And sometimes gardening is like this.

So the husband and I watched Mommie Dearest on Netflix Thursday night (new Thanksgiving tradition? Maybe!), and I found that this particular scene really speaks to me.



Although I didn't have that name for it until Thursday night, there have been many moments during the Scalepocalypse when I was feeling "Husband! Bring me the ax!"

Video: "Catnip: Egress to Oblivion?"

It's a little too long, but still worth watching. (Personal favorite moment: "Bastet! Bastet! Ra! Ra! Ra!" at 4:48)

Video: "Desperate Houseplants" (Sesame Street)

I think the one on the right is some kind of caudex-forming succulent, maybe a Pachypodium or Adenium or something. The one on the left looks like nothing I've ever seen. (Via the blog Houseplants.)

Bonus video: Olivia teaches Big Bird about the slow growth rate of Peperomia obtusifolia.