Living in a Jungle

I'm sure that is what Mel must be feeling like right now - that he is living in a jungle. The plant on the book still needs a 'home' but it needs to be repotted first because it's yogurt container is totally cracked. (I'll still in a crazy-humor mood, sorry.)

A couple days ago, when I was sick in bed, our landlord came over to collect the money we agreed to pay for utilities over the next 5 months. His lovely wife (and I mean that truly - we like them both very much) brought several houseplants, just for me. Mel met them outside, since I was sick and really didn't want visitors at all. When he came in he brought several of the plants in the following photos. The corner by the fishpond is getting a little "full."

We have one more window in our flat - the bedroom window. It faces NW and in the winter gets very little light at all. I've only tried growing one plant there, and although it is warm, the lack of good light made it a dismal failure.

Now I admit, I went a little crazy this summer and bought two geraniums for the balcony, two spider plants that I divided into four plants, a little wrinkled leaved plant that I can't remember the name of, and of course, I planted the avocado tree. Oh and a little jade plant start. Er, am I forgetting anything? I already had the cactus, one geranium, the 'tree' by the fishpond, and 3 others in the living room window, and the amaryllis bulb died this summer so that was actually one less... Both the big spikey-looking one and the geranium actually touch me when I'm sitting here at the computer. I hope they are getting loving vibs from me.

The geraniums I knew would come in during the winter (if they survived the summer, which they did in wonderful shape). I figured I could easily make room for them.

I was not counting on these others arriving as well....

I do love plants, however, so I am willing to make as much room as I can to fit them in. They will have to stay in their plastic bottle and yogurt desert containers, though, until I can afford to buy the dirt and planters that I'll need to repot them. Geranium and 2 spider plants take over the kitchen!

The biggest one needs divided, I'm sure. Maybe Julia or Melinda or Alys would like half a plant sometime in the not-too-distant future??? I really need to keep them all - alive! - until February when we pay the rent again and our landlords come over. I want to show them that I do appreciate their thoughtfulness and that I love plants as much as she obviously does!

Maybe all these plants is why I felt the need yesterday afternoon to watch Cast Away? And then later in the evening Mel put on Medicine Man? We just feel like we are living in a jungle.