The Simple Things

Taking time to live well
  • Home
  • Subscribe
  • SHOP
  • Newsletter
  • About
  • Work with us
  • Home
  • Subscribe
  • SHOP
  • Newsletter
  • About
  • Work with us

Blog

Taking Time to Live Well

  • All
  • Chalkboard
  • Christmas
  • Competition
  • could do
  • Eating
  • Escape
  • Escaping
  • Fresh
  • Fun
  • gardening
  • Gathered
  • Gathering
  • Growing
  • Haikus
  • Interview
  • Living
  • Looking back
  • Magazine
  • magical creatures
  • Making
  • Miscellany
  • My Neighbourhood
  • Nature
  • Nest
  • Nesting
  • outing
  • playlist
  • Reader event
  • Reader offer
  • Shop
  • Sponsored post
  • Sunday Best
  • Think
  • Uncategorized
  • Wellbeing
  • Wisdom
SIM70.NEST_09_1.png

Nest | Pilea

Lottie Storey April 1, 2018

Once a rare sighting, the round, glossy leaves of pilea are now seen increasingly in our homes. This is largely because they are so easy to propagate.

Plantlets that spring up around their base can be snipped off and potted on in a twinkling, with the resulting plants dispersed among friends.

“They’ll lean towards the light,” says Alice Howard of Botanique Workshop, artisan store and flower shop, “so keep them out of direct sunlight. Otherwise, they are as easy to care for as they are to propagate.”

  Buy ,  download  or  subscribe   See the sample of our latest issue  here   Buy a copy of our latest anthology:  A Year of Celebrations   Buy a copy of  Flourish 2 , our wellbeing bookazine  Listen to  our podcast  - Small Ways to Live Well

Get hold of your copy of this month's The Simple Things - buy, download or subscribe

View the sampler here.

 

More from the April issue:

Featured
SIM71.MAKES_IMG_2891.png
May 6, 2018
Make | Herbal tea bags
May 6, 2018
May 6, 2018
SIM71.NEST_DSC_1598.png
May 5, 2018
Nest | Lily of the Valley
May 5, 2018
May 5, 2018
shutterstock_93713581 (1).png
Apr 24, 2018
Being boring
Apr 24, 2018
Apr 24, 2018

More plants:

Featured
Sarora Knots talk to plants.JPG
Nov 9, 2021
How to | Talk to Your Plants
Nov 9, 2021
Nov 9, 2021
Snowdrops Alamy.jpg
Feb 2, 2021
Galanthomania | Or How To Find Fame on Your Daily Walk
Feb 2, 2021
Feb 2, 2021
SIM76.NEST_DSC_0201.png
Oct 20, 2018
Nest | Kangaroo paw
Oct 20, 2018
Oct 20, 2018
In Nest Tags plants, houseplant, House plants, nest, issue 70, april
Comment
SIM69.NEST_TST_Nest_02.png

Nest | Succulents

Lottie Storey March 24, 2018

We’ve all bought succulents expecting them to be a breeze to look after, only to find they bolt or simply perish. 

“Most succulents are killed from over-watering,” says Alice Howard of Botanique Workshop, artisan store and flower shop. “Wait until the soil is completely dry, then water. They need constant light to prevent straggliness.” 

Hang them in a pretty planter, like these, to keep them in your eyeline for daily pleasure and monitoring.

  Buy ,  download  or  subscribe   See the sample of our latest issue  here   Buy a copy of our latest anthology:  A Year of Celebrations   Buy a copy of  Flourish 2 , our wellbeing bookazine  Listen to  our podcast  - Small Ways to Live Well

Get hold of your copy of this month's The Simple Things - buy, download or subscribe

View the sampler here.

