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How Not To Kill Your Houseplant: Survival Tips for the Horticulturally Challenged is a great starter book, very simple and easy to read :)

Love the illustrations in your book though!

Aww I’m pretty hit or miss but when I first joined this group someone gifted me this book how not to kill your house plant and it helped me a lot.

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My cactus looked very much like yours earlier this year. The leaves were reddish on the ends. But this book that I got called How Not to Kill Your Houseplant told me that if it is red that it might be getting too much direct sunlight. It was in a windowsill so I moved it over so it gets bright indirect sunlight and since then it has a much more green color and it has tripled in size! Just something to think about!

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I think all of the previous suggestions are great. Let me add a few more. A)Gardening -

1. Community gardening can be a great way to find people that are your friends. And help reduce the grocery bill, BTW. 2) (at home plant/ outdoor/balcony) collection- nothing else ( in my mind) compares to seeing something grow from a seedling to a full flower or a carrot. Many plants can grow from a cutting, as in a small piece of the original plant. Plants can grow even with little care how to not kill your houseplants. B) Read to Children at a library. Children love listening to stories, pick any book, set up a time with the library, and boom you got yourself an audience.

C) volunteer at food bank. Churches tend to have them. Check with town hall, or local sources. Btw: lifting groceries counts as exercise. And sometimes the groceries can have 20+ pounds or more. But you might not notice since you’ll be too busy to notice how much you’re able to lift. I mean don’t strain yourself, ask for help with things as well, team lifts make friends.😜

D) Join a volunteer firefighter department/ volunteer ambulance crew. I don’t know if you live in a city, if so that might not be an option. But in the suburbs they’re a dime a dozen. They have great cookouts, and what girl can resist a hero. And personally with the weather being unpredictable as of lately, communities are going to need more rescue crews. It might not pay, but you’ll always have something to do and somewhere to be on your time off. It’s a resume booster. Firehouse volunteers don’t have to go into burning buildings, they useful for crowd control, and support.

E) Look at the local library, they’re a great resource for what’s going on in and around the community. The library staff or volunteers can even help you with homework.

F) [geocaching](geocaching.com). R/geocaching I got started with it during the initial lockdowns in the Covid-19 pandemic, because I needed to get out of the house. I love it. I’ve met people, I’ve challenged myself in thinking outside the box. I’ve went hiking, to make finds, ended up meeting some other geocachers who were trying to make the same find. So I made a find, and also found a friend. I’ve gone to geocache events ( which usually cost nothing, but maybe a park fee, or hotel room fee if you’re staying for multi day event. ) trust me hundreds if not thousands show up. Sometimes they can be just a local meetup with organizer and few other people that show. And there is always something to do. Especially in the summer, fall and spring. I don’t know what I would be without geocaching. Actually I do, miserable and alone as a couch potato. That’s what I was before. I still am to a lesser degree, only if I don’t want to do anything.

I personally don’t want to be famous. Lack of privacy, every blink or sidewalk stroll gets a reaction from the press ( not usually positive one), and even taking a walk becomes a struggle due to constantly being hounded by fans and paparazzi. Just look at what happened to Princess Diana ( of the British Monarchy), and how her life ended. Or how everyone is so into Britney Spear’s/ British royal family business. No thanks.

Not really what one imagines when they think of becoming famous, and the old refrain that “ it won’t be like that for me” has proven that it happens to everyone who becomes famous in this day and age. You get my message. Do you have siblings, cousins, grandparents or other people in your family that might be interested in spending time with you. Going to a beach, museum, seeing a movie/ show, or grocery shopping. I’m sure your aunts and uncles would like to get a day to themselves. Take their kids out for a day. Or spend time with grandpa, they might help you with homework, or tell you something that you will cherish for years to come. It might not feel significant to you but old people are one of the most under appreciated and lonely group of people. They’ll appreciate the attention and you’ll remember those good times when they’re eventually no longer around.

Anyway reach out on messenger to me in Reddit if you want support, or to just chat.

How Not to Kill Your Houseplant: Survival Tips for the Horticulturally Challenged is a good book for beginners.

Could it be this book

I’ve been trying to get my hands on a copy of The House Plant Expert, by D.G. Hessayon.

I also love Raffaele DiLallo’s blog, Ohio Tropics, but he just wrote a book: Essential Houseplant Mastery

When I first started out, a friend got me a book that’s good for the basics: How Not to Kill Your Houseplants

There were also a few recommendations on the Ohio Tropics blog: Top 6 Best Houseplant Books