I’ve killed a lot of plants in my day. Not on purpose. I just never seemed to have a green thumb. I think I tend to over water them. After moving into a new home not too long ago. I bought a fake fiddle leaf fig tree. I’m not a big lover of fake plants/trees/flowers but I had just moved, was low on cash and didn’t trust myself to keep it alive. I found a nice fake tree at HomeGoods and It was really cute but I knew one day I wanted to replace it with a real live tree. After a while I started going to a few shops to price fiddle leaf fig trees and oh my gosh…. have you priced them lately?? For a five foot tree they were about $200! At that price if I killed it I would be pretty upset that I wasted so much money for being careless. Cut to one day while I was at work and my coworker mentioned that she found some cute stuff on Facebook Marketplace. I have been on Facebook for many years but literally never checked out Facebook Marketplace. Have you looked???? You need to! It’s awesome. It is similar to craigslist but there is something about it that seems less murdery haha. Anyway, I went on there and happened to stumble on the garden section and wouldn’t you know it…. someone listed a real 5’ fiddle leaf fig tree for $60!! Not cheap but not three times the price that you would find in a store! I wrote the girl selling it and we arranged a pick up time and then I adopted my new tree! It proudly sits in my dining room and I bought a cute wicker basket for it to sit in from HomeGoods… I read directions on how to take care of it and so far it has been thriving! It makes me so happy! On a side note…I have been hearing a lot in the news about how plants can boost your mood, calm your stress levels and blood pressure and increase your creativity among other things. I was going to say I haven’t noticed a change in myself but I did just start this blog with my husband so maybe it is boosting our creativity!! Time will tell! In the mean time I gotta go and see what else I can find on the marketplace! Maybe our teens could use some plants in their rooms! Check it out and then tell me your favorite Facebook Marketplace purchase!
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