My Front Porch Plant Sale

Saturday before this last one, I ran a small plant sale near the sidewalk in front of my lawn. I only sold 3 plants but then I had not really advertised it so it was strictly for passersby.

But my big pots with the large aloe vera plants have had lots of babies and I've already pulled many of those baby plants and potted them into painted 1 liter yogurt tubs. I'm not quite finished, but hope to get more potted today and tomorrow.

I want to put up posters on the power poles at the street intersections around this block, also a mention on Facebook, and maybe even a printed ad in the local paper's weekly wrapper around the wad of store fliers we get each Wed/Thursday. I will mostly keep the plants in my front porch, although some days I may lug the bigger plants out on the steps, and even on the walk leading to my door.

Baring any over-night frosts, I think I can maintain this on- going sale until the end of the month.

The truth is that when I re-pot the baby aloe vera plants I run out of space in front of my windows to keep the plants for the winter.

It occurred to me yesterday that I should prepare a little business card, or small poster with a link to my aloe vera website, where I have articles on how to care for the plants and stories of how they have healed, me, my Dad, and others. I'll hand those out to anyone who comes by to have a look.

I'll give up some of my largest aloe vera plants, and for every one who buys one, I will let them have one - maybe two of the newly re-potted baby aloe vera plants. If they thrive for the new owners as they do for me, by next year this time they will want to transplant those aloe vera into larger pots too, and find pots for the babies!

(In fact, I may give away the babies I don't have the pots to plant - by the hands full!)

So... if you are within driving distance, feel free to drop by this week and next week to get some wonderful healing plants. (Email me if you need my address).

Once I get some of my Sansevieria zeylanica (aka snake plant or mother-in-law's tongue) separated into new pots - they will be for sale too. This plant is well known to help you sleep if you have one in your bedroom. In my case they grow taller than my window frames allow and I don't have any room to park them on the floor!

Oh. FREE slips of Christmas cactus too!

[Back to Archives Index ] ~~ [Back to Main RoseBouquet Page]