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RE: intro's

>I have always had a PASSION for houseplants, and have a wide
>assortment of the green guys (gal's too).  Among my collection are a 6' fig
>tree (raised from a cutting), a bird of paradise (raised from seed - has
>bloomed twice now yay!), a wide assortment of christmas, thanksgiving, and
>easter cacti, and a couple of venus flytraps.  

Amy,

To raise a fig tree from a cutting and a blooming plant from seed, you
must have a lot more patience than I do!  I've wanted to start some
sort of houseplant from seed but just haven't gotten around to it.  The
closest I've come to propagating a plant is potting spider plant babies
(real challenge, huh?).

>My husband can't wait until
>we are able to join the real world so we can build a greenhouse, because
>then the kitchen won't double as my potting area :D.  

"Real world"?  Is this because you're in school or because you live
in an apartment?  I live in an apartment so I'm pretty limited to
houseplants and containers on the patio.  House prices here in
Portland, OR have gone completely insane, so it will be a few years
before we can afford a house, so I satisfy (temporarily) my gardening
urges by keeping up my dad's yard (he's got a black thumb) and
growing what I can in my apartment.  I also used my kitchen to
pot my plants.  I got tired of laying down newspaper all the time, so
I went to the garden center and bought the biggest plastic pot saucer
I could find and kid's miniature tools, and they work great for repotting
plants and keeping the kitchen clean.

> i lost all of my e-mails - including the introductory "how to
>subcribe and unsubsribe" note.  If someone could forward it to me, i would
>be very greatful

It's on its way!

Cami
utaar@cybernw.com
Portland, OR (Zone 8)
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