Succulents, pt 1

I’m not really sure why, maybe it was the frigid winter, or maybe it’s my maternal instincts kicking in (ha!), but I’ve been kind of obsessive about plants lately. It probably started with me finally filling my silly aquaponic aquarium with fish and plants this year (back in January of last year I ordered a Back To The Roots Aquafarm from Kickstarter). We got some Neon Tetras from Chinatown and my mom gave me some spider plant babies.

What fascinated me is that the spider plant babies are offshoots from a plant I gave my mom for Mother’s Day in seventh grade… so 17 years ago. I guess the spider plant is super easy to take care of, and each time it grew runners and offshoots, she’d plant them too. She gave me a bunch and they’re doing great, so I decided I wanted even more plants.

I got a succulent from IKEA, an aloe from Canadian Tire, and now I’m trying to revive the lemon balm and the Flaming Katy we had from before. Ever since I learned that you can start new plants by snipping a part off and leaving the clipping in water, I’ve been seeing what I can do. Propagating plants appeals to the cheapskate part of me because it’s like I’m making more plants out of nothing 🙂

Anyway, two weekends ago I ordered some succulents from Grow Something. I got around to potting them in cactus soil last night! That’s the photo above. The glass jars are drinking glasses I stole from Thai Air and Air France flights, the clay pots were a dollar for three from Dollarama, and the pitcher was from Value Village (as I’ve mentioned in a previous post). The only thing that sucks is that our condo faces north, so we don’t really get too much light. I hope the weather warms up so I can put them on the balcony.