caturday plant day
May. 16th, 2026 07:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marcicatLet's go get some plants!
(Okay, I'm not really a gardener. My role is gardener cheerleader, which I wholeheartedly embrace!)
(But I do find it interesting that so many people say "oh, I can't keep a houseplant alive," because it's such a common thing, and yet so weird when I really think about it. Like, I've had houseplants that died, but it wasn't because of some intrinsic plant-killer field around me. It just turned out that I didn't really want to have houseplants enough at that time to give them the care they needed. Is that not considered an acceptable thing to say? Now I'm wondering if women say that sort of thing more than men, since there's more of a societal expectation in the US that women will just 'naturally' be good at caretaking. ANYYWAY the point is that it's the weekend and a beautiful sunny day and we're going to go out into the world! And maybe get some plants! Which I will not be responsible for!)
(Okay, I'm not really a gardener. My role is gardener cheerleader, which I wholeheartedly embrace!)
(But I do find it interesting that so many people say "oh, I can't keep a houseplant alive," because it's such a common thing, and yet so weird when I really think about it. Like, I've had houseplants that died, but it wasn't because of some intrinsic plant-killer field around me. It just turned out that I didn't really want to have houseplants enough at that time to give them the care they needed. Is that not considered an acceptable thing to say? Now I'm wondering if women say that sort of thing more than men, since there's more of a societal expectation in the US that women will just 'naturally' be good at caretaking. ANYYWAY the point is that it's the weekend and a beautiful sunny day and we're going to go out into the world! And maybe get some plants! Which I will not be responsible for!)
Thoughts
Date: 2026-05-16 06:16 pm (UTC)Yay plants!
>>Like, I've had houseplants that died, but it wasn't because of some intrinsic plant-killer field around me. It just turned out that I didn't really want to have houseplants enough at that time to give them the care they needed.<<
There are people who can kill plants just by looking at them, but it's a rare trait. Most of the time, it's about plant selection and care. Some houseplants are very easy to keep, some average, others quite challenging.
>>ANYYWAY the point is that it's the weekend and a beautiful sunny day and we're going to go out into the world!<<
Here in central Illinois, it's drizzling on and off. We went to an early event with plant vendors, but nothing appealed to me. I still have one more round of serious plant shopping to do though.