English Ivy

I totally killed my English Ivy.

I was hopping that it dropped it's leafs due to the winter and not because of me. The internet said that it was supposed to be evergreen so that answered that. Apperntly they like to dry out a little and I kinda over watered it.

After the new years I'll try taking in one of the little pots with baby succulents in it. I have no idea what type they are but they seem to be hardy little things. I managed to grow the babes from planting their leafs. So there is hope.

I also got an orchid for a gift from one of my bosses. It is doing well. So far. It is tiny and cute and still has flowers. Here's hopping.

Weird Vine & Gourd

So I 'saved' a weird vine at work a few weeks ago and no it has thrown out roots. So far they seem to just be on one side of the plant. I think they are starting to show on the other but I won't hold my breath. I am going to keep it small. with luck more branches will pop out this spring/summer. that would be very nice


Now.. the gourd... is dead.

And by dead I mean almost rotten to the point of my nose running away. I think tonight I'll hit a craft store and get the right powder to dry it out. the only problem I foresee is cleaning them out so nothing rots again.

Traumatized Gourd

I am in the proses of traumatizing a hapless gourd.

Why?

My computer at work has been down for over a week. Monday was the last straw for my ADD and I started to poke one of my decorative gourds with a needle. I had wanted to take it home to hollow and dry but kept forgetting it.

Now it has salt and tissues in it. I blame my limited resources at work.

So... If this works I might be doing the same to the other five gourds on my desk. The office is very dry so the mold has been kept at bay. So I can wait to see what happens before I have to worry about the others.