Kill proof plant update

I went a few days ago to get my 'kill proof' plants. I bought a long trough type pot and had plans of filling it with those ugly little succulent plants. But once I got to Home Depot and was actually looking at them, I realized, how ugly they truly are. As I was picking a few out, my mom called me and I started telling her my plans. She informed me, that getting succulents wasn't a true test for my 'keep plants alive' goal. She said I needed to get a real houseplant, that actually needs watered daily--not every 3 weeks like the succulents.


After pondering her point for a while, I realized she was right. So I left home depot and went over to 99 cent store to buy some cute little pots, as I had decided I didn't want to use the ugly trough pot after all. I bought 5 cute little pots.




Then I went back over to Home Depot and started looking at their pretty house plants. I decided to jump head in and get any plant I wanted, instead of only the plants that are hearty and don't need much water.



I ended up getting 1 ficus tree,




1 little tree type thingy that none of the HD people knew what it was (I bought it so that I could eventually find out!) a little ivy bush,





a tiny rose plant,


and a hanging fern plant, which is on my kitchen shelf :-)



The lady at Home Depot said that all these plants will improve and "freshen" the oxygyn in my house. So now, when I go inside I breathe in deeply and try to imagine fresh clean air. It still smells and feels the same though. I think I got scammed.

So now I have 2 pots left. One round one and that weird long green one. I saved the round one, for the avacado pit I'm trying to grow into a tree...hopefully one day it'll be planted in that lonely little pot. As for the long green one? I think I might *maybe* eventually go get a few ugly little succulents for that one. After looking at them for a while, there are a few that are kind of neat, and I might possibly enjoy having. We'll see... If I don't end up using it for succulents, I might use it for an herb box.



Which, speaking of herb boxes....



Ready to hear my deal of the year???



I was at Home Depot yesterday and they were having a big clearance sell. On a shelf, was tons of those metal tin herb kits. (Ya know, the ones that come complete with the herbs, dirt and pot?) Usually they're about 9 bucks. Sometimes, if you're lucky, you can get them onsale for 7. Well guess how much they were on clearance for?



drum roll please....

.50 cents!!!!!!!

I'm feeling pretty proud of myself. I've had all these plants for a few days now, and they're all doing great! None of them are looking droopy or weepy. They're all green and growing! Plus, my little herb box is already sprouting!! I'll post pictures of it in a few days after all 3 herbs start to grow. :)