Gardening - but I’m no expert

Hello
Some of our outdoor plants have really thrived this summer.
One is succulents

We have several pots of succulents and they all started this year  as little 2 inch or so plants

They’ve grown and multiplied in their pots.  

But this one grew the wrong way, according the online succulent experts. 

It has fallen and that can’t be corrected.  

However the leaves can be removed and may grow into more plants. 

After reading some online advice, we got some succulent-cactus potting soil and I started pruning.

The method I’m trying is to lay the leaves on a shallow bed of soil and keep them moist with a spray bottle. 

With patience,  some the ends will harden or change then they can be planted and should grown into their own plant.  

We will see!

Below are our zinnias, that I grew from seeds I saved from last years zinnias.  

So, i deadheaded a few of the tall zinnias and some short zinnias that were growing in one of those .50 Lowe’s pots and imhabe those spent flower heads drying.  

I’ll label them short and tall before I bag them up.  

I also cut off the dead tops of some other flowers in hopes their seeds will grow and bloom next year too.  

If anyone is wanting to try these methods,  I hope you’ll do online research and not just take my advice.  

Happy gardening everyone 🌱🌸🌻

Still doing CVS deals, reading and sewing

Hello 

I’m still shopping at CVS, usually once a week but sometimes I skip a week if I’m busy or the deals don’t work for me.

I went yesterday bought these on sale items using ExtraCareBucks, CVS coupons and newspaper coupons. 

It takes a bit of planning but I save so much, it’s worth it to me. 

I opted to get Email receipts so it’s easy to show them here. 

I spent $9.78 cash on all the products in the photo and got back $20 in ExtraCareBucks for my next transaction.  

I rarely buy food with coupon deals but I do get great deals on household and personal care items.

There are many coupon experts on YouTube and Facebook and instagram.  I usually view a few of their posts to see all the details on deals and then I plan my shopping around their advice.  

Reading

I just finished this series of books and I enjoyed them so much! 

I bought all my books used from ThriftBooks.com  

I’m happy with their quality, prices and rewards.  

Sewing- son Bobby got a super deal on an older camper for his family and he’s redoing the inside.  

He used some of this cork-looking vinyl fabric to change out inserts in the cabinets.  Then he asked me to sew some pillows with his leftover fabric. 

The 2 bolster shaped ones are for armrests on a bench seat and the oblong one is because that’s exactly how much fabric was left after I made the first 2.  

I like the way the fabric looks and it looks so nice in the camper.

My sewing machine sewed it all just fine.

The difficult part was handsewing the first 2 pillows closed.  I used a thimble and pliers to pull and push that needle. 

For the rectangle one,  I added a zipper closure and that was somewhat easier.  




I’m still fiddling, trying to get my posts to look like I want them to. 

I’m hoping this one publishes right..........

But whatever, I’m done today and need to go put the fresh sheets on the bed, vacuum and prepare a meal or too.  And maybe sew and continue reading the first book in another series.  

Have a great day everyone ❤️