169. You Can Grow Thriving Houseplants! | Maria Failla of Growing Joy Podcast

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In the middle of winter when the Christmas greenery has been taken down but it’s not yet time for spring planting, I find myself craving the color and life found in houseplants. This is a perfect time of year to dive into what it takes to create a home full of thriving houseplants, and there’s no one better to discuss this with than Maria of Growing Joy Podcast, a self-proclaimed Plant Lady. If you consider yourself a plant killer, you are in good company because both Maria and I have had our fair share of plant fails. May this episode inspire you to try a new plant variety or tending method as you grow your houseplant collection.

In this episode, we cover:

The top two mistakes people make when it comes to houseplants
What your personality + lighting in your home say about what kind of plants you need
Breaking down some popular houseplant varieties and why they are not as easy to grow as you might think
Options for creating more light in your home if you don’t get enough natural light
Everything you need to know about growing plants in your window sill
Why you might want to propagate a plant and how to do it
How you can grow beautiful blooms in your home when it’s too cold to grow outside
Making sure your houseplants are getting adequate nutrition
Should you transition your plants between indoors and outdoors as the seasons change?
How you can grow herbs and vegetables indoors all year long
Creating the right outdoor garden for you and your family

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life Podcast. Today, we are turning our attention to indoor
0:06.4	plants. As it is January right now, I am in the season of pulling down the Christmas greenery,
0:14.4	the Christmas tree, and we're left with a house that is bare and can look kind of
0:21.6	boring and also just in need of some signs of life. So that is why I think right now is the
0:27.5	perfect time to talk about houseplants, houseplant care, selecting houseplants. I am having on Maria.
0:34.4	She is from the podcast growing joy where she shares everything there is to possibly know about
0:39.6	houseplants. I think you're really going to enjoy this interview. I know that I afterwards was
0:44.3	super inspired to want to get so many more plants in my house. My name is Lisa, mother of seven
0:50.5	and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farmhouse on Boom. Join me as I share with you my love
0:55.8	for creating a handmade home from scratch cooking and a little mom and entrepreneur life along the way.
1:07.5	Well, thank you so much, Maria, for joining me. I'm looking forward to talking about plants
1:11.8	as it is winter and dreary out here. It gives us a little bright spot to think about growing stuff
1:18.1	in something green. So let's start by you can introduce yourself, your podcast, whatever
1:23.9	else you want to mention. Yeah, I'm Maria. Thank you so much for having me, Lisa. I feel like I've
1:28.9	seen your podcast logo on the charts. You know, we always hang around the charts together for
1:34.9	lifestyle. So it's fun to finally put a face to the name and the podcast art. But yeah, I'm Maria.
1:40.2	I'm the host of the growing joy podcast and I help people care for plants successfully and cultivate
1:45.4	joy in their lives through doing so. So I used to be an epic plant killer. You couldn't pay me to
1:51.7	keep a plant alive. And I went through this really amazing transformation when I moved in with
1:57.2	my husband. He was my boyfriend at the time. I wanted to nest. I decided to give plants one more
2:01.8	try. This time actually googling them and trying to set them up for success for me to not just kill
2:07.6	them. And the crazy thing is when I learned to care for plants, they actually, I'm like a self-help
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