 

More from the March issue:

Featured
EGGShell-tealights-the-simple-things.png
Apr 10, 2023
Eggshell tea lights
Apr 10, 2023
Apr 10, 2023
anna-jimenez-calaf-64616-unsplash.jpg
Mar 20, 2021
You know spring has properly arrived when...
Mar 20, 2021
Mar 20, 2021
SIM69.WHATITREASURE_J Hitt What I Treasure Recipe Book Image.JPG
Mar 26, 2018
What I treasure | My hand-written recipe book
Mar 26, 2018
Mar 26, 2018

More plants:

Featured
Sarora Knots talk to plants.JPG
Nov 9, 2021
How to | Talk to Your Plants
Nov 9, 2021
Nov 9, 2021
Snowdrops Alamy.jpg
Feb 2, 2021
Galanthomania | Or How To Find Fame on Your Daily Walk
Feb 2, 2021
Feb 2, 2021
SIM76.NEST_DSC_0201.png
Oct 20, 2018
Nest | Kangaroo paw
Oct 20, 2018
Oct 20, 2018
In Nest Tags march, issue 69, plants, houseplant, House plants, nest
Comment
SIM68.png

Nest | Cacti

Lottie Storey February 25, 2018

You can be fooled by cacti: they look unchanged week after week, bristling stoutly in their pots, not growing. Worried, you water around their roots, and then you water a little more. Then suddenly, they rot and die. “Cacti are a good option for the negligent plant owner,” says Alice Howard, owner of Botanique Workshop, artisan store and flower shop, “as long as you make sure the soil is dry before watering. And don’t water during winter.” Replicate their desert origins in a
well drained pot on a sunny windowsill and they will thrive.

  Buy ,  download  or  subscribe   See the sample of our latest issue  here   Buy a copy of our latest anthology:  A Year of Celebrations   Buy a copy of  Flourish 2 , our wellbeing bookazine  Listen to  our podcast  - Small Ways to Live Well

Get hold of your copy of this month's The Simple Things - buy, download or subscribe

View the sampler here

 

More from the February issue:

Featured
SIM68.JOURNAL_113_WordJar_JournalSparks.png
Feb 27, 2018
Journal sparks | Word Jar
Feb 27, 2018
Feb 27, 2018
SIM68.EVENTS_Unknown-1.jpeg.png
Feb 26, 2018
The faces of Fairtrade
Feb 26, 2018
Feb 26, 2018
SIM68.png
Feb 25, 2018
Nest | Cacti
Feb 25, 2018
Feb 25, 2018

More Nest inspiration:

Featured
@homeinthehemlocks front door.jpg
Oct 1, 2024
Rituals | Closing the Front Door
Oct 1, 2024
Oct 1, 2024
My Neighbourhood Island.jpg
Sep 17, 2024
10 Reasons | To Live on an Island
Sep 17, 2024
Sep 17, 2024
All purpose cleaner and wipes.jpg
Feb 18, 2023
Make | Homemade Cleaning Wonders
Feb 18, 2023
Feb 18, 2023
In Nest Tags nest, plants, House plants, houseplant, issue 68, february
Comment
SIM67.NEST_TST_Nest_07.png

Nest | Oxalis

Lottie Storey January 16, 2018

For a plant with such theatrical qualities – its purple leaves track the light and fold up at night like butterfly wings – an oxalis is remarkably low maintenance. Alice Howard, owner of Botanique Workshop, artisan store and flower shop, recommends adding grit to the pot, and feeding every so often. And don’t give up on it during winter when it dies back – it will recover in spring and reward you with pretty lilac flowers in summer.

