Gardening

The weather in Austin, Texas has been pretty fantastic. When I work from home (which lately has been pretty often), my field of vision looks a lot like this.

My darling husband realized that my view was slightly depressing and brought me home a tiny rose bush. The rose bush didn’t get as much light as it needed, but it’s presence made me realize that having a plant in my field of vision really is quite nice. So last weekend, Peter and I bought a couple of house plants and some nice pots from IKEA. The pots that they offer don’t have holes for water to drain like other pots, but this can be remedied with a simple drill bit.

I was sure that these drill bits would shatter my pots, but with no other alternative I decided to drill away. To my surprise, the holes turned out great. I haven’t tried them out on glass, but supposedly they work great on that too.

I can’t tell you how pleased I am with our new indoor plants. Isn’t this bright green one really cool? I think you could easily repot three of them and then put them in a line in the middle of the table for an inexpensive centerpiece that could later be repurposed as home decor.

(That tall, Medusa-like plant was a gift from my mother. Isn’t he neat?)

The best part is that now when I’m working from home I see a tall leafy plant out of the corner of my eye!