the green thumb
- on: March 09, 2014
- By Gabi
- theme: green thumb
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Plants and flowers have been a huge part of my life. They make me happy. As a kid I had several plants in my room and loved taking care of them. My mom and I tried to plant a few seeds from a palm tree, our grandpa brought from his trip from Africa, and the palm plants actually grew inside beautifully. When Ivo and I moved together, we bought a few plants right away to make our first place feel more like home. We had a lot of indoor plants while we lived in Ontario but when we decided to move to British Columbia, we couldn’t take the big plants with us and we gifted them to our friends and neighbors.
We’ve had a few plants in our current house but not as many as I would like to. I asked Ivo for a plant (not flowers) for my B-day and was gifted with this one. Isn’t it beautiful?
Today while the air smelled like spring and flies and bees were flying outside, I decided to buy a few new plants and give some love to the ones we already have by re-planting them into bigger pots.
At first I didn’t know what kind of plants I want but then I bought these four :
My mom had oxalis at home for many years and I remember that everyone liked it a lot. We gifted the new sprouts to so many people. I think at one point at least 6-8 our closest friends and family members had one at home and every time we visited their places and I saw those plants, it brought a smile to my face. Now I have finally my own here in Canada as well.
This one below is going to stand in front of our fireplace. It will make such a nice contrast against the stone wall of the fireplace.
Katrin liked this one so it ended up in her room right away.
Even our kitchen window sill is full of plants. Unfortunately it isn’t too deep and we have to be really careful while closing the blinds. If it was just a little bit wider, I would put more planters up there for sure.
This one is one of the ones I bought today. This window in our living room is such a perfect spot for it.
This ficus below is actually one of the two plants we took from our house in Ontario. It was much smaller but it still took the whole height of our car. But it was definitely worth the transport.
Now all I need is a warm weather so I can go outside and dig my fingers into the soil and do some gardening. I so can’t wait!
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Krystal
how are your plants doing gabi?I’ve had the hardest time with my house plants… the leaves keep turning brown! ugh- hoping that with the recent transplant they will get a little better. I just love the colors on these ones :)
gabi
So far so good, Krystal. Just one is getting brown leaves so I think I have to find a different planter for it. It is the dracena I’ve been having for several years and I really don’t want to loose it just because I replanted it…
Hopefully yours will get better as well!
Krystal
I just did some planting over the weekend! LOVE IT. So fun. Hoping we are all done with frost. I planted cilantro and lettuce. I also did some transplanting house plants. We’ll see ;)
Harmony
gardening was definitely in the air today. I got my vegetable plot turned over and ready for seeds!
I love the one Katrin picked-out, it is my favourite.
gabi
The weather was absolutely gorgeous! Can’t wait to see your photos of harvesting colorful veggies later in the year :)
gabi
I hope so too, Krystal! I’m done with the winter and so so ready for spring!