  Buy ,  download  or  subscribe   See the sample of our latest issue  here   Buy a copy of our latest anthology:  A Year of Celebrations   Buy a copy of  Flourish 2 , our wellbeing bookazine  Listen to  our podcast  - Small Ways to Live Well

Get hold of your copy of this month's The Simple Things - buy, download or subscribe

View the sampler here

 

More from the January issue:

Featured
SIM67.MAKES_Step3_5.png
Sep 18, 2021
Make | Dip dye stationery
Sep 18, 2021
Sep 18, 2021
SIM67.FRESH_LEON Happy Soups_Sausage-Spinach & Orzo.png
Jan 26, 2018
Spinach, sausage and orzo soup
Jan 26, 2018
Jan 26, 2018
rawpixel-com-274862.png
Jan 22, 2018
Storytelling
Jan 22, 2018
Jan 22, 2018

More Nest inspiration:

Featured
@homeinthehemlocks front door.jpg
Oct 1, 2024
Rituals | Closing the Front Door
Oct 1, 2024
Oct 1, 2024
My Neighbourhood Island.jpg
Sep 17, 2024
10 Reasons | To Live on an Island
Sep 17, 2024
Sep 17, 2024
All purpose cleaner and wipes.jpg
Feb 18, 2023
Make | Homemade Cleaning Wonders
Feb 18, 2023
Feb 18, 2023
In Nest Tags nest, plants, House plants, houseplant, january, issue 67
Comment
SIM65.NEST_08.png

Nest | Calathea

Lottie Storey November 16, 2017

No one puts a calathea in the corner. This most flamboyant of houseplants with its dual-tone leaves – stripes on one side, deep purple on the other – deserves to be centre stage. As long as it’s kept out of direct sunlight, that is: “Its natural habitat is the jungle floor,” says Alice Howard, owner of Botanique Workshop Artisan Store & Flower Shop, artisan store and flower shop, “so direct light will scorch its leaves. Mist regularly and water consistently, so the soil doesn’t dry out.” Do all of that and a pot of tropical lushness will be yours. 

  Buy ,  download  or  subscribe   See the sample of our latest issue  here   Buy a copy of our latest anthology:  A Year of Celebrations   Buy a copy of  Flourish 2 , our wellbeing bookazine  Listen to  our podcast  - Small Ways to Live Well

Get hold of your copy of this month's The Simple Things - buy, download or subscribe

View the sampler here

 

More from the November issue:

Featured
SIM65.MAKES_Step 7 Finished 3.png
Nov 21, 2017
Make | Craft your own countdown
Nov 21, 2017
Nov 21, 2017
SIM65.CAKE_parsnipcake_2.png
Nov 20, 2017
Recipe | Parsnip and maple syrup cake with parsnip crisps
Nov 20, 2017
Nov 20, 2017
nov 65 back cover.png
Nov 19, 2017
You can do anything but not everything
Nov 19, 2017
Nov 19, 2017

More Nest inspiration:

Featured
@homeinthehemlocks front door.jpg
Oct 1, 2024
Rituals | Closing the Front Door
Oct 1, 2024
Oct 1, 2024
My Neighbourhood Island.jpg
Sep 17, 2024
10 Reasons | To Live on an Island
Sep 17, 2024
Sep 17, 2024
All purpose cleaner and wipes.jpg
Feb 18, 2023
Make | Homemade Cleaning Wonders
Feb 18, 2023
Feb 18, 2023
In Nest Tags nest, plants, House plants, houseplant, november, issue 65
Comment
SIM64.NEST_TST_Nest_06.png

Nest | Ferns

Lottie Storey October 10, 2017

With its delicate, feathery leaves, a potted fern will bring a soft lushness to any room.

Cluster a few different varieties together and the effect is even lovelier, conjuring up the speckled shadows of the forest floor.

Alice Howard, owner of Botanique Workshop Artisan Store & Flower Shop, recommends keeping its woodland origins in mind when bringing a fern home: “Don’t place it in direct sunlight,” she says. “And don’t let the soil dry out – mist regularly, especially when the air is dry.”

A little sylvan corner right there.

