Straight Talk about House Plants

By Mary McFarland

A written photo journey of the what, when, where and why of caring for your house plants, covering proper lighting, water, trimming and more!

There is important information on which of these plants are poisonous to you, your children and your pets as well as which are not.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mary McFarland
• Release date: Nov 3, 2010
• ISBN: 9781458084125

Mary McFarland

Mary is a retired gold miner living with her husband in Texas. Plants have always been a passion for her and now, settled down she is able to pursue that passion.She is also an award winning artist and loves incorporating plants into much of her work.Mary has recently started her second book. Transcribing the journal she kept when she and her husband spent almost two months in the African bush in North Eastern Zaire.

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Straight Talk about House Plants

A written guide with detailed photos for trimming, transplanting and propagation of house plants.

Written and Photographed

By

Mary McFarland

Published by Mary McFarland at Smashwords

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Copyright 2010 Mary McFarland

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I dedicate to everyone that loves houseplants, especially those of us that have a difficult time raising them.

This step by step written photo guide will walk you through the process of watering, care, transplanting and procreation of new plants.

My thanks to family and friends that kept saying, You should write a book! No, REALLY you should write a book! I took your encouragement to heart, and here it is!

Mac, Pam, Jennifer, Becky, and Dave thanks for being my proof readers!

M.

Some books would lead one to believe that raising happy healthy plants is a difficult task. Watering, soil types, fertilizing, sunlight, low sun, direct sun or indirect sun; it’s enough to make a person go mad! I’ll let you know you know just what to do with each of the plants discussed in the following pages.

You won’t find the technical names for anything in this book. I’m not a technical name kind of gal. When it comes to plants I just like having them around!

I’m here to show you it’s not that difficult to raise, transplant and propagate them! This book will show you step by step, photo by photo, the way to happy healthy plants without all the fuss! It took years to figure out the secret. I tried talking to them, pampering them, fertilizing at the appropriate times, etc. etc. etc., they still died. Then I started what I will tell you in this book. Now, I have so many my husband had to build a large green house to hold them all!

The plants covered are Pothos, (Golden, Marble Queen, Jade, and Neon), the Ponytail, Jade plant, Spider (also

Reviews for Straight Talk about House Plants

[Caroline Johnson · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The plants in this book were very basic beginner houseplants. Absolutely nothing wrong with that especially for a black thumb. There is such a wide variety of house plants, and I was hopeful to see more abstract material.