About

Who is this

My name is Armin (arrrrrmin online). I grow plants on a balcony and indoors located in southern Germany (Tübingen). Some bonsai in training, some from seed, a few dozend houseplants from simple succulents to fern on rock compositions. One day I want to grow art from these plants and to get me into a mode of reflexation this blog was created. I am not a professional; more someone who thinks he can improve by paying attention to what I do and what the plants do.

What this is

The log is organised around a few simple ideas:

• Subjects — the plants themselves. Each has a page whose timeline runs newest to oldest
• Observations — what I noticed on a given day
• Interventions — what I did, and why: a repot, some wiring, pruning
• Notes — the standing lessons that outlive any single plant and may change over time
• Articles — the occasional longer piece that ties several of these together. Otherwise it might not even be a blog :)

The photography is deliberately plain and a little muted. These plants live on a balcony, not in a studio, and the point is the plant rather than the picture. Although I may actually try (again) to improve my photography skills. It's actually appropriat to at least try, but I won't promise anything.

Tending

This is a blog-ish project I tend on an irregular basis for two rasons. First I do this in my spare time and second through the seasons there are times where I'll have little to document or talk about.

RSS feeds

If you want to follow this project either you follow me on some social media where I'll post updates, or subscribe to the wonderful technology of RSS. This project provides two types of RSS feeds, for a subject and for the whole project. You'll find every feed listed on the feeds page, and the links are in the footer too. You can always send me a message through a social media platform I support and I'll try to answer as soon as I can.

Technical note

Built with Astro, set in General Sans  and Rowan. Photographs are taken on my phone and lightly adapted using Sharpfor a bit of a consistent, natural look.