Yeah he likes hanging around. Sometimes he tries to help me with what I am doing so I have to stop what I am doing so I can monitor what he is doing haha. It is Australia after all. Who knows what spiders are lurking out there.
Su hijo es un fiel compañero y muy lindo, Ni hablar de su jardín, crece cada día más bello, dichosa su esposa cuando sale a contemplar tanta hermosura, felicidades
Thank you. My son enjoys playing in the garden, and I'm lucky that he knows not to hurt my plants haha! I think being around plants at such a young age helps. I started the garden last year, and he was only a bit over a year old at the time. He learned walking in our grassy back yard too.
Love the display, beautifully kept succulent garden. 10 out of 10 :D!That being said, you let a toddler mess with an edge cutter in sandels.. Do you not see the problem there?
Hey Adam, thanks for the concern! You probably know this but it's not really sharp and won't do any actual cutting unless you applied enough force on it. It is also pretty light as you can see him effortlessly lift it. So its own weight would not be enough to crush or cut his toes. With that said, I agree that something wrong could happen, which is why I only let him play with it for a few seconds before I put it away. Thanks for calling it out though! I will be more mindful of this next time.
Hi Chuck, you said that you usually pluck off the dead leaves by touch. I'm curious, do you ever come across spiders? I haven't encountered many spiders in my succulents but I'm a balcony gardener and my plants are all in pots. I wonder if it's different when your succulents are in the ground.
Hi there. Yeah I do encounter spiders, and I know which ones are venomous and which ones aren't. I find that they mostly hide during the day, or as long as it is still bright out. They tend to be there when it is dark. This of course excepts the ones that have their web in a very visible spot. I find that the redback spiders tend to make their home in the cracks between the large rocks, basically somewhere that it's hard to get to unless you're really planning to do something between those rocks. Also, you'll see lots of their web around the entrance of their lair. You'll see the web long before the spider, so I know to stay away or at least wear gloves. I have never seen them make underneath plants their dwelling. I guess this is because they prefer dark cave-like structures, because they are less likely to be disturbed. Because of this, I make sure to only do this during the day, when it is bright, and only do between the rocks with webs if I am wearing gloves.
Your Garden is beautiful! How did you come to accumulating all these plants? Did you start small and propagate and stuff through the years or did you buy a lot of these? I'm so jealous? This is my goal but I'm waiting game til I buy a house to plant any outsude. Right now I'm slowly buying small $2-5 plants and then propagating to make more!
+Candace Elder a bit of both! I started out with just 4 pieces of echeveria elegans that I got for $2.50 each. Then I started asking friends for cuttings. Soon after I turned to Gumtree and found someone selling cheap cuttings so I bought some off her too. About a month since I started collecting, I met this echeveria collector and after seeing his collection, my mind blew! I bought lots of pups from him (I still do today, occasionally haha!) Soon after that I thought of planting them in the ground. Things only "got worse" after that. There was lots of space to work on so I hoarded. I got more plants from a combination of propagation, swaps, and purchases. It doesn't end. Soon after I can no longer find new specimens (that I don't have yet) in the $10 or less range so I started going for the $10-20 ones. I have come to the point that the most expensive plant I bought cost me $70. Not regreting it though, since I put a lot of thought before spending that big haha! I save for months so... yeah.
Nowadays I am no longer rushing to get new plants so I usually just do swaps or wait until I manage to sell a bit of my excess so I have the money to buy new ones. As of last month, I've stopped dipping from my savings and just relied on my own earnings from these plants. (which means I don't buy as often now)
Candace Elder I started collecting October last year, and yeah I worked on the design on my own. It started small and I kept expanding until I have what you see now. The whole thing went through multiple revisions already.
+J O Y B hey there! I have a Nikon D750 because I used to do a lot of landscape photography back in thr day. Started using it for videos instead. I am not yet good at colour grading, either that or tinatamad lang ako, so most of the time my clips from my phone do not match the video clips of my dslr. Hassle magtimpla haha!
Sorry for the late reply. Didn't see your comment sooner! It is not humid in my climate, so I can get away with just using cheap potting mix and mix it with 7mm pebbles to make it coarser. In more humid climates, you'll probably have to use scoria/pumice instead as those can absorb the excess water.
Wow!!! Super awsome garden ...succulents planted so beautifully...
Rabia Nadeem thank you!
Cerriscapades your welcome.
I love when you play with your son....even when you are busy....
Yeah he likes hanging around. Sometimes he tries to help me with what I am doing so I have to stop what I am doing so I can monitor what he is doing haha. It is Australia after all. Who knows what spiders are lurking out there.
great succulents collection.
Ur garden looks lovely...great aesthetic beauty there....
wao its'a beautyfull garden & your plants so beautyfull
Budgies parrots & my terrace garden thank you!
What a mind blowing collection 😱😱💕
SuperJhong
Su hijo es un fiel compañero y muy lindo, Ni hablar de su jardín, crece cada día más bello, dichosa su esposa cuando sale a contemplar tanta hermosura, felicidades
Thank you. My son enjoys playing in the garden, and I'm lucky that he knows not to hurt my plants haha! I think being around plants at such a young age helps. I started the garden last year, and he was only a bit over a year old at the time. He learned walking in our grassy back yard too.
I just subscribed! You have a great eye for planting and organizing all of your plants!
Thanks Kathleen, glad you like it!
you have nice garden
Anna Cervantes thank you!
Ur collection blew my mind....its awesome....
