Miss Bad Penny is living a penny-ante and penny-pinching life in the Netherlands

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Green bunny

My lucky bamboo is growing (see the before pic) and is turning into a bunny - a cheerleader bunny holding two poms!! I am loving my lucky bamboo because it is so easy (only water, indirect sunlight and shower once a week) and strong. It has not died on me yet, knock on wood!!

My lovely hydrangea, on the other hand, has recently gone to the "flower heaven" when it was steaming hot weeks ago. I did remember to water it on time and keep it out of sunshine. But when I got back from work one day, I found the flower heads all burned and dehydrated. I do have to admit that our living room (faces west) did sorta turn into a sauna those afternoons even when the curtains were drawn. This time water no longer worked like a charm...[insert pouty face] Says who the hydrangea is easy to care for and would bloom its head off for weeks at a time??

But well, I no longer have to worry about finding my hydrangea a plant-sitter then. I now have only two survivors left - my lucky bamboo and purple cactus. I am thinking of putting my lucky bamboo in a bigger tank of water so it has enough water for the three weeks we are gone. Do you think that would work?? And I would give the cactus a bigger drink before we head off. Cactus is supposed to be tougher and can stand not having water for a while, right??

One more day and we are flying out. Packing, packing, last-minute shopping, packing...

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