Years ago, I had a landlord drop in one day. As he moved about the house repairing different things, he remarked about my love of “foliage.” I giggled a bit and told him how I loved to have the OUTdoors INdoors. He said, “You sure do.” I’m not sure he was impressed.
Plants make me happy. Sure, you can say it’s the oxygen they give off, but I don’t think that is the key for me…I think I just like FOLIAGE!
Every Monday, we water the plants. Some of them are from Emily’s funeral, some have lived with us for years. One of them was in our new house when we moved in!
For the most part, plants are easy. Oh sure, I’ve killed my fair share, but having a set watering day helps with that…and training your children not to dig in them helps too.
I keep our plants in the dining room where we have some great windows. (my new bio photo was taken near these windows, thus the wonderful natural light!) Since the dining room is hardwoods, I have plastic sheeting under them. In fact, it is the plastic I used in my old kitchen recycled!
I purchased a plant stand
Ahhhhh….foliage!
One of the plants from Emmy’s funeral had fake sprigs of pink flowers in it. I kept those as a splash of color amidst all the green.
see the pink peeking out there?
Having plants in the house truly is a simple thing you can do to make your home more inviting. You can put them in different baskets (be sure to have something underneath them that is waterproof or able to catch water). You can hang them. You can enjoy the green all year long!
What simple things have you been up to? Link up below! {this week there will only be text links, but I hope to change back to picture links soon!}
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Julianne says
I love flowers and plants. I bought 2 flats of flowers almost 4 weeks ago and I still can’t plant them outside because it’s still too cold, so they’re brightening up my porch instead!
I love this Simple Homemaking link-up, it’s just what I like to read about- getting back to the simpler ways of life.
Andrea says
Your plants are beautiful! I have two small plants, a violet that my neighbor gave me, and a jade that my oldest son gave me. I would love to have more plants in my house but until my little children stop making messes with the soil and we stop moving with the military it just will not happen. Thanks for sharing.
Anita Chamblee says
Good morning!! The link up entries don’t seem to be appearing and the button code didn’t bring up the button on my post.
BTW, I love your new picture. You are looking great!
Amy says
I think we are fixed now. Just one of those days. 🙂
Liz says
I am also having a problem viewing the links. My code from last week worked for the button, but the new code did not. Thanks for doing the link up!
Amy says
I’ve fixed both the code and the link up. Working kinks out in between breakfast and cleaning the house! 😉
denise says
I must be doing something right. Every time I plant something, the birds come help themselves to my young plants. They have eaten tarragon, Italian parsley,rosemary, and a whole host of other plants.
Bambi says
Beautiful plants! I love what plants and flowers do for the atmosphere of the home 🙂
Sorry for my link above. I put my own name in the “name” box–argh! Should read “Easy Bunkbed Transformation” 🙂
Love your site!
Serenity says
The plants look wonderful. Unfortunately, I kill plants just by looking at them 🙁
I having been meaning to tell you that your new bio photo is beautiful. You look lovely 🙂
Amy says
I LOVE plants!
Tracy Grubb says
Your new bio picture is recent? You look so young! Children keep us young, don’t they? 🙂
Love the plants too!
Amy says
OK, you are my FAVORITE comment of the day! 🙂
Erin says
I love foliage too! 🙂 It makes me happy and cheery. I have a Bamboo plant that was given to me by a dear friend…but it’s getting a little out of hand. It reaches out and touches you when you walk in the door.
Gardening in a high desert climate however it much more difficult than growing them inside. So far the only thing I really have an abundance of is zucchini, which I’m told, will grow anywhere.
Crissyanna says
So jealous you can grow things. I killed an air fern once….I have no idea how.
Hope says
We have a TON of foliage in the house I nanny in. We even have a plant that the 76-year old grandmother got when she got married!!!
Jessica says
I’m with you there! I love, love, love having plants around the house to brighten things up. Thing bring so much cheer to a room.