A Lazy Gardening Update

Remember a few months ago when I decided that I had failed at propagating a store-bought sweet potato? Nothing had happened. I figured I had done it wrong – put the potato in upside down, didn’t give it enough light, gave it too much…

Gardening Win: Root a Tradescantia in Water

A few weeks ago, I managed to snag a three-for-one deal at Costco. I picked up a Ric Rac (or Fishbone) cactus, a monstera minima, and a tradescantia nanouk in some matching pots. I was really excited about the Ric Rac cactus and didn’t…

Gardening Fail: Root a Sweet Potato in Water

I see a lot of gardening “hacks” about easy things to try at home. One that I saw was that you can take a sweet potato from the store, put it in a jar of water, and it will grow slips (the parts that…