Do you have plants in your writing space?

Depends on what cafe/truck stop/waffle house/coffee shop/deli I'm writing in at the time. In my office, not a single one. Lots of plants outside though -- upside down tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, more herbs than I can list, two pistachio nut trees, prickly pear cacti beyond my tolerance for counting, several rosebushes, globe willow bushes, willow trees. Since it has to be below 40 degrees before I close my windows, the outdoor ones probably do me just as much good as any indoors would do.

No. My cat might eat them.

... an artificial one.

brainstorm77 said:

No. My cat might eat them.

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Ditto.

And I have no room for one, even I'd wanted one. Just enough room for my work, my computer, and the coffee. Y'know. The important stuff.

I don't do plants. Firstly, I seem to be allergic to all forms of foliage.

Secondly, green things require too much high maintenance. They die when they are near me. Probably because I forget to water them or give them sunlight and such things...

Some people find gardening relaxing and therapeutic. I am not one of these people.

Shara

Nope. No real plants. I would forget the poor thing and it would die.


Do fake plants count though? If so, I have three of them in my room. I don't have to remember about them at all except to clean them from time to time.

Am I the only one that read this subject line as "Do you have pants in your writing space?" when I skimmed through the threads?

As to PLANTS, I cannot seem to keep houseplants alive. My outdoor garden (we're on an acre) thrives with benign neglect, but the houseplants don't get the benefit of occasional rain. I think I'm so paranoid about overwatering the houseplants that I let them get too parched. And yes, I've even killed cacti and other varieties that are supposed to be unkillable (spider plants!).

I did find some nice artificial ferns and those perk up the corners of the house, but none in my office.

Mother in law's tongue (snake plant) from I think Drs Foster & Smith website poisonous plants - causes mouth swelling, can cause staggering and collapse.

I don't know whether this is for cats or dogs or both. We have one of each so I didn't make a note of that when I printed it off.