Tashy was in search of some pots for her herbs, I was in search of my lights and some herb plants (bay tree and rosemary bush), and Talia was looking for a new ornamental plant to replace a cactus that has recently passed on.
To make a long story short, Tashy found a cool plant for her bathroom. its a vine of some sort that had really cool white and light green leaves. She also found some really cute pots that match her décor really nicely.
Talia sadly didn't find any plants that jumped out at her. She was really tempted by some air plants but they require a lot of sun and we don't really get good light.
I was thankfully able to find everything I needed.
They bay tree turned out to be very nice. I don't cook with bay very often when when I do I would like to be able to use fresh instead of dry.
I had to repot him. I am seriously running low on soil >.<
I also found 2 different rosemary bushes. One was really cheap but not very bushy and the other was really bushy but not very cheep. I eventually decided to go with both and I would use the bushy one for cooking (we use a lot of rosemary) which I attempt to get the non bushy one more busy.
The small non bushy rosemary had the most beautiful flowers on him but I was worried that having the flowers would mean the plant would go to seed and now do well if I started cutting him. After a little research I found out that's not the case and that rosemary will grow no matter how much you cut as long as there are some pine needles left.
Another thing hat Talia found were the ceramic spikes I was hoping to get made by Earth Works Pottery.
(sorry about the blurry picture)
These spikes are designed to be used with plastic water bottles and are by no means as nice looking as the all ceramic ones would have been but hopefully they will work for now. I picked up 4 to try but I only have 1 bottle right now. I am a little concerned with how quickly the water will drain and if it will swamp the plant so I am trying only a single pot right now. My sad mango tree (most of him died because I accidentally left him too close to an open door) is going to be my test pot for now.
The final thing I was able to find were my 18 inch lights. They were kind of expensive ($39.99 each) but hopefully they will work.
I picked up 2 to try but after assembling both and hanging them up I have found that one of them appears to be damaged. I have switched bulbs to see if it was the bulb. It wasn't. I have switched power plugs to see if there was a short in there. There wasn't. So now I have to go back to Humber Nursery and either get a replacement or get my money back.
One bulb will do for now but it's not ideal because the herb pot is not getting enough light. One the up side I can now move the lights I was using there into the living room where they can be used for the large pot plants.
After all the running around today and the late night last night both Talia and I are whipped. Gonna go spend the rest of the night looking through seed catalogs and reading my new organic gardening book.
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