Well the Summer is here and in Southern California the heat is on. This particular weekend has been a warm one and I really need to water ALL my plants. I take my kids to the apartment complex pool to cool off. I should do that with my plants. I feel like they will fry out there in heat and the sun to just sucks up the moisture. My patio is East facing and the hottest part of the day sit half of my container plants.
My houseplants on the other hand have a different set up. I don't have that many because of the lack of space but each are thriving the best they can. I have a Maidenhair Fern (my newest addition)
that sits on the end of my dining table in front of a large north facing window. Perfect light there. Another new addition is a small polka-dot plant
that has a home on a dresser in my boy's bedroom. It's in front of a south facing window. My youngest son Brendan, who is Autistic, absolutely fell in love with it at Home Depot so I brought it for him. My oldest surviving member of the family is my Umbrella Plant.
It's doing awesome perched on my counter in the kitchen next to the sink, which is East facing. Believe me THAT kitchen gets really hot during the day. Probably why the plant is doing so well. I recently re potted with some mixed soil. Guess what? a few days later I had some unknown seedling pop up! 
I know now to use only fresh uncontaminated soil. We live and learn I guess. I have one hanging plant the easiest plant on earth to keep alive, a Golden Pothos. It hangs in the east facing corner in a really cool wire basket where it receives bright light. There again I have to be careful because if I left all my blinds wide open I would fry in here, not to mention a few nosy neighbors looking in. My last plant sits on top of my entrainment center. With that container I have placed a two plants, a Golden Pothos and a Heart Leaf Philodendron.
It's doing fine, but I probably need to water a little more. It gets a little droopy. But so far I am pretty satisfied with the plants that I have. But since I am obsessed about plants in general I would love to accumulate more, but there is always that issue of space and I have to resist because of money and space. So it's the outside I plant more!
that sits on the end of my dining table in front of a large north facing window. Perfect light there. Another new addition is a small polka-dot plant that has a home on a dresser in my boy's bedroom. It's in front of a south facing window. My youngest son Brendan, who is Autistic, absolutely fell in love with it at Home Depot so I brought it for him. My oldest surviving member of the family is my Umbrella Plant. It's doing awesome perched on my counter in the kitchen next to the sink, which is East facing. Believe me THAT kitchen gets really hot during the day. Probably why the plant is doing so well. I recently re potted with some mixed soil. Guess what? a few days later I had some unknown seedling pop up! I know now to use only fresh uncontaminated soil. We live and learn I guess. I have one hanging plant the easiest plant on earth to keep alive, a Golden Pothos. It hangs in the east facing corner in a really cool wire basket where it receives bright light. There again I have to be careful because if I left all my blinds wide open I would fry in here, not to mention a few nosy neighbors looking in. My last plant sits on top of my entrainment center. With that container I have placed a two plants, a Golden Pothos and a Heart Leaf Philodendron. It's doing fine, but I probably need to water a little more. It gets a little droopy. But so far I am pretty satisfied with the plants that I have. But since I am obsessed about plants in general I would love to accumulate more, but there is always that issue of space and I have to resist because of money and space. So it's the outside I plant more!Happy Gardening!
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