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Schlumbergera – My Thanksgiving Cactus Was Blooming!
Red and White – Works for Me! I have a pot of Red and White blooming Schlumbergera which I am afraid is going through an identity crisis. When you break it down, she…
Easiest Houseplant To Grow? Chinese Evergreen – Red Aglaonema
Thinking back over the past years, I have brought a lot more plants into my house than I have had in a long time. But for those of you who are just starting…
How to Make A Hypertufa Snowman – Use Pantyhose or Knee Highs!
I can make planters in hypertufa, but I can also make a lot of other cute things. Remember for Halloween, I made those cute pumpkins to set around for the fall holidays? Those…
Aquarium Terrarium Plants? Everything Needed Re-potted!
If you have followed my blog and YouTube channel for a while, you know that I had two aquariums that I had converted into terrariums. Having tired of those succulent plants inside the…
Mealybug Infestation! 3 Best Ways To Get Rid Of Mealybugs?
Checking on my Hoya carnosa early one morning, I discovered a Mealybug Infestation! Maybe you can identify with the dread I felt in seeing those cotton fluffs on my plant! Even on the…
African Milk Tree Too Tall- Time To Propagate -Making A Forest
I sure can’t complain when one of our houseplants gets too large. That is a wonderful thing to have to deal with, isn’t it? But right now, my daughter has a 3-foot tall…
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Are You Battling Gnats? Maybe There IS A Solution
When we love houseplants, we just plain love houseplants, no matter what troubles and heartaches they might involve. Depending on how many houseplants you may have, your problems could be small in comparison to another person…
Curing Hypertufa – What Is The Right Way?
Well, one of my previous video and post was about the Hypertufa Making Marathon that we did a while back. But I have a whole big bunch of hypertufa planters to cure now. So I thought…
I Bought One Huge Oak Leaf Ivy!
Many years ago, I had a Grape Leaf Ivy or Cissus rhombifolia and I really enjoyed that houseplant. I have been searching for this type of ivy for a long time. Some of the information available…
Lower Sodium Mississippi Pot Roast – Just As Easy and Good!
Mississippi Pot Roast is the most scrumptious dinner to cook for all us Meat Lovers at my house. We love meats so you can understand that a good beef roast is my go-to meal. And there…
Texturizing New Hypertufa – Give It That Aged Look
Old and pitted, lichens and moss embedded, that’s the look. I love the look of the old stone troughs, those that look like the real thing: That ancient stone trough that some farmer carved from rock…
Trying To Make Foaming Hypertufa – You’ve Heard of AirCrete? – Will It Work? FAIL!
I have attempted an experiment for a different variation of hypertufa. I know we make hypertufa for a lighter version of concrete planters, so having recently read about foaming concrete or AirCrete, I thought why not…