Two Things I Love - Plants & Coffee

     If you are like me you can't walk through a greenhouse or the garden section at Walmart without swiping a plant to add to your indoor plant collection. I think I'm addicted. Last summer I had so many plants on the back patio that it made my husband nervous. He was like, "Where are all these things going to go once it gets cold?" Of course, I came back with a smart answer [cheers for intelligent conversations!], right? Yeah, no [cheering fades...]. I hadn't gotten that far yet. I was just enjoying potting plants, rooting plants, and potting more plants. Once it finally did get cold and all my little (and big) plant babies came inside, our tiny apartment reminded me of a jungle. I'm pretty sure scenes from Tarzan were starting to flash through my husbands mind! Needless to say, I ended up giving a few away after killing a few due to overwatering.

     I have just as many (or more) houseplants today. We just happen to have a bigger house [overjoyed smile].

     I never thought I would like plants so much. My mom is a green thumb and my siblings and I all grew up gardening with her. It was fun for part of the time, but it was SO MUCH WORK (I have a whole new appreciation for my hard-working mama when I think about what she did to help make ends meet and create a healthy homegrown diet during the summertime).

     Once I got married and moved to Memphis with my hubby and my favorite puppy dog Phoebe, I realized I needed more plants to keep me busy. The only plant to my name was a lovely ivy that sat on the guest table at my wedding...oh, and I guess I also owned a Christmas cactus (that was at this time gasping for breath in a hidden corner of my parent's back porch). 

     Lucky for me, and for the legacy of my poor ivy, I began to root a few cuttings from the plant before it died (I'm pretty sure that the plants in the surrounding greenhouses and grocery stores knew my name and screamed when they saw me coming ). Don't EVER fight spider mites with natural sprays. Despite every nasty smelling garlic and soap concoction I tried, the spider mites took over...and that was the end of my mama ivy plant. I currently have four healthy plants that are the result of the clippings I took from the plant before it died. The one in the picture below is one of them.

     Okay, now I am embarrassed. I just spend three paragraphs talking about my house plants. I guess now you know how much I like them!

     Oh yeah...I also mentioned coffee somewhere didn't I? Per the title of this post, I like coffee. It is true. Enough said.

Signed,
Yours Truly 

P.S.
     The poor Christmas cactus that was gasping for breath a few years ago has been revived and is now blooming!