Ud me impresiona con su dedicación y esmero por tener bello ordenado ese lugar
Thank you for your kind words.
Beautiful
I also can not resist removing dead leaves from my plants same as you are.
Haha yeah, they're one of my bugbears. When I see dead leaves, I immediately want to pull it out.
Interesting to see how to use that half moon edger, very laborious but the end results are astonishing!
Christina Eilers yeah I like how tidy they make things look
Your garden is so beautiful, very maganda and inspiring. You must have really green thumb!
Salamat po! Tamang adik lang haha.
amazing beautiful plants,new sub, must be make your work easier when you got lovely assistant right:)
good
Love the display, beautifully kept succulent garden. 10 out of 10 :D!That being said, you let a toddler mess with an edge cutter in sandels.. Do you not see the problem there?
Hey Adam, thanks for the concern! You probably know this but it's not really sharp and won't do any actual cutting unless you applied enough force on it. It is also pretty light as you can see him effortlessly lift it. So its own weight would not be enough to crush or cut his toes.
With that said, I agree that something wrong could happen, which is why I only let him play with it for a few seconds before I put it away.
Thanks for calling it out though! I will be more mindful of this next time.
Hi Chuck, you said that you usually pluck off the dead leaves by touch. I'm curious, do you ever come across spiders? I haven't encountered many spiders in my succulents but I'm a balcony gardener and my plants are all in pots. I wonder if it's different when your succulents are in the ground.
Hi there. Yeah I do encounter spiders, and I know which ones are venomous and which ones aren't. I find that they mostly hide during the day, or as long as it is still bright out. They tend to be there when it is dark. This of course excepts the ones that have their web in a very visible spot.
I find that the redback spiders tend to make their home in the cracks between the large rocks, basically somewhere that it's hard to get to unless you're really planning to do something between those rocks. Also, you'll see lots of their web around the entrance of their lair. You'll see the web long before the spider, so I know to stay away or at least wear gloves. I have never seen them make underneath plants their dwelling. I guess this is because they prefer dark cave-like structures, because they are less likely to be disturbed.
Because of this, I make sure to only do this during the day, when it is bright, and only do between the rocks with webs if I am wearing gloves.
Your Garden is beautiful! How did you come to accumulating all these plants? Did you start small and propagate and stuff through the years or did you buy a lot of these? I'm so jealous? This is my goal but I'm waiting game til I buy a house to plant any outsude. Right now I'm slowly buying small $2-5 plants and then propagating to make more!
+Candace Elder a bit of both! I started out with just 4 pieces of echeveria elegans that I got for $2.50 each. Then I started asking friends for cuttings. Soon after I turned to Gumtree and found someone selling cheap cuttings so I bought some off her too.
About a month since I started collecting, I met this echeveria collector and after seeing his collection, my mind blew! I bought lots of pups from him (I still do today, occasionally haha!)
Soon after that I thought of planting them in the ground. Things only "got worse" after that. There was lots of space to work on so I hoarded. I got more plants from a combination of propagation, swaps, and purchases.
It doesn't end. Soon after I can no longer find new specimens (that I don't have yet) in the $10 or less range so I started going for the $10-20 ones.
I have come to the point that the most expensive plant I bought cost me $70. Not regreting it though, since I put a lot of thought before spending that big haha! I save for months so... yeah.
Nowadays I am no longer rushing to get new plants so I usually just do swaps or wait until I manage to sell a bit of my excess so I have the money to buy new ones. As of last month, I've stopped dipping from my savings and just relied on my own earnings from these plants. (which means I don't buy as often now)
Thanks for your reply! How long have you been collecting?
Did you design it all?
Candace Elder I started collecting October last year, and yeah I worked on the design on my own. It started small and I kept expanding until I have what you see now. The whole thing went through multiple revisions already.
Such a beautiful collection!! I was just wondering, what camera are you using here? Salamat po!🙏🏾
+J O Y B hey there! I have a Nikon D750 because I used to do a lot of landscape photography back in thr day. Started using it for videos instead.
I am not yet good at colour grading, either that or tinatamad lang ako, so most of the time my clips from my phone do not match the video clips of my dslr. Hassle magtimpla haha!
Hey I just had a peek at your channel. You're pretty good!
What the potting mixture u use...can u let me know abt he combination of soil u use....
Sorry for the late reply. Didn't see your comment sooner!
It is not humid in my climate, so I can get away with just using cheap potting mix and mix it with 7mm pebbles to make it coarser. In more humid climates, you'll probably have to use scoria/pumice instead as those can absorb the excess water.
Yo tengo pero no tantas, mi sitio es pequeño y el clima del Sur de Chile en invierno las destruye
Hello to you in South Chile! How cold does it get in winter in your place?
Cerriscapades aquí desde mayo a agosto cae hielo, mucho frío
Ah I see, how many degrees below zero does it go?
Mum çiçeği nasil çiçek actirilir
succulents
Im so so so Jealous of your garden...
Im Just starting collecting succulents...
Oh you'll get there in no time haha!
Do sell succulent to pls let mr know rare succulent
I might sell off some of my excess by autumn (March onwards) but maybe locally only (selected parts of Australia).
Cerriscapades let me know if u sell same on march i living in australia
Alright. I can probably post to your area as long as you're not within the restricted states (NT, TAS, WA).
Cerriscapades okay how i know if u sell do u text me fr email address , i like your garden the way u made look great
Check out my facebook facebook.com/cerriscapades/ when I'm ready, I will post there.