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Useful info for herbs. Thanks
Many Witches and Herbalist love to grow their own herbs/flowers, it will help your home look more lively and you can control the environment for the plant to grow. While growing plants can seems easy, many plants cannot grow indoors, or need special requirements to grow full and healthy. While herbs such as chives and sage can grow indoors, plants like roses and honeysuckle will grow best during the warm seasons outside. When planning on gardening a new herb, research where would be best to grow them. If you are buying seeds, look on the back of the seed package and it will tell you the best conditions for growing the herb/plant.
Some herbs to grow indoors:
Chives - Plant them in well-drained potting soil that’s rich with organic matter. They can tolerate light shade but do best in full sun
Mint - Mint can grow in many soil types and degrees of sunlight, but it produces the best leaves in rich soil. It’s a perennial, but its hardiness varies by variety, so check which type you are growing.
Rosemary - Quick-draining soil is the key to good growth. It’s drought-tolerant. Keep the soil moist but never wet when grown indoors
Sage - Best grown in full sun and moist, well-drained potting mix
Some plants to grow indoors:
Cactus - adapted to extremely arid and hot climates and have water conserving features
Orchid - most grow best when temperatures drop at night to between 50 and 65 degrees and rise during the day to 65 to 75 degrees
Hibiscus - For best results, keep hibiscus in bright light and warm temperatures near a south or west window. (( also is a bee saver if grown outside!))
African Violet - do better in lower light and will bloom year-round with a minimum of care.
These are just some of the herbs and plants grown indoors, but there are so many more online sources for growing herbs and plants indoors.
Websites that help a beginner with growing and starting:
Here
here
Lists of magical herbs and plants:
Personal Fav
Another good one
Lists of poisonous herbs and plants:
Poisonous Plants
Common toxic house plants poisonous to pets
Toxic herbs to cats
Poison control for Dogs
Herbs and vitamins dangerous during pregnancy
IF AT ALL YOU FEEL UNSAFE USING A HERB OR PLANT, RESEARCH TO SEE IF THE PLANT IS TOXIC, AND EVEN THEN IF YOU FEEL UNSAFE, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE THE HERB OR PLANT!
All Green that I have is for you.
Oh, I love these light patterns near the windows!
Quick growing vegetable Indoors.
Namib Desert #4, Photo by Elaine Ling, 1997
Decided to do something where there's an actual environment. (and also I was kind of starved for ideas)
NATG XIII - Day 22 Prompt: Draw a pony facing a mistake from their past / Draw a pony putting the pieces back together. I used this one as a bit of an excuse to draw Sprout, a character that I don't draw very often. Basically, Senor Butterscotch (Izzy's unicorn construct thing) has broken somehow, and Sprout is trying desperately to put him back together before Izzy finds out. (Two of my original ideas were Sprout solving a jigsaw puzzle (something like that old "incredible giraffe puzzle" video) and a version of this piece, but with Sprout and Misty.)