  Buy ,  download  or  subscribe   See the sample of our latest issue  here   Buy a copy of our latest anthology:  A Year of Celebrations   Buy a copy of  Flourish 2 , our wellbeing bookazine  Listen to  our podcast  - Small Ways to Live Well

Get hold of your copy of this month's The Simple Things - buy, download or subscribe

View the sampler here

 

More from the October issue:

Featured
SIM64.GATHERING_SimpleThingsNov17_Autumn Lunch_29.png
Nov 14, 2020
Recipe | Lamb hotpot and mustardy greens
Nov 14, 2020
Nov 14, 2020
freestocks-org-62592.jpg
Oct 31, 2020
Halloween | Simple spells
Oct 31, 2020
Oct 31, 2020
Dec-17-Subs-page-image3_jwretA.png
Nov 29, 2017
Christmas | Giftwrapped subscriptions to The Simple Things
Nov 29, 2017
Nov 29, 2017

More Nest inspiration:

Featured
@homeinthehemlocks front door.jpg
Oct 1, 2024
Rituals | Closing the Front Door
Oct 1, 2024
Oct 1, 2024
My Neighbourhood Island.jpg
Sep 17, 2024
10 Reasons | To Live on an Island
Sep 17, 2024
Sep 17, 2024
All purpose cleaner and wipes.jpg
Feb 18, 2023
Make | Homemade Cleaning Wonders
Feb 18, 2023
Feb 18, 2023
In Nest Tags nest, plants, House plants, houseplant, issue 64, october
Comment
Photography: Holly Jolliffe

Photography: Holly Jolliffe

Nest | String of hearts

Lottie Storey September 25, 2017

This pretty plant with its string of heart-shaped leaves is just lovely tumbling from the top of a cupboard; add a couple more to create a delicate screen. 

“Let the soil dry out and then give them a good drenching,” says Alice Howard, owner of Botanique Workshop, artisan store and flower shop. “And mist the leaves, otherwise they can get scorched.”

They are easy to propagate, too. Each strand can be planted in a new pot to make a new one – in no time at all, your flat surfaces will be festooned with verdant delicacy.

String of hearts in terracotta pot, from £10; Brass mister, £14, both from Botanique Workshop, Exmouth Market, London EC1 (botaniqueworkshop.com)

  Buy ,  download  or  subscribe   See the sample of our latest issue  here   Buy a copy of our latest anthology:  A Year of Celebrations   Buy a copy of  Flourish 2 , our wellbeing bookazine  Listen to  our podcast  - Small Ways to Live Well

Get hold of your copy of this month's The Simple Things - buy, download or subscribe

View the sampler here

 

More from the September issue:

Featured
Sep 25, 2017
Nest | String of hearts
Sep 25, 2017
Sep 25, 2017
coffee and walnut mini loaf cake recipe.png
Sep 23, 2017
Recipe | Coffee & walnut mini loaf cakes
Sep 23, 2017
Sep 23, 2017
SIM63.RUBBISHARTISTS_EL Ian Berry Studio  04.jpg
Sep 22, 2017
Creativity | Meet the makers using waste as a material for art
Sep 22, 2017
Sep 22, 2017

More Nest inspiration:

Featured
@homeinthehemlocks front door.jpg
Oct 1, 2024
Rituals | Closing the Front Door
Oct 1, 2024
Oct 1, 2024
My Neighbourhood Island.jpg
Sep 17, 2024
10 Reasons | To Live on an Island
Sep 17, 2024
Sep 17, 2024
All purpose cleaner and wipes.jpg
Feb 18, 2023
Make | Homemade Cleaning Wonders
Feb 18, 2023
Feb 18, 2023
In Nest Tags issue 63, nest, plants, House plants, houseplant, september
Comment
Photography: Erika Raxworthy from House of Plants (Frances Lincoln) 

Photography: Erika Raxworthy from House of Plants (Frances Lincoln) 

Home truths: Houseplants

Lottie Storey April 5, 2017

Maybe it's our love for all things Scandi that kickstarted the houseplant revival. The Danes and Swedes have always appreciated the power of plants in the home, whereas we lost sight of it in the 80s when too many parched spider plants expired on windowsills. Or perhaps it’s because we now spend between 80–90% of our time indoors, and hanker for a link to nature, however slender.

