Proud Owner of a New cactus; of the Christmas Cacti

That's right, who's the proud new owner of a Christmas cactus? This girl! 

David and I took a trip to IKEA and they have cacti there, and it's usually where I get mine. So basically I got to thinking about restarting my collection and ignited some primal need to own/grow plants. This whole paragraph is pretty much pointless except to inform why I decided I needed one, other than the fact that Fred Meyers had them for a good price while I was picking up a few important things. Also, I'm still debating if I'll be taking David to IKEA again if it is just to window shop because he isn't very good at it!   =]

Anyways, I spent a decent amount of time deciding which one I liked best, weighing color, bloomage, and health selections. This is the one I came home with and it has a happy little home on the window sill that it seems to be enjoying quite a bit. I believe these pictures were taken the day I bought it and it has bloomed quite a bit more since then. Shame on me for not bragging to the world sooner about my plant, but I was feeling lazy. 

I am also quite happy that the cat's have not decided that it is a toy or food and hope that it stays safe from those cute little bastards. That is all!

Brb.Peaches

Speaking of Killing Cacti...

I'm not exactly sure what happened, but one of my cacti just kind of rotted from the bottom up, from the inside out. This is confusing, frustrating, mind boggling, and soo many other things. How does that happen? Maybe something happened during the transplant that I did about a month ago? They are in a window and not a dark corner anymore, they are in better soil formulated for cacti specifically, they have been nurtured. Sometimes things happen that we have no control over, and sometimes we are reminded in the strangest of ways.

RIP my beautiful, I will take a trip to IKEA and get another cactus in your honor.

Brb.Peaches

Starting out as someone who has killed cacti...

Yes, that's me. So now I am on a adventure to grow things, grow them well, and know what the hell I am doing in the process. And if you couldn't tell because of the mentioned cacti murder, I do have a love for cacti and have started a small collection thanks to the nearest IKEA! I will definitely be posting more on that later. I also like flowers and plants that actually look good, I can't stand when people have plants/flowers/bushes that are not edible and look terrible. What purpose do they have? NONE!

One of my biggest goals is to be able to grow my own edibles, because I know where it came from, supposedly will taste better, and will hopefully save me some money!

So, assuming that I can remember to AT LEAST water my plantlings, you will see my baby seeds grow into something eye catching and beautiful or at least edible and utterly yummy.

Brb.Peaches