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Turning Moss

Chopping Down the Pencil Plant

July 20, 2016 By turningmoss 10 Comments

Pencil Plant - Pencil Cactus - Euphorbia - Getting too TallOver the years my Pencil Cactus ‘Euphorbia tirucalli’ has grown rather tall, so tall that it barely fits in a single image. Instead of growing as a thick pencily bush, my plant has grown upwards in spurts creating a lanky tree over four feet tall. As the soaringly high limbs began to droop over, I knew it would only be a matter of time before this plant could no longer hold it’s own head up. The decision was made – it was time to chop it down and propagate some new Pencil Cactus plants. [Read more…]

Tending to the Indoor Garden

April 16, 2016 By turningmoss Leave a Comment

April - sunny porchMy birthday is on April 11th, and while I tend to shy away from making a big deal of the day, the one thing I do really like to do is take some time to tend to my indoor garden and treat myself to a new plant. In Chicago the weather is generally just starting to warm up, it’s a perfect time to begin moving my houseplants out to the back porch for their summer vacation.

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TURNING: a deviation from a straight course; a turn. a road, river, or path that turns off the main way.
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