Wow is it warm out on the Central Coast today! 80 degrees in March, go figure! Since we got all that rain, the state is finally looking like green velvet again instead of brown sand. And because the weather is so nice, I thought I’d take full advantage and start planting my spring garden.
I headed over to my local K-Mart today because they really do have the best variety of plants at the cheapest prices around… I’ve done my homework! I picked up some herbs, zucchini, cherry and heirloom tomatoes, jalapeño peppers and spinach. Yummy salads in the future to come! I’ve felt bad about growing and watering a winter garden because we’ve been in such a drought, so my garden is overflowing with succulents instead of food! Succulents don’t need a lot of water, you can forget about them for weeks at a time, and they are by far the easiest things to grow. You literally stick a piece of succulent in the ground and wallah! It grows… case and point below…. and you can’t use the excuse that you don’t have a “green thumb” because anyone can grow these babies.
Since living in California, I haven’t actually ‘purchased’ any succulents. Instead, when I go out on walks, I’ll snip tiny pieces of different succulents from various gardens or trees in the area and stick em in the ground when I get home. No one seems to mind… as of yet. Also, my student Pam moved to Palm Desert some months back and she gave me ALL her plants when she left! Yes, all of them… like 14, including a young orange tree. Out of those 14, about 10 were succulent plants and they are twice the size of when I took them off her hands. Incredible!
So here’s a real easy way to make a statement in your garden or out on your back deck if that’s what you’ve got! This Succulent Coconut Planter literally took me minutes to put together and it looks super neat outside my window. And because I used a coconut shell for the planter, I’ll need to water this guy even less given they hold for a longer amount of time! I took a few clippings from some of my other succulents, tossed some soil in there and washed my hands!
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Step One: Purchase a hanging planter with a coconut shell. The shell’s cost as little as $1.00 if you already have a hanging planter. Fill the planter almost to the top with soil.
Step Two: Clip up to 8 pieces of succulent plant. Push the succulents into the soil.
Step Three: Fill the shell with the remaining succulents. Water and hang!
Cute right?!
It always helps to have a pal to talk to when gardening….!
