Aloe Nottingham

And here's the end result..! Looking pretty to me
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A Stone's Throw Sherwood now have our plants in stock - alongside an absolutely wonderful selection of pots & planters 🥰😍

(And I have to say, the shop is much larger than what you see at first glance.. it's the kind of place we would really miss if it wasn't there, so please to keep places like this bustling well into the future..)

Thanks to Pete & Neil 🙌🏾🙌🏾

This gorgeous lot is being delivered to A Stone's Throw Gift Shop in later today..

There's all sorts.. Snake Plants, Spider Plants, Aloe Plants, Monstera Aureas, Cacti, Succulents..

So now we have Arnold & Sherwood covered.. where's next? Any suggestions welcome, please pop them in the comments below 🙏🏾💚💪🏾🫡🌵

Peace out & Happy Aloe!

Kinell 🥹🥹 I get some of the nicest customers, I swear! And it's all thanks to the plants! Some of my eBay feedback currently looks like I paid them to write so nicely about me 🥹🥹

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I just LOVE getting pictures like this from my customers old & new..

Sharing the joy of plants is what I'm all about, so when people do it back, it's even joyouser! 👀🤭

I also came up with a new business name this AM.. "The Cactus Factory! 🌵🌵 What a nice ring it has to it! Watch this space..!

It was inspired by my living room when I walked in this AM, which is currently quite literally a cactus factory at the moment!

I'm currently looking for land (or people's gardens!) where I can out a polycarbon greenhouse to expand the cacti & succulents even more. I've had to chill on the propagation because I simply have no more space - so sad! 🤣🤣

Peace out & Happy Aloe!
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A lovely lady came to me last week through FB marketplace - she was virtually in tears, bless her! It was a gift to her late husband & the family had been growing this beast for over a decade! I'd be crying too, trust me..

Her Roadkill Cactus - Opuntia Rubescens - had toppled over & out of her window! The fall broke most of the pads (which the customer had then attempted to fix back using pins.. which had then caused further damage & rot..!)

Thankfully, she brought it to me just in time & I was able to chop away all the rot & salvage many decent pads and a big part of the original too

Time will tell if my attempts have been successful, but I am hopeful that most of these repots will do just fine

If you have a houseplant that is dear to you and it needs repotting or salvaging in anyway, please drop me a message and if I can help, I will. I charged this lady £20 and spent at least 2 hours on it (but she bought a load of other plants too, so I was happy to give her a discounted rate on the work)

Peace out & Happy Aloe!
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Well, the clearance sale went well yesterday as I sold the biggest plant I had in! (Creating space was the objective.. achieved!)

Plus around 30 cacti & succulents.. woohoo!

Now, I don't usually do personal deliveries, but when your star customer wants the biggest, baddest plant you have then you have to step up..

So I lugged this beast by hand to its final destination 🥵💪🏾 That's my fortnightly workout done haha!

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Oh man these Cacti & Succulent arrangements look soo good in the sun 😎

A cactus company down south bought 20 Notocactus Apricus from me last week. I was really honoured that such a big seller was approaching me & wanting to buy my plants..

He then rang me yesterday to say that they have arrived and are MUCH NICER than they even looked in the photos! Great compliment!

I explained (sorry Instagram!) how photography is the most difficult part of my work for me (I hate it to be frank, I find it so tedious, a 'necessary evil' in my book..)

Anyway, just now he has sent me this photo of them all repotted & labelled up professionally! I swear they've already grown a bit!

AND he's offered me lots of plants and particularly Crassulas which I will accept in the near future, which anyone who knows me knows are my absolute favourite!

(Don't worry, I still love Aloe Vera but very differently to how I love the Jades - I want a Jade Plant Emporium one day 😉)

So here's a little self-pat-on-the-back that I'm sharing with you

Thank you Nottingham (& beyond!)

Peace out & Happy Aloe! 🙏🏾💚💪🏾🫡🌵