Succulent Care Guide Part One: Planting

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Succulent Care Guide Part One: Planting

Congratulations! Perhaps you are the new owner of a baby succulent. Follow these planting tips we've compiled from our succulent expert Sara to ensure a long and happy life together.

Contain your succulent:

  • You can use most any container (bowls, pots, cups, boxes, baskets), but use something with drain holes if you can.
  • If it doesn't have drain holes, adding a layer of pea gravel in the bottom is very important. This helps with drainage.
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Christmas Cactus Care

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Christmas Cactus Care

If you have ever purchased a succulent at our shop, then you know how obsessed we are with proper plant care. Here's some quick tips about Christmas Cacti care we learned from our wonderful grower, Sara.

  • To extend the life of your bloom, keep your cactus in a cool room, maybe even next to a window
  • Water once a month during the winter (when the weather is regularly reaching below 40 degrees) and twice a month all other times of the year
  • They are happy in morning sun and shade
  • If you want your cactus to bloom, you need to cut water back starting in August, don't water again until late October or November
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Fiber Arts from House Sparrow Fine Nesting with Tasha Ball

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Fiber Arts from House Sparrow Fine Nesting with Tasha Ball

A rewarding part of running our shop is choosing who we work with. We love working with local makers and other small businesses led by talented, positive and hard-working people. The vibrancy of each person we work with shows through in the home goods they make, and that, our friends, translates into good energy in your home.

Enter, Tasha Ball and her new fiber arts business, House Sparrow Fine Nesting. She's been an avid fiber artist for many years now and recently made her items available to the public for purchase through our shop. We are so proud! So far, there are blankets, wall hangings and hanging planters.

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Retro Den Five for Friday

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We use spotify to play our shop music. My husband, Ryan, recently added a playlist for us full of vintage songs and current music with deep roots and influences. We agree with him that it more closely matches the vibe of our shop. We always encourage a home decorated in old + new, making for a vibrant space with history.

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