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8 years ago
8 years agoHi Erica & EZ! I am new here and new to cacti & succulents. I've grown a lot of plants. 30 years ago when I lived in Western NY, I had a marvelous food & herb garden. I even had planes fly low over my formal knot garden. I moved to Florida with high expectations of growing year round. Well, you can, but certainly not what I was used to! I got into this addiction quite mischievously.
A couple of weeks ago a friend from work & I walked over to the local hot spot for a beer after work. We went outside for a cig & happened to sit next to a big container with the neatest looking succulent draping all around & over the edges. I just couldn't resist pinching a couple or three pieces. So, when I got home, I put them over my sink in a glass of water. Within days, they began to look totally miserable. I began a search & found out what a dummy I was quickly! Yes, they died, sadly.
On a trip to my local Lowes, as usual, I checked out the mark-downs on distressed or damaged plants. There were a ton of different succulents. I bought a dish garden with 4 or 5 varieties, (below,) one with another with 2, a large Kalanchoe Fang & a few in seedling containers still. I began researching and after two trips back for more soil & cleaning the rest of them out, I'm still learning, but found the love for growing once again.
I paid $10 for this top one. Jade, Blue Chalk Stick, & not sures... $5 for the one below.
In my research, I finally stumbled across this forum. Much to my surprise, it wasn't dead! Holy cow! I have learned so much! I have a ton of work yet to do on my projects because of my mistakes.
Mistake above. The funnest part was playing with the babies. Below is 2 of my mini shot glass gardens. I am hoping they do well together & I have to repot at some point.
So there's my story. My other hobby is beading. I make pendulums & sun catchers. (I'm very much into crystals & stones too!)
Glad to meet y'all!
~Kat
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EZ - yikes! I knew I would love this forum! I have a bunch of Zambaba, which is only found in South Africa & Madagascar. Gorgeous stone! I'm bad about taking pictures lately, and I haven't figured out how to update or do much of anything with my profile. katmandhu.com is one of my websites, but holler at me through direct email. (hope that worked.) I have a few pendulums up on etsy also, but I have tons more!
I sell them with boxes also, which you can barely see on the bottom. I do custom work.
Merry meet!
~Kat
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