Blah Blah Blah: Gardening 101

You're welcome in advance.

A year-and-a-half ago, I told myself, "Lawruh, you need to really think about taking care of something. I mean, really dig deep and pour your heart and soul into another being."

Cat? HELL no.

Dog? Meh.

Fish? Gross! What do you do with the body after the week is up?

Ant farm? Out of the question!

Cockroaches don't really count as "beings."

Plants? Hmmm. They don't need 24/7 care, so that might be a good jumping off point. Also, they don't have pitiful eyes that beg you to love them. Bonus.

Flowers? Too delicate.

Ivy? Too much pruning.

Cacti?

(courtesy of Google images)

Sign me up! I got 2 succulents and 2 cacti from my local "green" nursery.

I went out and bought colorful pots for them and special cactus potting soil but just ended up sticking the cacti into the colorful pots with the plastic cartons still attached. Great start to that whole pouring my heart and soul into something. Also, when I moved, I left them at my apartment for over 2 weeks. My neighbor noticed (they were in the window box), I didn't.

Today, I thought I would repot those stickers...finally.

I'm really clean when I garden.

1.2.3...Yeah, the other succulent bit the dust awhile back. Probably after I left them in a hot apartment for 2 weeks. Nothing is hotter than an unairconditioned apartment in the dead of August in San Antonio. Even a desert.

I probably need to water them, I'm pretty sure that I haven't since before Christmas.

I'm fertilicious. I put those rocks in pots-pots. So fertilicious.

Onto my next gardening project. YES. Two in one day. Watch out!

My super sweet neighbor brought this little guy by before Christmas, saying that he had been waiting for me to be home when he was. He had been watering this little guy for a few days and was so excited to give him to me. "You can plant it in your yard when it gets bigger!"

I killed a succulent, we'll see how Saint Nick fares.

I have been trying to keep him alive and he looks great so far! More because I am afraid to tell my neighbor what happened to St. Nick if the unthinkable happens.

I got my shiny white ceramic pot.

There was already dirt in it and I'm not sure why. I had probably planned on planting something, but it died before I could transfer it. Oh, well. I dumped the dirt out and put rocks in the bottom for drainage, since there were no holes in the pot. Fun!