Yes , You Can Have Gorgeous Indoor Plants

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Are you a self-named “brown thumb”? Have you always struggled to keep anything green alive? Do you look enviously at glossy magazines and dream of an urban jungle at your place? Well, I’m here tell you that YOU CAN DO IT! It’s really not that hard.

Photography of Table And Chairs Near Plants

The great thing about creating a collection of indoor plants is that your private oasis is completely portable, you can take it with you wherever you go and that’s especially handy if you are renting.

The first thing you need to do is go shopping for some fun pots. I would suggest that you start with say five. Select all different sizes and shapes but try and stick with one base colour, the trick is that it looks like something you have spent years effortlessly pulling together but actually only an afternoon at a shop that sells interesting pots. They don’t need to be expensive and many of the chain stores have some really cute ones. Remember, the heroes are the plants, not the pots.They should have a stopper in the bottom that you can release to allow water to drain in you want to.

OK now, you’re on your way to having your very own oasis inside.

Time to select some really easy-care plants…Here’s my Top 5 that will not only be super easy to care for but will make you look like a pro

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Sizzling Summer 5 Tips To Get You And Your Garden Through The Hottest Of Days

It’s perfect timing for a heatwave if you ask me. Netflix has just released the latest season of Grace and Frankie and it’s going to be an absolute scorcher outside, most of this week, so, well…. I can’t possibly garden, can I?

It’s back…..

Yesterday, at my place it got up to around 41 degrees Celsius, that’s about 106 in Fahrenheit and it is darn hot and your plants will feel it as much as you but as you will, so can your plants survive….here’s how.

GET UP EARLY

Early morning is the best time to get out there and water your plants by hand. So, grab yourself a nice cup of tea or coffee if that’s your poison and head out into the garden. Man (or woman) yourself with the hose and a good shower head attachment, I love the DRAMM rain wand attached to the hose as it allows me to get right up into my hanging baskets. I have the short one and the long one and have been trialling them over the past two years, they are sturdy and strong and don’t leak. The DRAMM rain wand is not made of plastic and so can withstand the hottest sun without cracking or splitting.

DRAMM Rain Wands come in all these glorious colours

BE THE PERFECT HOST…..NOT EVERYONE NEEDS A DRINK RIGHT NOW

Your finger is the best moisture monitor you will ever own, so before you water your containers, check first that the soil is not still moist. If it feels dry when you stick your finger (I use my pointer finger) into the soil then it needs a drink, it’s as simple as that. I hear from so many people that they are watering every day and their plants are “still wilting” wilting or that the plant looks floppy which in fact can be a response to too much love and too much water! Most containers only need watering three times a week, indoor ones even less. Please do not water your indoor plants and outdoor containers every day, they absolutely don’t need it.

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