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Gentle reminder dear ones 💚 be sure to soak in some natural world therapy this week. Touch moss, hug a tree, walk barefoot on the earth. Ground and release.
Sending love

🌿3 reasons to clean houseplant leaves (and skip the toxic chemicals when you do)

Beside the self care bonus of slowing down to enjoy the simple ritual of leaf cleaning and the reward of a glowing leaf, spraying your plants is a way to protect your houseplants from pests and pathogens while checking for overall plant health.

💧Foliar feeding
Giving your plants a Sacred Leaf shower treats them to beneficial nutrients. While the vast majority of nutrients (80-90%) are taken up through the tips of the roots, foliar feeding is an effective method of treating nutrient deficiencies while boosting plant growth, especially during times of stress (pest infestations, disease, transplanting or moving).

🍃Leaf Anatomy

Stomata are tiny openings (like the pores on our own skin) composed of living cells. They’re located on the epidermis of leaves, generally the bottom side of the leaf which protects them from extreme heat (sun) or from extreme airflow (wind). These openings are surrounded by guard cells which contain chloroplasts that are responsible for photosynthesis, the life giving energy of the plant. A vital function! These guard cells are also responsible for opening and closing the stoma, an important role for regulating hydration and gas exchange.

The leaf cuticle is the outermost layer of a leaf and a pathway of micro pores where most nutrient intake occurs, previously thought to be the function of the stoma.

☠️ Skip the toxic leaf shine or chemical pest care!
Why spray something you need to wear a mask while applying when you can use our natural, effective, non toxic, pet and pollinator friendly solution instead? Plus it smells amazing and you can even spray it on yourself!

Mix up a batch for 5 cents per 16 ounce application! No plastic bottle to toss in the bin (and no big box store to profit) what’s not to love?

🌱Did you know our tonics are shelf stable for up to
four years? Once you mix a batch you can keep it in a cool dark place for 7-10 days before swapping out for a new batch.

💦 A gentle reminder to clean your spray bottle regularly as our tonics are preservative free!

Learning where the plants you care for begin their lives is an important step in understanding how to take care of them.

🪴Bulbs, Tubers, Corms, Rhizomes, Stolons, Suckers and Offsets! We just updated our original blog post covering this subject, and it sounds a little like this:

Bulbs, tubers, rhizomes, and corms are often collectively referred to as “bulbs” as their basic functions serve similar purposes: to store food, water and minerals as energy and to give new life to the plant. Plus, they often look the same or have similar physical attributes.

True Bulbs are globe shaped with papery skin and made up of modified leaves that store nutrients and enclose around a vegetative growth point or flowering bud. Onions and amaryllis may be the most visually clear examples of true bulbs.
Examples of true bulbs include hyacinths, onion, garlic, amaryllis, shallots, tulips, daffodils, fritillaria and lilies

Corms look like true bulbs but are actually swollen base stems that store food for the plant during dormancy. Unlike true bulbs, corms are solid and often elongated in shape with a membranous or scaly texture. If you’ve ever dug up your oxalis triangularis or looked closely at turmeric, these have the quintessential qualities of a corm.

Examples of corms include: alocasia, elephant garlic, oxalis, crocus, freesia, gladiolas, tuberous begonias, saffron crocus, water chestnut, ranunculus and celeriac just to name a few!

Head on over to our blog library to discover the rest of this post and so much more!

Crimson Clover is an incredible addition to plant in your garden next fall. Its boosts nitrogen, is amazing for pollinators, and does wonders for the quality of your soil.

AND that’s exactly why it’s a key ingredient in our concentrated, organic plant and pest care tonics! Plants growing plants ♻️🪴🌱

Plant parents and urban garden friends, here’s another helpful way to build plant resistance and growth!

Equisetum, also known as Horsetail, is a multifunctional, nutrient-accumulating “living fossil” that supports overall plant health and strong growth while offering natural protection against fungal diseases and pests. That’s why it’s a key ingredient in our plant care tonics!

Highly rich in organic silica, horsetail has the unique ability to strengthen a plant’s cellular wall—leading to stronger growth with sturdier stems and thicker leaves.

Horsetail is also an antimicrobial which naturally fights off harmful diseases and infections. This incredible herb has been shown to build resistance against common fungal issues like powdery mildew and black spot, two fungal diseases commonly found in the garden on roses and squash plants and also on houseplants like begonias.

For more tips and to grab a bottle of our organic and concentrated plant and pest care tonics, you know where to find us!

Dear fellow plant lovers,

If you’re looking for a natural and effective solution to pest care, we’re here for you!

This poor umbrella tree was invested with scale when we first started caring for it and now it’s glowing with radiant health! Our concentrated organic tonics are effective against spider mites, thrips, aphids, scale, and other pest and disease and we have step-by-step guidance and solutions for you and are always here to help you along any level of plant parenting.

Keep glowing and growing dear ones 💚

Houseplants in their natural environment 🌿

Hi friends, as some of you know, I needed a mental health break after some pretty serious immigration stress and I am lucky enough to have a relative on the big island who is hosting me for a few days! SO grateful for this lush, landscape and feeling once again, inspired by our wise, vibrant, precious natural world.

This is one of a few videos we’ve posted over the years showing plants in their natural habitat to help raise awareness of how to better keep them in your homes. Please let us know if you enjoyed it!

Sending love, good energy and abundant growth to you all. 💚Karina