Whatever the reason, a potted plant does us good both mentally and physically, and is a cheap way of enlivening a room. Try one of these five lovely house plants:

1. ALOE VERA (Barbados aloe): a very undemanding desert plant, above, with sharp spiky leaves and tubular flowers. Can withstand both direct sunlight and damp and humid conditions. 

2. CHINESE MONEY PLANT (Pilea peperomiodes): can be tricky to find but worth the search. Its lily-pad shaped leaves on long stems have a white spot in their centre. 

3. MONEY PLANT (Crassula ovata): a bringer of fortune. It needs little attention but is happiest in direct light.

4. PURPLELEAF FALSE SHAMROCK (Oxalis triangularis subsp. papilionacea): each stem has three butterfly-shaped leaves that fold up at night. Pretty pink flowers in spring.

5. STRING OF BEADS (Senecio rowleyanus): trails prettily from a hanging planter. It looks delicate but is hardy and requires infrequent watering.

Turn to page 118 of April's The Simple Things for more on the wonderful world of houseplants, including planters, displaying your plants, terrariums, airplants and house plant accessories.

 

More from the April issue:

Featured
Apr 2, 2021
Recipe: Hot Cross Bun Cakes
Apr 2, 2021
Apr 2, 2021
Apr 6, 2019
Recipe: Wild garlic soup
Apr 6, 2019
Apr 6, 2019
Apr 24, 2017
Escape: Rainy day adventures
Apr 24, 2017
Apr 24, 2017

More Home truths inspiration:

Featured
Apr 27, 2017
Home Truths: Brunch
Apr 27, 2017
Apr 27, 2017
Apr 5, 2017
Home truths: Houseplants
Apr 5, 2017
Apr 5, 2017
Nov 14, 2016
Home truths: Things to help you sleep
Nov 14, 2016
Nov 14, 2016
  Buy ,  download  or  subscribe   See the sample of our latest issue  here   Buy a copy of our latest anthology:  A Year of Celebrations   Buy a copy of  Flourish 2 , our wellbeing bookazine  Listen to  our podcast  - Small Ways to Live Well

Get hold of your copy of this month's The Simple Things - buy, download or subscribe

View the sampler here

 

In Nest Tags issue 58, april, plants, House plants, nest, home truths
Comment
Image: Auf der Mammiladen 

Image: Auf der Mammiladen 

Give it a Grow: Pilea Pepermioides

Lottie Storey October 3, 2016

WHAT IS IT?

A rather trendy leafy houseplant that, until fairly recently, caused a bit of a brew-ha-ha in the horticultural world because none of the experts knew what it was called. For years it had regularly appeared at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew’s help desk to be identified by mystified members of the public. It wasn’t until the late 1970s that it got a name, when Kew botanist Wessel Marais suggested that it was a Chinese species of Pilea. It now has several common names, including the Chinese money plant, the missionary plant and the pancake plant.

WHY WOULD YOU?

It has a rather appealing story attached to it: the plant was introduced to Europe in 1946 by a Norwegian missionary who had been travelling in the Chinese province of Yunming. Making the most of the plant’s easy-growing nature, he gave cuttings to friends and family in Norway, who in turn passed it on to friends in Sweden, then the UK and so on. It’s easy to grow, needing indirect light, good drainage and an occasional drink when the soil is dry.

WHY WOULDN’T YOU?

It can be hard to find a plant because more often than not, it’s ‘passed on’ rather than sold via nurseries. Try eBay. 

