Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do

do do do do do do do do do do do 14 of leaves unfurling and of course other plant friends. I want to give a quick

shout out to some listeners that came to my rescue this week. I had a listener

write in and asked me how to care for his indoor pineapple plant and to be frank

frank I did not know that was a thing I had no idea you could grow

pineapples indoors now I do

but I couldn't help him.

So I posted on Instagram asking if any of you guys knew

how to care for the plant and if you would be a good plant

friend and help me hook him up with some great information. And several

of you got back to me within hours and I'm so thankful we've started a little

pineapple plant care email thread and I'm very excited about learning how to care for this plant and I'm just so

thankful to the Eden, Home by Faith, Dirty Details, and a Crazy Plant Lady 10B for your help and

for stepping up and offering your plant friendship. So thank you.

Now without further ado an episode all about the magical the wonderful

Pilea pepperomyoidis plant, otherwise known as the friendship plant.

And I'm going to call it the friendship plan because I, for the life of me, cannot pronounce that word.

But how could I do a month on friendship without an episode on the friendship plant? I mean, come on. So we're so lucky to be joined by the founder of Peep, the first commercial grower of Pileas in the United States.

They ship nationwide as well as have a store in Southern California.

You can find out more about them at W. W. W. P.I. C. O. McKenna, the founder, is a Pilea specialist and she has had such an

interesting journey learning how to grow this plant and become the

Pilea boss. And we're so lucky she covers the basics of Pilea

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