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Do you have any succulent leaves you want to send to a follower who loves you?

Weirdly worded… not to say I wouldn’t like to (as I definitely could share Hoya carnosa as its the one succulent that’s been thriving and could use a trim-to-size, and schlumbergera and Crassul ovata once they’re back in proper size health and shape, which may take far longer) but main problems right now would be;

– I’m Canadian, so if you live anywhere outside of Canada the border control will not allow plant material to cross the border via mail. I’m lucky when I can even give/receive seeds accross the border.

– The fact it’s November and freezing cold and anything sent in the mail would be a dead plantcicle at some point before finally arriving to you.

So I would if I could but as it is now now I can’t.

Do you have any garden blogs you’d recommend here? I love yours and I’m looking for some inspiration.

Thank you I’m glad you love my blog but-

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I must confess that this question often stumps me whenever I get it. Not cause there aren’t any other gardening/plant/nature ish blogs, but because there’re so many, I hate to forget other bloggers (which are a lot, and there are a lot of new ones this past year that still haven’t stuck to my memorybank yet), and also some of the bloggers that still stick to my memory have long come and gone and are technically inactive/out-of-action for the past few years.

That’s not even factoring in that there are so many kinds both in location as well as blogging/gardening style; the diversity is amazing but also daunting.

[EDITOR’S NOTE- despite the list that I’ve made, I HIGHLY recommend you search the #plantblr and #gardeners of tumblr / #gardeners on tumblr tags, a lot of active gardening bloggers use those tags- unless that’s changed since the last time I’ve browsed those tags personally]

Rambling aside, I’ll try to do just what you asked; recommending plant/gardening blogs. My apologies my fellow gardening mutuals if somehow you slip the list (I am but a very forgetful airhead), mention yourselves onto this post if you wish, and we can hopefully use that to get you in view despite me not writing you down here.

Gardening/Plant Blog Reccomendations

I’d add a lot more but since I’ve gotten halfway through this list tumblr’s been freezing up on me sooooo this’ll have to do for your list of ones to check out.

23 ooohh

23. What are some of your favourite plantblrs?

I don’t like picking favourites aaaahhh;A; this is why I could never bring myself to answer that one ask that asked the same thing lmao.

Some that come to mind though are @plantyhamchuk, @geopsych (they remind me of my home landscape… even if their land is not as flat lol), @omgplants (one of the first plantblrs I had followed back in the day), @continent-of-wild-endeavor, @indefenseofplants, @botanyshitposts, @5-and-a-half-acres, @cactguy and soooo many others (I CAN ONLY REMEMBER SO MANY OF YOU AT ONCE BUT YOU’RE AWESOME YO!!).

@milos-garden used to be a huge favourite of mine too, but they haven’t been active since at least 3 years ago. Miss ya dude. I miss a lot of old now-inactive plantblrs.

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89. What’s one thing that irritates you about the plant community?

Trying to dig up some gossip/dirt huh?

This one is hard to pin cause it really depends on the person, I have yet to personally get any serious issues overall in any plant group but I’ve heard enough stories. I’d say, those who shut down other folk or overassume in a mean mater-of-fact way. Shutting people down for not knowing or having contradictory information is no good. Horticulture can have a lot of weird exceptions to usual rules in growing plants, and one has to remember that.

I also don’t like when people encourage stealing plant/plant-material from the stores, gardens, or from the wild without huge warnings/disclaimers for newbies reading said material. It’s a big gray area which can have a lot of technicalities that can go from white to black very quickly. Have many people taken plant material in such a context? yes (even me* *though when it was from a store I was encouraged to take cuttings by the owners of the place so it wasn’t really stealing), should it be encouraged though? Not really, you have to be really careful on that sector of horticulture, irresponsibility is a slippery slope.

That being said for the most part I’m not really gonna fight anyone about opinions/views of these kinds of things which they’re often set on (except plant poaching cause I can definitely prove the damage that has been done through that). I am far too tired™ to be debating/arguing about these things. It may not be great to “agree to disagree” but it’s the only way I can keep sane in my favourite hobby.

91, 94!

91. Favourite leaf shape?

Cordate (heart shaped) leaves and fear-like leaves. I can’t say as to why for the former but for the latter I like the primeval/tropical/prehistoric appeal from the leaf form.

94. Favourite leaf texture?

Fuzzy leaves and coarse/rugose leaves. Fuzzy feel nice and therapeutic whereas coarse leaves are both visually appeal and to a degree practical (most insects prefer to eat smooth leaves over coarse leaves).

32, 64, 82 for the plant questions!

32. Do you spend lots of money on plants? 

I have definitely spent a lot in the past. Probably about 2 years ago(?) I spent $80 on seeds. Surprise surprise not much of any of it germinated, severe regret ensued. I generally spend more if it is a plant sale or something quite rare (though I do have a price threshold). Icr my spending averages from my highschool days where I was much more spendy with my plant obsessions.

Nowadays I’m trying to spend on plants/seeds that I can enjoy while at the same time being stock plants to propagate to sell. It’s tricky since so many good varieties are patented nowadays (which I try to avoid like the plague with mixed results). Most of my money now goes for equipment (tools, soil, etc.) rather than actual plants.

64. Favourite roots?

Aesthetically? Taproots and Buttress roots, they’re the most dramatic imo. For practicality I’d say tubers (which technically are not roots but SHHH) like Hemerocallis tubers; easy to recognize in the garden and generally easy to transplant.

82. Do you give your plants names?

Not really no. I have referred to some plants by shortform pet names but not truly a name. Closest would be my transplanted Balloon flower which I keep referring to as KENNY!!! cause I thought it had died.