Regular readers know that I have a favorite place to look for bargains...our downstairs trash area! Our building has trash chutes on every floor, and they feed into a separate room, but for boxes and other things that people can't put in the chute, there is an area (indoor) near the loading dock where people can put the things they don't want. I've found quite a few cool items over the last few years.
I was taking some of our empty boxes (I break ours down by the way, like you're SUPPOSED to do, ha, but I digress). I walked in and saw these two aloe vera plants. We had a nice one at the farm, but we missed it one year in the freeze and it never recovered. I told 2nd Man we needed to get one to have at the new house and then these fell into my lap!
For now, they will live on the balcony at the apartment so I can keep an eye on them and bring them in this Winter and then they'll be at the farm. Maybe one on the front porch and one on the back porch.
They look like pretty healthy plants. Cheap is good but Free is better.
ReplyDeleteI have some 'babies' that I need to transplant in pots....................someday that is.
You both enjoy your weekend.
Cheap is good but free is better for sure! Thanks!
DeleteGreat find! We break down boxes, too. It is so annoying to find a dumpster or area full of boxes not broken down.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, right? So many people in our building never break down boxes, it's a mess sometimes.
DeleteAloe plants seem to multiply overnight!
ReplyDeleteI'd be ok with that, ha.
DeleteThat was a great Find! And a great Rescue of two very nice aloe vera plants. The clay pot is so pretty and colorful! They will look beautiful at your new house.
ReplyDeleteI have my aloe veras right outside my back door, very handy when I need them for burns or cuts or skin irritations.
The clay pot is very colorful and pretty. I'd like to find another like it, ha. I figured we'd keep one by the back door and the front door, ha.
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