Here is a pic of my back patio garden! We built th patio ourselves

@Heather Boers oh yes! I want to see :) I'll try to get more photos tomorrow, this is just the first one I could find on my phone 😍

I learned that eggshells crushed up and sprinkled around the plans will keep the slugs off of my roses 🌹

@Amy Locks Thank you! I think I've heard about taking off the outer petals before but I've never tried it. The house wasn't hot (winter in Vermont, haha). I always fresh cut the stems when I get them and they go right into water, but I don't always add the packets or sugar. I'll try that in the future, thank you!!

@Sue Palmer That's a brilliant idea! Thanks!

Thanks Amy! That is what I plan to do :) They were rooting in a windowsill and mostly underwater, I think that's why they were leggy. I need to get them more sun, it's hard this time of year in my house.

@Amy Locks oh boy, you just reminded me that I DO have something I could set up! I had forgotten about it 💓

Hi everybody! I'm a lifelong plant lover - I even went to school for horticulture a million years ago. All of that knowledge has only ever been used for my own home, though, and much have it has slipped away over time. I live in Vermont with my husband, two teens, and our cat. My home of 20 years has many gardens I have built and added to (most of them weren't here when we bought the house 😁) I have a variety of houseplants that I love but my house isn't set up well for light, so I have to be very strategic with them. My favorite is an ivy that is very tiny but came off of a plant my mom was given when I was born. At one point she had a massive plant, but something happened, and it's almost all completely gone aside from this one little cutting that she gave me that I've been nursing along. I'm really hoping I can get it going again this year! 🪴