debodun
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- Location
- way upstate in New York, USA
Tacky or time saving?
I have some artificial ferns sitting along the top of the partial wall between my kitchen and the rest of the living area. Since it's way above my head, I wasn't about to have to get up there and water live plants on a regular basis. The silk ones look quite real and I only take them down a couple times a year for a good shake and a go-over with the vacuum sweeper to get rid of dust.
I have the proverbial "black thumb"; I kill anything that comes into the house. Plants have been known to commit suicide in the back of my car on the way home from the nursery. I actually killed a preserved fern once and I killed an artificial Christmas tree. I'm the Grim Reaper of green things.
Real or artificial doesn't matter to me.
I'm more concerned with the quality of the plants and the way they are maintained. I hate to see plastic flowers peeking out of the snow at the cemetery or silk flower displays covered with dust and cobwebs as much as I hate to see live plants and flowers that have been neglected.
I have three house plants that I try to maintain and I buy a few grocery store flowers or flowering plants in the winter.
I have a few plants around the house that I manage not to 'kill with kindness', I also have a black thumb generally. I bought the aqua globes as seen on TV years ago CeeCee, and they were useless. Now if I go out of town I just give my houseplants a good soaking before I leave, so far so good. I've given up all outside flowers and vegetables since retirement, because they do need care if you go anywhere. I spent a lot more time with outdoor gardening all those years when I was working full time and overtime oddly enough, you can always squeeze in the things you want to do if you desire.
I put some silk flowers in a small pot in front of the house, summer flowers and then fall flowers, at the end of the season I rinse them off and put them in a bag until I need them again, will sometimes change them or add to them. I never did like plastic flowers, but I can understand why some folks use them, especially years ago when the silk ones were rare. It's nice to have some color around anyway you can get it. :sunshine:
Tacky or time saving?