Indoor Garden: April 2014

Hey everyone! So today I wanted to show you all what I have growing indoors! Quite a little has changed since last month, so I wanted to update you all on it!

First of all, I wanted to show you this little guy! This is one of the "pups" (babies) that my Bromeliad plant produced! I will have a completely separate blog post on how I separated the pups from the mother plant! 

Next is my Aloe Vera. It looks pretty healthy, however it is slightly discolored and I'm unsure why. Hopefully I can "fix it up" and get it happy again!

On a brighter note, this is my Mini Phalaenopsis Orchid which is doing absolutely INCREDIBLE! I am so happy that it is blooming again, and it's just really healthy! My larger Phalaenopsis which is right behind it, is doing just as well! It doesn't have any blooms, however it is growing a new leaf, which of coarse is an awesome sign!

This is my Lucky Bamboo which is doing INCREDIBLE as well! It has really healthy, dark green leaves, and it got really tall! Everyone in my family is so amazed that it got this tall ever since I switched it to soil! It also has shoots growing from the bottom! This plant originally only had 3 stems, but now it expanded, and a lot! 

So those are all of the plants that I have growing at the moment! I would like to start growing some herbs indoors by my windowsill, but I have a lot of space taken up by my Bromeliad babies!- I will definitely keep you updated on it!

So how is your garden doing? Let me know down below!

-Isaac

Divergent Book Thoughts

Hi everyone! I've finished reading Divergent by Veronica Roth a few days ago, and let me just say IT WAS AWESOME! This was one of my favorite book's I've ever read, besides from Hollow City by Ransom Riggs (CLICK HERE for that blog post). Basically, society has been split up into 5 groups (factions) in order to maintain peace. When you're born, you are born into the faction that you're parents are in. When you turn 16, you choose your own faction (you can choose to stay with your parents, or choose a different faction.) You can not see the members of other factions ever (only on visiting day). If you don't choose a faction, you are "faction less" which are the impoverished people. The abnegation (one of the five factions) is the group who runs the government. That ends up causing a "small" (or not so small) problem, which you need to read the book in order to find out! There is also a little dating which goes on, which makes the story even better! I also really liked the writing style that Veronica Roth used, and there is a lot of suspense in the story, it was definitely a difficult book to put down!

I would also like to see the movie soon, but I recommend that you read the book prior to watching the movie! 

Let me know of any book recommendations down below, and also, tell me how you liked Divergent! Are you going to move on to the next book in the trilogy?

-Isaac