Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Claudette Coming Home

Soon I will be working from home.  I've been with my current company almost ten years but saw an opportunity that I really thought would be an interesting career change and applied, not really thinking they would hire me but if you never ask they can never tell you yes.

I'll be starting at the end of the month and this pretty little lady will need a place to live at the house.  She's not super big still so I hope one of the corners will be suitable enough but the lighting might be an issue.  Claude already has two grow lights and the basil plant near him is doing good so I think there is plenty of light there.  The problem comes with space though.  The basil plant is already sitting on a desk that needs to be clear for working.  There is no way Claudette can live there and be functional. 

She has a base for her pot though so location is a lot easier than Claude which has no base and instead sits on feet and drains to a mat if there is drainage out of the bottom of the pot. The mat is textured to absorb some of the water if it does and the bottom of the mat is rubber so it doesn't leak though to the carpet.  A nice industrial type mat.

I also have another pot in the office (not shown here).  So much to plant so little space in my home office.  That pot might be going out into the greenhouse and have veggies or a small tree.  It's a decent size pot.  What do you think would be good to grow in an approximately 2 gallon pot?