water my plants more often

This is a purple shamrock; I’ve changed its location, and I’m hoping that the corm it grows from will produce some new shoots. I’ve dehydrated that one to completion before and it grew again, it’s resilient – but maybe Melonie really did it in, I don’t know.

My umbrella plant in the front window has produced five new leaves.

The japanese maple flowered.

The basil plant I brought indoors – one of the two stalks has revitalized. The other, I don’t think so.

The viney thing is producing new leaves. The african violet has new leaves, too. It’s far from perfect but it has a chance.

The sagittarius plant is going like gangbusters. The spikey plant is the same, still living anyway.

The snake plants are still splayed, but they look full and happy nonetheless.

The ficus is still surviving. It’s a strange one, it has a problem. And you can only repot it at a certain time of the year, and that would not be now, though I don’t know when it is.

I’ve put a weekly reminder on my calendar to do this, in conjunction with checking my weekly horoscope.

And I was a botany student. Snarf. Guess I’m okay if the sun and rain look after them.

My parents scolded me about the houseplants and watered them all this weekend. The snake plants totally perked up. So, I have put a reminder on to do it every other day. I have to water:

1. upstairs snake plant
2. downstairs snake plant
3. japanese maple
4. umbrella plant
5. african violet
6. jade plant
7. spikey plant
8. sagittarius plant
9. ficus tree
10. purple shamrock
11. viney thing

This goal is simple because all my others are too damn complex. And I’m a goal junkie so of course I have to have more than 40 hits, dammit.

This is another 30 day goal. In 30 days, I report how much better the plants look, I feel all smug and satisfied, and a new habit is formed. That’s the plan.