This post was inspired by a four-hour houseplant repotting marathon followed by a trip out into the real world.
Despite my best efforts to wear gardening gloves and keep myself presentable, let’s just say I may have left the house (in a hurry) with potting soil speckled, smeared and lodged on various parts of my green-thumbed self.
And let’s just say it wasn’t pretty.
Reminders for plant people
1. Check your nails for potting soil dirt before you leave the house. This completes the process of repotting your plants.
2. When people say “pool party,” they’re not referring to having a bathtub full of plants on a Saturday night.
3. It’s healthy to have topics of conversation that don’t include the words: mealies, mites and gnats.
4. Sometimes, other people have hobbies that don’t break their hearts on a weekly basis.
5. When people mention “their babies,” they might actually refer to human children, not necessarily plant babies.
6. Seriously, check your nails!
7. It is possible to drive past a gardening center without stopping.
8. Try not to show your shock when you’re invited over to someone else’s house and they have things other than houseplants on their windowsills. It’s perfectly acceptable. People do that.
9. Nails!
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