 

More from the October issue:

Featured
Oct 25, 2016
The tallest oak was once just a nut that held its ground
Oct 25, 2016
Oct 25, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
How to make a corn dolly
Oct 24, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Oct 19, 2016
Be a kitchen witch!
Oct 19, 2016
Oct 19, 2016

More Give it a Grow posts:

Featured
Feb 6, 2017
Give it a grow: Raspberries
Feb 6, 2017
Feb 6, 2017
Nov 18, 2016
Give it a grow: Bare-root climbing roses
Nov 18, 2016
Nov 18, 2016
Oct 3, 2016
Give it a Grow: Pilea Pepermioides
Oct 3, 2016
Oct 3, 2016
  Buy ,  download  or  subscribe   See the sample of our latest issue  here   Buy a copy of our latest anthology:  A Year of Celebrations   Buy a copy of  Flourish 2 , our wellbeing bookazine  Listen to  our podcast  - Small Ways to Live Well

Get hold of your copy of this month's The Simple Things - buy, download or subscribe

View the sampler here

In gardening, Growing, Miscellany Tags issue 52, october, give it a grow, pilea, houseplant, House plants
Comment

Make: A macrame planter

Lottie Storey January 20, 2016


Projects to perk up the plant life in every corner of your home

Creative gardening need not be restricted to outdoors. Or, indeed, to off-the-shelf plant pots. Making a hanging plant holder is a craftier way to display greenery, and a great project for anyone finding themselves low on either time or space. 

The ancient craft of macramé was a hit with the Victorians, although it’s most associated with 1970s homespun style. Plant hangers are back, given a colourful – and, dare we say, tasteful – makeover. You can, of course, buy one (see page 8 of February’s The Simple Things), if all that knotting brings back painful memories. 


Hanging plant holder

 
You will need: 
textile yarn* 
scissors
2 plant pots, ideally already containing a plant


1 Cut five pieces of the textile yarn, each of about 4m long, and one more of about 40cm (you can adjust the measurements to your desired length).
2 Fold each of the longer pieces of yarn in half. Group all the folds together, then create a loop by wrapping the smaller piece of yarn around the grouped threads several times and tying firmly (A). 
3 Divide the 10 pieces of hanging yarn into five pairs (B). 
4 About 20cm below the top loop, take the first two threads and knot them together. Repeat for each of the pairs (C). 
5 Then, take the right hand thread from the first pair and, further down, knot it with the left hand thread from the second pair. Repeat for each thread until each piece of thread is tied to another (D). 
6 Repeat the process down the length of the yarn. The bigger you make the gap between the knots, the more space you’ll have for the pot, but you’ll need to make the knots closer together to hold the bottom of the pot. 
7 Test for size with your plant pot, before tying a secure knot underneath the pot with the threads. 
8 To add a second pot, repeat under the bottom knot using exactly the same knotting system. 
9 Finish with a large knot containing all the yarn and neaten the ends with scissors.

Project by Laetitia Lazerges, a Paris-based pattern designer who blogs at www.vertcerise.com and www.doityvette.fr. She has also written several DIY books and sells bright and fun paper goods on Etsy at www.vertceriseshop.etsy.com.

 

Read more:

From the February issue

Think posts

Mindfulness posts

In Making Tags make, project, issue 44, february, craft, planters, House plants
1 Comment

Make: Terrarium PLUS introducing the Urban Jungle Bloggers

David Parker May 18, 2015

Creative gardening need not be restricted to outdoors. Or, indeed, to off-the-shelf plant pots. Making a terrarium is a craftier way to display greenery and is a great project for anyone finding themselves low on either time or space. Building terraria is a revival of a past craze, which - hopefully much like your plants - has refused to die. Turn to page 106 of May's The Simple Things to find out how to make your own.


Got a taste for the green stuff? You're a born Urban Jungle Blogger.

Urban Jungle Bloggers is a mutual project initiated by Igor of Happy Interior Blog and Judith of JOELIX.com. They share a passion for plants and living with plants and decided to kick off a monthly blog series about living with plants, which soon turned into a thriving green community with almost 600 international bloggers joining in.

The Urban Jungle Bloggers team announces a monthly topic around styling with plants and informs the community through a monthly newsletter. Everyone who wants to can then join in and interpret the given theme according to their own style and home. There is no obligation to join in every month, so Urban Jungle Bloggers can pick whatever topic they like and share their green inspiration. Every blogger's efforts are then shared with the community on www.urbanjunglebloggers.com and on social media.

