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Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Episode 47: Understanding Natural Light- Measuring Tools

Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Maria Failla- Happy Plant Lady and Author of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness

Education, Wellness, Gardening, Leisure, Eco Therapy, Nature Therapy, Self Care, Health & Fitness, Houseplants, How To, Home & Garden, Mental Health, Plants

4.8912 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

I’m joined again by my new plant friend and horticulturalist and lighting expert, Leslie Halleck, for part two of my quest to understand what “bright indirect light” really is. Free worksheet availble for download to take your own natural light measurements in the episode!

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hi plan people welcome to episode 47 of. Of,

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I'm Gungo Radio.

0:15.0

Hi, Plant Friends.

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I hope you had a lovely planty weekend that you enjoyed part one of this two-part

0:22.0

amazing series with Leslie Hellick on Understanding Natural Light.

0:27.0

So I was so touched, I put up in Instagram last week asking you guys what you learned this year in your own surroundings about

0:34.7

your natural light and I just wanted to read a couple of the things that you guys

0:38.5

said so I love that Maid underscore wholerescore Whole said that she learned that her

0:44.9

Northeastern facing window was not as bright as she thought, not bright enough for

0:49.4

her fiddily fig, so she's moving that around and figuring out what lower light plants work best for her northeast window.

0:56.8

Pia Mile NGE can't figure out how to pronounce that Instagram name but she's in the Maryland region and she said

1:04.1

since they get a lot of rain she realized that even though she had southern

1:07.4

facing windows that the overall darker cloudy rainy environment in Maryland actually means that her house is

1:16.0

lower light than she thought, so she's learned those lessons.

1:20.2

Sentimental sapling got really innovative and she had her brother put a detachable

1:24.3

shelving unit next to her west-facing windows so she could capitalize on all that

1:28.8

light she's getting right in that

1:35.0

the window, nice up close and personal with it. And the Edwardian writer really liked the section that Leslie and I talked about the direct sunlight versus the indirect moments when the sun moves throughout your apartment.

1:42.0

So it's always so awesome to hear that these episodes moments when the sun moves throughout your apartment.

1:42.6

So it's always so awesome to hear that these episodes help you guys bloom and grow.

1:47.0

And once again, I feel like the overarching theme for both of these episodes

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