How to Take Care of a New Plant
When you bring home a new plant, it is important to treat them carefully to avoid accidentally spreading pests or deseases they might carry to your other plants. Read on to find out exactly how you can make your new plant happy while keeping your existing collection safe. This plant is called “Philodendron Red Anderson”.…
Neem Oil: The Best Way to Eradicate Plant Pests and Diseases Naturally
While there are many different ways to deal with pests on your plants, neem oil is by far the best option for dealing with them. Unlike many other pest treatments available, neem oil is both effective and natural. According to the EPA, cold pressed neem oil has no health risks as it is derived from…
Building an Ikea Greenhouse Cabinet-free printable!
Greenhouse cabinets are great ways to make sure your tropical plants are thriving in their optimal conditions. Learn here how I built my greenhouse cabinet and find useful links and lists for making your own! At the bottom of the post you will find a printable PDF with links to all the materials you need…
How to Grow Snake plants
Snake plants are a great houseplant for beginner or experienced plant owners because they are flexible and incredibly low maintenance. Read on to find out how you should take care of this amazing plant! Photo from: The Spruce / Alonda Baird Water: Snake plants do not need to be watered often. If you water them…
How to Grow a Green Thumb
A dummy’s guide to growing houseplants! Taking care of houseplants doesn’t have to be super hard or complicated. Learn how you can keep your plants alive! In order to keep your plants alive, you need to make sure you are giving them the right amount of water and light. Different plants need different amounts of…
Plant Swap 101
This week I went to a plant swap hosted by PHS. A plant swap is an event where people bring plants they don’t want anymore or cuttings/baby plants to trade for new plants. Plant swaps are a great way to get plants for free! Here are the plants I brought to the swap: And here…
30 days no trash-#3
30 days no trash is a challenge/project I created to raise awareness about the trash crisis and to empower people. This post is about what it means to be zero waste and how you can easily reduce your waste. To learn more about this project, check out this previous post: https://tigershakti.org/2023/06/21/30-days-no-trash-2/ If you want to…
30 Days No Trash-#2
30 days no trash is a project/challenge I created and did to raise awareness of the trash crisis. To learn more about this project, check out this post: https://tigershakti.org/2023/06/14/30-days-no-trash-challenge/ What is the trash crisis? 2 billion tons or 4.5 trillion pounds of trash are produced globally every year. This trash leaks greenhouse gasses into the…
30 Days NO TRASH-#1
The 30 days no trash challenge is a project I created to raise awareness about the trash crisis. For this project, I generated zero trash for 30 days. This post will be the first of a series of my progress and account of this journey. The requirements for my project were that I could recycle,…
Plants You Can Grow In Full Sun!
If you still need to pick a spot for a garden or start one, check out this post: https://tigershakti.org/2022/12/11/how-to-start-a-garden-p-1/ To learn how to measure sun in your garden, check this out: https://tigershakti.org/2022/12/03/how-to-measure-sun-in-a-garden/ If you have full sun in your garden, (6+ hours of direct sun) you are in luck! That means you can grow almost…
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