Inside oxygen. in Spring time, sunshine and flowers, 2015

It is well documented that having plants in indoor spaces helps to oxygenate the air and I seem to have been accumulating plants without intent… I would like you to meet the vegetation of our abode.

Firstly is Spider, the spider plant. When my best mate moved back to Australia in 1997 she asked me to look after spider (and a yukka, but I failed the yukka…) Eighteen years later and its still here! Periodically we plant the babies and give them as gifts.

Next is the rainbow chilli that I bought at a chilli fair last summer, it was the end of the day and they were clearing up, I got this baby for £1. We’ve already had one crop of chillis from it and, as you can see, crop two is ripening :-)

Then we have Talaia’s oak tree. Eighteen months ago I took a large quantity of childminder children out and collected acorns, we all then planted them. On asking, later, I was told that most parents had thrown then out grrrr. Lila’s didn’t grow but Talaia’s did :-) we plan to build a tree house in it soon…

The Orange tree. Seven years ago a childminding child brought her lunchbox which included an orange, she asked to plant a pip do we did and this is the result!

Ignoring the fact that it needs watering, last year I found instructions on how to grow an avocado from the stone so I gave it a go. It was fun but it is very big now!

Lila’s class planted daffodil bulbs this winter. Us parents were guilted into then paying £1 for our darling child’s daffodil… Lila’s hasn’t flowered yet while the rest have flowered and wilted!

Amaryllis. Bought at Christmas and it was pretty, two big, red flowers. It should flower again next Christmas too :-)

Last, but no means least, this is Casper. One of Rich’s colleagues grows and sells chilli plants, he had a couple left over so gave Rich one. This is a ghost chilli ergo it’s named Casper… He was a small stick with one leaf when we got him, his roots just wrapped in a damp tissue but, under our guidance (and south facing window), Casper is thriving.

So, now you know or indoor oxygen givers :-)