This summer I had the majority of my houseplants hanging out on our enclosed front porch with a few taking up residence on our deck. I think that was a great decision because everything grew beautifully in their new conditions. I was able to propagate many cuttings and help my plants look even fuller.
However, our front porch is not insulated, which means we need to bring everything into the house as the weather cools down. I have struggled in previous winters to find a place for all of my plants and I knew it was going to be even more difficult this year because I had accumulated so many new ones.
This conundrum led to finally hanging up some plants inside the house like I have been wanting to do for quite some time. I even made my own plant hangers out of what I believe is cotton yarn. I roughly followed this tutorial.
Noah made his own plant hanger out of wire for his much heavier burro's tail.
My more succulenty plants are hanging out upstairs under Noah's grow lights along with my angel wing begonia who thrives better in those conditions.
I am also attempting to over winter some herbs this year. Our growing zone is technically too cold to leave rosemary out all winter long, so I dug up one of my rosemary plants and brought it inside. I have had some mint hanging out in a pot this summer and I brought it in too in hopes that it will survive the winter rather than needing to die back and regrow in the spring.
Having so many plants in the house seems to help lift my mood during the colder months. Winter can honestly be quite tough for me. I was born in Texas, the land of Vitamin D. I'm still not used to the dreariness here. But having pretty houseplants and lovely smelling herbs around makes it a little easier to enjoy winter.
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