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Growing Joy With Plants

Growing Joy With Plants

The answer to a happier, more connected life may be as simple as connecting with nature. Enter houseplants, a.k.a. an easy and accessible way to bring the outside in. Although caring for plants has been shown to reduce stress, increase joy, and cultivate connections with ourselves, others and the earth, many of us are epic plant killers. What then?

On today’s show author and podcaster Maria Failla teaches a crash course on houseplant care for novice and intermediate listeners so that we (fingers crossed!) never kill a houseplant again.

 

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[4:30] Why do plants make us feel so good? Here’s what science says

[10:45] How to create your plant collection for under $20

[19:00] How to successfully grow houseplants in cold, dark, and drafty homes

[23:00] Exactly when and how to “pot up”

[28:00] Brown leaves, yellow leaves, plants with “legs”, pests, orchids that won’t re-bloom, and other common plant woes

 

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Although caring for plants has been shown to reduce stress, increase joy, and cultivate connections with ourselves, others and the earth, many of us are epic plant killers. What then? On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast: a crash course on houseplant care for novices and intermediates so we (fingers crossed!) never kill a houseplant again.

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