seriously-? your name is Penelope GREEN -!!
I suggest growing lots of herbs. & micro-greens. you can eat & juice them all winter & stay healthy. thyme, parsley, rosemary sage also smell wonderful & brighten up a dark gloomy dead-of-winter apartment with not much sun.
Put a small table by any window & direct a light up & over the plants. Herbs & flowers all winter long is the key to being happy & healthy until Spring-!
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Love sharing cuttings with friends, and love how one simple plant in a room denotes 'aliveness'. And there are so many plants that fit a persons lifestyle.
Like a snake plant or cacti for the person who is away from home a lot. Plants that make a room look more Zen, feminine, masculine or a mix.
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Amazing to see Snake Plants (Sansevieria trifasciata) become popular again, my Mom grew them in our Flushing, Queens apartment in the 1960's . If you are lucky enough to have even a tiny back yard, edible landscaping is frugal fun. You can grow most of your own food and some medicinal needs in very little space. We even sell surplus rare fruits and veggies to local San Francisco Chefs. Have a peek on Instagram @SFfruitGardener .
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So, where do these enterprising folks get the plants they sell? I don't think they are propagating them from cuttings. Give me the product of a true plantsperson any day.
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I recommend shopping our Greenmarkets for plants,in season. The prices are often lower than the new chicipoo places.
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Plants as "emotional support" living things? ... why not.
Now Playing: I Overlooked an Orchid - The Cactus Blossoms
"in a world of climate change..."
Well, come on now, I hope none of these hipsters really think a few houseplants is going to have an impact on climate. More likely the energy expended to ship all this stuff around and all those plastic pots in that pic are causing more harm than the teensy drop in the bucket good it might result in.
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@Matthew
Here, Here Matthew!
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It is fun to think about that strange hobby, but let’s not pretend that NYC is a great place to grow plants, indoor or outdoor, especially as a young tenant. When you barely have space to live in your apartment, let alone to display your knick-knacks, pictures, posters and pictures, is indoor gardening the right hobby for you? And think about how fun it is to move plants to your new apartment (spoiler alert: they don’t stack well and clay pots breaking or falling sideways in the moving truck will not be the highlight of your day).
I can see how people get one or two (they do brighten a place), but I suspect more than that is more something for harmless loonies and the privileged few than an actual trend.
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This is yet another form of gentrification. You can get all of these plants for free or extremely cheap from people who actually care about growing plants. You don't need to give a hipster or failed model $50 for a plant you can grow from a single leaf cutting. Gardening in all forms should be available to everyone regardless of your economic status. Shame on these boutiques!
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@Harry Not everything is about gentrification: if you can still get what suits you for cheaper, why care if someone offers something else for more money, and why insulting them in the process?
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@Harry, How mean spirited.
Several mentioned cuttings, simple pots, and several inexpensive plants were featured in the photos. They gave me inspiration and happiness.
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Oh dear, now I know I'm old. Macrame plant hangers are back.
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@Ruth
Me too! In the 70s, I learned macrame as an after-school project. A funky childish attempt hung in my bedroom and barely contained a golden pothos. Now I wish I kept it...
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I like having plants—my coleuses and their descendants have been here for more than 40 years—but I absolutely hate the mites that commit suicide by flying into my eyes or up my nose.
I've also finally reconciled with the realization that no, I'm never going to have any place to have a real garden. The sills in my apartment (currently going into shadow as the sun goes lower in the sky and I lose direct sun for 10 weeks) are all I'm ever going to have. *Sob*...
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Look up 'fungus gnats' on the web, you'll find some non-toxic ways to get rid of them & keep them away. Enjoy your plants!
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Gardening is very therapeutic.
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Garage and estate sales are great places to buy planters.
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@Citizen-of-the-World
not a lot of those (garage and estate sales) in the heart of Manhattan & Brooklyn- hence the trendy expensive boutique "garden" shops for planters -
word of caution:
if you have cats, they can nibble on something poisonous= move toxic plants up high out of reach=
they too need greens, esp. in winter. they are not equipped to distinguish between good & BAD plants
tip: easy to grow: wheatgrass - for you AND them! ;-)
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As a child in the 70s, I used my chore money to fill my bedroom with plants, much like the pictures. The schefflera that outgrew its pot and I eventually planted in the backyard is now a monster tree that’s cracked the patio and must be hacked back every few years. But I adore it and feel such a deep spiritual connection with it that goes back to 1975! I moved on with dogs and birds and out to other places but have always loved and owned plants.
When I returned home to my parents’ now slightly decaying home after my divorce, I thought it only temporary while I sought another place to live. But they’re in their mid-80s, the house is big and empty, and it’s on a lot that’s especially large for the average Valley home. The four pines along with a eucalyptus, various birches, and an olive tree are now towering and shelter a variety of wildlife. And that tiny 59¢ schefflera that started life in a 4 inch pot in my old bedroom stands like a large umbrella among them.
In the early weeks of my post-divorce mourning, I wandered the backyard one day and saw my old friend there. Warmth flooded me as it seemed to say, “Welcome home! Why leave again when there’s plenty of room here? My friends here need tending because all your sisters are gone and your parents never come out here anymore. And I’ve missed you.”
So, I stayed. There are even more plants here now, inside and out, and the old schefflera is very happy indeed.
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Yes plants are fun and relaxing to care for, but you don’t need to spend a penny for great ones. I recommend an old book called The After Dinner Gardening Book by Richard W Langer. Grow your own plants from avocados, any citrus fruit, kiwis, pineapples, papayas, coconuts etc. The book is a great read even if you have a black thumb.
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NYC is nice and all, but its economically insane to house plants there, you're forgetting about the rest of this indoor plant revolution and the economy it is sparking around the country!!!!
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“Mr. Poma, who wore a green hoodie and a goatee.“
Offered only to facilitate confirmation bias about millennials one presumes. Sad NYT.
And some would qualify a 23-year-old as Gen Z.
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