My deck is full of container gardens, and Iβm doing everything in my power to ensure that the plants are successful. I would like my own tomatoes, thank you Mort Garson π
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I am doing my best to stay both kind and young! I am watering my aloe plant and my roommate is shaking ass to the track You Don't Have To Walk a Begonia. Trying my best to be a neighbor to people and plants. Finding some solace in this album. Hoping you are all okay. Reconnecting with the heart that keeps on breaking. Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh
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****Because this is the table of contents**** (INTRODUCTION) 6
CLOTHING THE NEW BABY: CONTAINERS 8
CARE AND FEEDING 13
Putting the House Plant to Bed: Potting 19
Water Gardening: The Age of Aquariums 24
Propagating: Natural Plant Parenthood 27
Water: The Warm Bottle 38
Weaning: Feeding 46
Hot Air: Temperature and Air Circulation 49
Electric Results: Artificial Lights 50
Picking up after the Kids: Plantkeeping 56
CASE HISTORIES OF 118 PLANTS
Anyone-Can-Grow-Them Plants 58
Plants to Supplant Furniture 70
Plants for Tall People and High Ceilings 77
Plants to Transform Dull Dining Rooms 87
Plants for Bedrooms with Hang-Ups 96
Plants to Fern-ish a Bath 105
Plants for Skinny Spaces 113
Plants Which Win Palms Down for Drama 123
Plants to Back Up Other Plants 132
Plants That Bear Fruit under Skylights 141
Plants That Turn on for Lights 150
Plants to Match an Energy Crisis 159
Plants Your Cat Won't Nibble: Succulents and Cacti 167
And Plants for Grandparenthood 178
CALL THE DOCTOR 180
Insects and Other Predators 183
INDEX 186
Jan 15, 2025
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This is so serious and not cool-fun and I'm sorry, but I beat breast cancer last year (yay ππΌ) and the clinic I got treatment from uses Noona. Appointments, test results, lab results, billing questions... A symptom tracker!! Messaging options. It really came in handy for so many things and I was grateful to have it! The app didn't save my life, but kept me in close touch with the team that contributed the most. Definitely made going through the fight a lot easier!
While we're here, for the sake of awareness. FEEL UP YOUR BREASTS, often. Don't assume anything abnormal that you feel is something harmless. Modern medicine is amazing and it's not a death sentence anymore. Get genetic testing if it's an option (it's stupid expensive.) I was diagnosed at 39 and I've learned that people are getting diagnosed younger and younger every year...
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(I'm an old(ish). Thanks for considering this advice, given earnestly and with good intention, from experience.)
Assuming the nature of your work isn't the source of the sadness? The gratitude you mentioned... Find ways to blow that up! Reflect on whether a past version of yourself would be proud of where you are now. The peace of boredom is a blessing. Seriously! A large amount of time spent as an adult is simply existing day-to-day. It gets repetitive, "there's nothing new under the sun."
But also, stay as healthy as possible so you can do things outside of work. Make sure you are getting enough sleep, eating well. Don't smoke or vape anything. Maybe when the rhythm of your career settles in you will be able fully build out your whole life and work will only be a little part of it. The transition from school to career is temporary, trust that you'll get the balance right soon enough. IDK... I wouldn't know about long term careers, π I have done a bunch of different stuff since I finished with school, none of it even close to what I went for. If I got bored or outgrew it or it got toxic, I moved on. No one *wants* to labor, right? Capitalism π€¬ sucks. But we *do* want to contribute to society, to our communities. Many types of work do that even under capitalism. So. Whatever you do, be grateful that you are contributing, but realize it doesn't define you, and learn how to be grateful for things that you might otherwise not be, like boredom.
Gratitude is always the answer, especially to sadness; and comparison is a thief of joy.
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