What's New: More and More Plants!

There is a Low-German (Plaut Dietsch) expression my parents used a lot. naturally I've picked it up and use it quite often myself now. "Van al dan al!" It can only be translated to something like this, "IF...then go ALL the way!"

Or, "If you are going to start something, go at it 110% and do it thoroughly."

So I've got 11 big pots of those sansevieria plants I got from Leah, plus 6 smaller ones that I need to find pots for.

Meantime, I spent 3 hours on Saturday repotting some of the aloe vera in the pantry and in other rooms here, which needed a bigger or better pot. Also last night. But the work is not done yet!

I hoped to start the sale early this week by lining up the big tall plants along my front steps and the sidewalk (so I don't have to lug them too far), and get ready as many aloe vera plants as I have any containers for, to put on the shelves in the front porch.

I printed and laminated signs last year and pinned them onto the power poles at each end of this block and in the alley behind me where the restaurant clientele can see it. So I only have to pin them up.

Then hope and pray that they will sell well before the night time temperatures drop to below 0 C. (The aloe vera cannot survive in the porch when it gets that cold at night.)

If I can get into DadaMail next Tuesday I may have photos to show you.

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House Plants that Do you Good

If you do not recognize the plant by the scientific name Sansevieria Zeylancia, maybe you know it as the snake plant, or the mother-in-law's tongue. It has very tall green leaves that seem to grow straight up and down without any help.

It is fairly well-known that this plant gives off oxygen 24/7, so it is considered a great plant to have in your bedroom. You will sleep better.

Or you could have some in your office and be able to think and concentrate better.

They are also very easy to care for. They only need to be watered once in 10 days or 2 weeks. Be careful not to over-water or the leaves will take on a yellow colour. Back off with the watering when you see that.

I don't think this is the same site as I found last week, but it was fascinating with many photos of plants in this family. https://thelittlebotanical.com/guides/

There are about 6 varieties of this plant. If you want more of the same plant, simply snip off about 6 to 12 inches of a leaf, and plant it into a pot of soil. It will become a plant of its own!

A pot can fill up with so many leaves all growing up together, or in small bunches that I find I have to thump a pot on the sidewalk about every second year until the plants and dirt come loose. Then I separate the plants and put them into new pots. I place them in a north window so they get in-direct light, but not scorching sun. Within a year there are 4 to 6 plants in each pot.

If I wait for the second year, the pot is so full they look cramped for root space, so I separate them again!

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