A Plant And Have It Love You Back

If you’ve been following my cactus series, then you know I’ve developed a bit of a gardening hobby. When I spotted How To Raise a Plant and Have it Love You Back by Morgan Doane and Erin Harding of the House Plant Club I felt it was the book for me. What Is This Book… Continue reading Book Review: How To Raise A Plant And Have It Love You Back

Eco-Friendly Living

Becoming a Cactus Mom: One Year Later

This day last year I began my upcycling journey with my broken coffee cup, and the start of this series, when I planted my cactus seeds. People were actually much more interested in the idea that I initially anticipated, and some people commented saying they were considering getting their own cacti. Here’s what happened in it’s… Continue reading Becoming a Cactus Mom: One Year Later

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Becoming A Cactus Mom: Baby Cactus

My cactus is doing pretty well, in my last update it had grown two little leaves. Since then the leaves haven’t gotten bigger, and it started growing spikes out from the middle. It’s been slowly getting bigger and starting to resemble a little mini cactus. I still can’t tell what type of cactus it’s going… Continue reading Becoming A Cactus Mom: Baby Cactus

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Becoming a Cactus Mom: Cactus gets a friend

So far my cacti haven’t germinated yet. Germaination is estimated as within 2 weeks to 2 months so if nothing grows by September I’m gonna accept defeat and start again. Although it will be embarrassing as cacti are low maintenance and there’s 5 seeds planeted so hopefully at least one grows. I did get my… Continue reading Becoming a Cactus Mom: Cactus gets a friend