Aloe Plants Are The Enemy

I used to have the hardest time keeping plants alive inside my house.  No matter what I did, they would die.  Bob says I over water,but I don't think that's it.  Except for maybe when it comes to aloe plants.  I have tried several time to have aloe plants in the house, and I always end up shriveling them up.  Bob said he was going to ban me from buying any more plants if I couldn't figure out how to keep them alive.  As nice as Faux Flowers are, there is just something refreshing about having live plants, so I was determined to make my black thumb green.

I finally realized recently that if you read the little stake that comes in the plant, and follow those directions, your plants will thrive.  Today, I have several different plants, and they are all healthy and beautiful.  Except my dang aloe plant.  I seriously have no idea why I can not keep one of these plants alive.  It drives me crazy. I wonder if I searched online for Faux plants if I would find a fake aloe plant.  Then I could just put that one in place of my dying one, and Bob would never know the difference. Until he needed aloe for something, and then he would discover my secret.  I think maybe it would be best for me to fess up to killing yet another aloe plant.

Do any of you have any suggestions for keeping one of those plants alive?  I need all the help I can get.

I Love My African Violets

When we lived in the duplex, we didn't have any sunshine.  We had so many tress lining the property, so the house always stayed cool and kind of dark.  This did not sit well with all my plants, and most of them ended up dying.

At Christmas time last year, Junior found a really good deal on African Violets.  $.50 a plant!  Unfortunately, they only had 4 left, but he bought them all.  I kept three, and gave one to my mom.  I was not too worried about them dying, because I knew we would be moving soon.

The violets love the new place as much as we do.  I have them on a plant stand in front of the living room window, and they are flowering!  I am so excited!  And they are purple!  I can not wait until all three have full blooms on them.