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Welcome to my Sunroom
Hi Everyone!
Super happy to be back with you!! I did have another kidney stone right before Christmas, but – for the first time – I was able to pass it. Yay Me!
In editing this episode, however, I got a good look at my face. That HD camera is not all that kind . . . and it’s very clear that I’m not 100% and that I still don’t look all that great. Rest assured that I am OK and that all the kidney craziness is behind me. As mentioned, if any of you have struggled with kidney stones:
Jill Harris – at Jill Harris Coaching.com
Let’s jump into Tips and Treasures!
Tips and Treasures
Since you haven’t seen me for a while, I decided to be a talking head today and talk about a topic that is near and dear to my heart: Limiting Your Collection. In fact, the episode is a bit longer than usual, but I wanted to capture it all in one go. I will be posting full notes in two parts in the next week so you’ll have the full outline.
A Look at the Stands
You’ll get another look this episode at what happens when something more important the plants comes along. In my case, it was resting and regaining my health. I’ve managed to water the plants, but that’s about it.
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so glad you are well and back . Please make yourself your priority , plants and people can wait . Lovely as always and enjoyed and now my number is 20 . and im good with 20 . LOL . take care and until next time good wishes .
Thank you!! And Well Done on finding your number! :-)
I have followed your advice and have limited my collection. It took me a while to understand that mantra, but it works. I now enjoy my violets so much more. My stand has 4 shelves and each shelf will hold 6 standard plants. Have several semi-minis which alters the math, but I think once my duplicate babies are thinned out, I’ll be at about 30 plants. That works for me. I once had over 100 violets and that worked for me at that time. As the years march on, so much changes. I now have the violets that I want. I’ve been super good about not looking at the violet vendors websites and I’ve even walked past the violets in the floral department at the grocery store. I no longer have the need to own every single violet that crosses my path. :))
Well Done, Janice!
Good to see you back!
I think I have a slew of limiting coming on as well. I will be moving at the end of the month and the thought of packing my 300+ plants already gives me a headache. In fairness, probably 2/3 of that number are seedlings in shoe boxes that I can just slap lids on, but I am worried about losing some of the larger ones, and what the cold may do to my wannabe show plants…
I had to laugh at the “x number of blue semi mini trailers” – at some point i got it into my head to collect as many of rob’s trailers as I could get my hands on. 6 or so pink semi trailers later, I am figuring out I don’t actually care for pink trailers all that much ;)
I think I will pick some extras to take to the club meeting this weekend, as well as leaves of the seedlings I am concerned about losing :)
Thanks Karin! And Well Done on working on limiting your collection in advance of your move. The pink trailers can be among the first to find new homes ;-D Smart plan, too, on sharing leaves of things you feel might not make the journey to your new location.
Thank you for growing out my hybrids! As a hybridizer, I’m friends with my trash can! I want my hybrids to be memorable, so the trash can gets hundreds of seedlings that are just not unique enough.
You are welcome, Dale! Believe me, it’s a pleasure :-)
Perfect timing. I had limited violet time for many months and just yesterday seriously reduced my collection, tossing all that looked “iffy.” My new mantra will be, “one in, one out.” My only hesitation is the surplus of about 10 I grow out for the club. My best number is still 75.
Good luck, Karin. Great to hear your news.
I saw this for the first time today. It was meant to be today. I have been needing to do something about my number of violets as “it’s no fun anymore” Thank you for this and i am off to talk to my violets about the changes. Lol
Mary – so glad you found this episode helpful :-)