Winter is here in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means a lot of us are spending more and more time indoors. Indoor air quality is very important in the cold seasons, and there are two inexpensive ways to combat this: airing out your home for 20 minutes every day, or growing houseplants in your living areas.
If you do choose to have houseplants, you might even find you enjoy taking care of them (it's soothing), and that they improve your decor (a healthy plant just looks good). Remember to mist your plants often, for them and for you (adding moisture to centrally-heated air is always a good idea).
For those of you new to the houseplant craze, I recommend you take a look at my online course, at Suite101's University website, Houseplants for Beginners.
You can preview the Introduction, Overview, my Bio, and the Syllabus for free. You can also click on my link I provide for the book I recommend as the BEST resource for beginning housplant enthusiasts. The link takes you to my review, published at BarnesandNoble.com, and can be found midway down the page of the Overview section.
This inexpensive course includes lists, pictures and descriptions of best plants for each window exposure and area of your home; easiest plants for beginners; popular plants that are NOT for beginners; and best plants for Chronic Overwaterers! Using the discussion questions and simple quizzes, the student will learn about their personal growing style.
Altogether, feedback from students tell me this is a fun, easy course that packs a lot of information into the four lesson sections.
This course is considered an intoductory level course for several other Houseplant and Gardening Courses within the SuiteU School of Gardening.
Take a look at the Houseplants for Beginners course info, if you wish, here:
 Featured Course: Houseplants for Beginners |
