Carefree seedlings (3 pics)

Recently I feel like I lost my touch with seedlings and I think that's because I don't have time to care for them these days as I had before (also, I've been trying to use up all old seeds I have and viability is low). I kinda expect them to grow on their own without any support (mostly psychological anyway) from the grower. And when they actually do that it's worth a blog post. Anacampseros vanthielii seedlings have turned out to be very low maintenance. They just grow as they grow, in their cozy big group, green and hairy and fresh. No help from my side at all. Can only recommend them to all of you. There will surely be seeds again next year so make sure to get a free pocket ;)

When they grow up they should look like their mother.

In other news... no news. The windowsill is a bit boring these days. Waiting for the days to get longer. 

My windowsill this year (2 pics)

Here are two of my mesemb trays, the neat ones. :D

I really like it when pots with lithops alternate with other mesembs (and Avonias, of course). It makes it into a mini garden with lots of things to discover.

one windowsill - over three hundred plants

Welcome to my "greenhouse"!

I've mentioned before that I grow lithops on my windowsill so this is how it looks like. ;) Luckily Lithops are small plants you can arrange compactly so that one windowsill full of them seems to be almost enough. Almost. ;) Allthough there are mostly Lithops, I also have a huge Crassula rupestris that will probably overrun the whole place one day, two lovely Titanopsis calcarea plants, a surprisingly fast growing Rabiea albipuncta, a cute little Frithia humilis, a crazy Sempervivum, a strange looking Haworthia limifolia and an ananas-like Astroloba skinneri, which are the most treasured presents ♥. I didn't want to sow this year but you can see there is a container with germinating aucampiae seeds anyway (the one with a plastic see-through cover), it's a curse. The most pots are 5x5x8 cm and the labels are in plastic sticker-pockets deliberately on the opposite side to not be seen immediately. 

By the way, it's been raining almost the whole day and even though the sun finally came out there are still rain drops on the window. :)