Homefront: Plants and Pixies

This leaf is shaped like a heart. LIKE A HEART! adorableness.

Our lawn is crunchy and brown in most places, but at least I have some very drought resistant hedges. And since I am lethal to any house plant that enters my abode, these bush trimmings make for a dandy fresh, no guilt it it dies plant. And, it lasts for well over a week or two, just add water as it evaporates.

 Select cuttings with nice, crisp, green leaves and several little branches for fullness. Remove any leaves with brown spots, cuts, bird poo, spider webs... and the lower leaves that would otherwise be rotting in the water.

I love my thrifted urn. $2 or something.

I like to stack things on books. Especially awesome vintage books with charming illustrations and titles. Like my, They Marched with Spartacus (amazing cover, why didn't I photography it?) and Pound Foolish ones.

This little elfin pixie boy was found with my mom at my fav. antique mall before I moved. He is clearly vintage, I'm thinking 40's? It is only stamped with it's place of origin, Japan. I've seen this collection once online but do not know anything about them. Does anyone know?

I love these polka dot curtains, $5 at Home Depot on clearance. I wish they had an army of them, to add in our living room, but this was the last set.

What a cutie patootie.

Homefront: Succulent Succulents

My husband was given this lovely one pot succulent garden a few months ago for his new office. It was so cute and managable then and has happily thrived in front of a very sunny window. Boy do these things grow fast! I'm not used to it, since I usually kill most plants within a month or so.

Wanting a succulent garden of my own, I purchased cuttings from matilda mae. While they haven't even arrived here yet, the hubs brought home his succulent garden for some repotting and all that jazz.

Now, I am going to have all of these cute little succulents again, and I have this beast of a garden to figure out what to do with. I'll be sending it back to my husband's work, but no doubt some of it will have to stay here.

So, wonderful people, WHAT am I supposed to do with these... and more importantly, HOW! Can I still leave some in one pot, or will they all need to be separated in their own pots?

The little ones, maybe I can put in a terrarium (following these directions here), but the larger ones... do they need pruning (one has a dried up flower on top)... ? How much bigger will they get? Maybe I'll give some cuttings away... I suppose I'll need to figure out how to do that! I know google is my friend, but so is practical advice. (Thanks Julie, I'll be reading you blog, A Succulent Life for tips!)