The Plantening

[jpegghost]

Yesterday, exhausted from studying, Alex and I braved the local Target to find a new pot for Pablito, as well as fertilizer and soil for the task. Somehow Target lacked pots with sufficient drainage, so we went to Wal-Mart. Barren. Then we went to the local garden center and ... Weeeellllll ...



His name is Lurch and YES he IS buckled in. He's a Monstera Deliciosa, and likely to grow many feet tall and take over my living space. Exciting!

After that we knew we had to find some quality, but cheap pots and ended up getting huge ass terra cotta pots from Lowe's as the garden center was trying to sell plastic pots for upwards of $60 (?!).

Today I repotted Lurch and Pablito, pruning Pablito as well. Here's Lurch looking very happy in his corner of my bedroom:



However, things for Pablito were not so fun. In order for a poinsettia not to grow leggy and become a tree, as well as bloom properly, they must be chopped down to, at the most, 6-8 inches. It won't look that bad, I thought to myself as I stared at my poinsettia and thought of all the other pruned poinsettias I had seen online.

He turned out exactly like them.


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LOOK HOW THEY MASSACRED MY BOY. He looks like a deconstructed stickman from the Blair Witch Project.

This is necessary for his growth and eventual flowering, but Christ does it seem extreme. I worked out my grief by looking like an insane person and vacuuming my porch since my broom wouldn't pick up the dirt from the potting mix.

Anyways after that trauma I went to check my mail and lo and behold, packages! My birthday is tomorrow so my parents sent me some nice things.




I've been needing a spoon rest for a while, and my parents know I like kitsch so of course the Campbell's Soup Girl seems a logical choice.



Kitschy plastic fridge magnets! (Alongside a not-birthday related death themed magnet)

Wow, what a long post. Congrats if you read this far! I wasn't anticipating having so much to yell about.

Comments

[alee_grrl]

Happy Birthday!!!! I hope you have a fabulous one.

Lurch is lovely! And poor Pablito's quarantine haircut will help ensure a robust and healthy flowering plant later.

The magnets and spoon rest are also adorable, and I quite enjoyed the death related one as well. My magnets are a blend of kitsch, cute goth, and art magnets with a few quote magnets thrown in for fun.

[jpegghost]

Thanks! It's been great honestly.

Lurch is great, I love looking at him -- And yes, I'm telling myself Pablito will look good eventually. He was getting quite leggy.

I'm happy you like all those! I love my dumb mortician magnet, i always laugh whenever I read it. Do you have a favorite magnet of your own?

[alee_grrl]

Here are some of my magnets:



I think my favorite is the one that reads "Time is like a zombie, it moves slow, but all of a sudden "Boo! Got your Brains!" It always makes me laugh.

[jpegghost]

Oh I LOVE the Mucha and Bones one!

[alee_grrl]

Thanks! I'm a huge fan of Mucha's works so I have quite a few of those. And the Bones sticker I got when I ordered some coffee from Bones' Coffee Company. They have some fun flavored coffees and their art is all skeletons. :D

[jpegghost]

I've never heard of Bones Coffee Company before, and honestly I'm one of those assholes who thinks all coffee tastes the same BUT my boyfriend loves coffee; Do you recommend any particular flavors?

[alee_grrl]

I got one of their sampler packs and I really enjoyed their Irish Creme, Highland Grog, Jamaica Me Crazy, and Chocolate Raspberry flavors. I also really love their Red Velvet flavor, but that only comes out around Valentines day. I can't add flavored syrups to coffee since I'm not supposed to eat much sugar and most artificial sweeteners give me migraines, so when I want to change things up a bit I order flavored coffee.