Don't have a blog? You can still join in. The team uses the hashtag #urbanjunglebloggers on Instagram which allows everyone to share and tag their green pics, with the images then shown in an interactive gallery on the Urban Jungle Bloggers website.

To join in, sign up for the monthly newsletter here. 

 

Find the terrarium make in May's The Simple Things. Buy, download or subscribe now.

In Making, Nest Tags make, issue 35, may, urban jungle bloggers, plants, House plants
Comment
garden_x1.jpg

How not to kill a houseplant

Future Admin February 20, 2014

THE HOUSE PLANT IS BACK (and not a spider plant in sight!). Create an pretty indoor country garden like this one or a striking display of succulents (the minimalist houseplant perfect for the lazy gardener). Don't be put off by any previous disasters, follow the golden rules of how to keep your house plants happy and your indoor garden will thrive.

9 ways not to kill your house plants

1. Position with care. Choose plants that suit the light levels and temperature of the room in which they'll be positioned - don't expect a sun-loving plant to thrive in a cold, shady area.

2. Avoid extremes. Windowsills in direct sunlight will be too hot for most houseplants. Don't place houseplants over direct sources of heat, such as radiators. Make sure you keep delicate plants away from drying draughts.

3. Seek the light. Ensure there's sufficient light for your plants to photosynthesise effectively.

4. Pot on regularly. You should aim to repot your house plants into larger pots every two years or so to help them thrive. Use a good compost such as GroChar from Carbon Gold.

5. Be well equipped. Use the proper tools for indoor gardening. You'll need a long-spouted watering can, a mister, a long-handled fork and a pair of scissors.

6. Water wisely. Don't overwater house plants - adding drainage material to the bottom of the pot will help to keep roots aerated and ensure they don't drown.

7. Allow to rest. During the winter, move plants to a cooler position - most plants are dormant at this time, so don't need as much sunlight. Reduce the amount of water and food you provide to prevent mould and root rot. Move plants away from windows, which will be too cold in winter.

8. Be vigilant. Learn to recognise potential problems early on before a pest infestation or other physiological problems kill off your plants. Danger signs for low air humidity include flower buds falling off, leaves withering and leaves with brown tips. Signs of high humidity include mould, rot and soft growth.

9. Think long-term. Some popular house plants have a short growing period, so choose plants that will thrive for longer if you want a year-round display.

Read more about how to create your indoor garden in The Green Room, Issue 20 of The Simple Things, out now.

The House Gardener by Isabelle Palmer. Photography Helen Cathcart. Cico Books.

In gardening, Uncategorized Tags House plants, indoor gardening
Comment
Featured
  Buy ,  download  or  subscribe   See the sample of our latest issue  here   Buy a copy of our latest anthology:  A Year of Celebrations   Buy a copy of  Flourish 2 , our wellbeing bookazine  Listen to  our podcast  - Small Ways to Live Well
Feb 27, 2025
Feb 27, 2025

Buy, download or subscribe

See the sample of our latest issue here

Buy a copy of our latest anthology: A Year of Celebrations

Buy a copy of Flourish 2, our wellbeing bookazine

Listen to our podcast - Small Ways to Live Well

Feb 27, 2025
Join our Newsletter
Name
Email *

We respect your privacy and won't share your data.

email marketing by activecampaign
facebook-unauth twitter pinterest spotify instagram
  • Subscriber Login
  • Stockists
  • Advertise
  • Contact

The Simple Things is published by Iceberg Press

The Simple Things

Taking time to live well

We celebrate slowing down, enjoying what you have, making the most of where you live, enjoying the company of of friends and family, and feeding them well. We like to grow some of our own vegetables, visit local markets, rummage for vintage finds, and decorate our home with the plunder. We love being outdoors and enjoy the satisfaction that comes with a job well done.

facebook-unauth twitter pinterest spotify instagram