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Gift idea for someone who loves gardening?

flamebroiledchickenflamebroiledchicken Registered User regular
edited December 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Sooo, I've already gotten my mom two Christmas gifts, but since I know she's getting me an iPod, I don't want to be a cheapskate, so I want to get her at least one other one.

My mom loves plants and gardening. Her condo looks like a goddamn rainforest. In the past, I've gotten her little potted flowers, books about flowers, interesting plant seeds, that type of stuff. This year, I was looking at the EasyBloom PlantSense, which is like a USB device that measures soil conditions and shit, but it's 60 bucks and I can't really afford that.

I can always fall back on seeds or books or potted plants, but does anyone know of a cheap (like, less than 30), nifty thing for plant-freaks?

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  • OctoparrotOctoparrot Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Follow-up questions:

    Condo means she has no "yard" to speak of, or outside green area that other people won't fuck with?

    Is "big" an option as long as it's somewhat cheap?

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  • flamebroiledchickenflamebroiledchicken Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Octoparrot wrote: »
    Follow-up questions:

    Condo means she has no "yard" to speak of, or outside green area that other people won't fuck with?

    Is "big" an option as long as it's somewhat cheap?

    No, she doesn't have a yard. The plants are all over the apartment or on the balcony.

    I guess it depends what you mean by "big", but I can't imagine size being an issue.

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  • truck-a-saurastruck-a-sauras Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    my mom is a big gardener and last year I got her a portabella mushroom growing kit. It is really just a big box of dirt, fertilizer and mushroom spores. Put it in a dark cool place and wait.

    She absolutely loved it. She had several mushrooms grow each over a six inch diameter. Think the kit ran me about $25.

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  • Kate of LokysKate of Lokys Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    There's a Canadian company called Lee Valley that has just a ton of really nice gardening stuff. They have ten pages of recommended gift items here. I was going to recommend the hand-blown glass watering bulbs, but they're out of stock until January :/

    There are some other interesting things there, though - high-quality tools, neat vases, light meters, plenty of books, and while it's a bit more than you were looking to spend, the mini greenhouse looks pretty win.

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  • flamebroiledchickenflamebroiledchicken Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Kate of Lokys wrote: »
    There's a Canadian company called Lee Valley that has just a ton of really nice gardening stuff. They have ten pages of recommended gift items here. I was going to recommend the hand-blown glass watering bulbs, but they're out of stock until January :/

    ...It doesn't appear to be out of stock to me. This is perfect, thanks!

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    How about a subscription to a plants/flowers/gardening magazine?

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