The solutions which keep me going,
Amidst an environment which makes no sense,
And people whom defy explanation,
Are a reflection of some amount of fortune for which I am glad,
And my cast-iron will and indignation to make it through,
Solving problems one by one,
To survive and look back at this fucking place from safety.

If you haven’t seen it,
It’s impossible to imagine what lies beyond my room;
It would be impossible to reconcile the niceness of my room with what I describe;
I’d show you, but then it would ruin my blog forever and you wouldn’t be able to unsee it π;
Let’s just sayβ¦it necessitates a gas mask, through which I can smell absolutely nothing! It’s miraculous. One step closer to apocalypse-ready.
Btw this was the reverse camera view!!

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Such beautiful plants. I’m a plant lover too. π
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Thank you! Great! How many do you have?
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I have 8 indoor plants. I would have more but plants only do good in my dining room so I can only fit so many. I also have 5 on my porch and a bunch of outdoor plants. For some reason my indoor plants aren’t doing so good this year.
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You can fit more plants in the dining room with shelving πππ.
All of my plants grow off artificial light alone π³. Another quirk I have is my curtains are closed all the time because I’m in a ground floor room facing the street (privacy + sensitivity to moving objects!), so I’m using a SAD lamp thingy + my plant lights to simulate natural light, which actually works surprisingly well. Small LED plant lamps go a surprisingly long way with the plants, as you can see!
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I keep my apartment a little on the dark side. I don’t like the bright sunlight shining in because it gets really hot here in the summer time.I have my curtains closed most of the day. I never thought about using a lamp for my plants but that is a great idea. You use a LED light ?
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Oh, that explains a lot perhaps!
Yes, you can see one in the picture in this post. I have three clusterings of plants in here and a lamp for each one. (I also have a fourth group of plants on shelving which is behind a curtain in the daylight haha).
The most economical options are a lamp with flexible arms like this:
https://amzn.to/3oJ6KEU
Or a bulb like this which you can fit into a separate gooseneck holder:
https://amzn.to/3DJ5GFA
They seem to get cheaper and more powerful each time I check. They’ve all been very sturdy though and the LEDs are rated to 30-50,000 hours.
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Awesome thank you. I am definitely going to try this. π
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Yay! π₯³. Good luck to you and the plants π.
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Oh I found this type really good too:
I use those to grow my cacti seedlings. And the light they give off is so relaxing and cool.
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Hope you’re able to figure out what’s limiting the plants!
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Dear God…. you don’t mess around, do you? I never cease to be impressed at your strength of will and resourcefulness, really and truly.
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I’m hoping housemates do bump into me wearing this, because it’s a clear visual protest. Even though they’ll just think I’m even more nutty than they already thought π. I hope they are disconcerted by the darth vader breathing noises π.
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Well I hope they steer clear of you
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Really appreciated this comment btw!
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YW
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