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Raederle's House Plants

Dragon Tree

Watering: Keep soil slightly moist. Can become dry regularly. Needs less water during the winter. Water with filtered water. I water mine every three to four days with just enough water to moisten the soil. Temperature: Ideal between 65°- 75°F (18°- 24 °C). They will live through much colder temperatures during winter (as I have observed), but keeping them in optimal health requires the room to be no less than 50°F (10°C). Light: Bight light is good, but direct sunlight can damage the leaves. Air Humidity: Normal household humidity is fine. Misting the leaves is advised. They like fresh summer air from an open window, but not stuffy-hot rooms from heating systems.

Propagation: Cutting and re-planting stem cuttings a couple of inches long. Apply root hormones and give it a few weeks for them to begin rooting.

Re-Potting: These can be re-potted every two years during spring if needed. They seem to do okay with becoming root bound. Do not put into an over-sized pot.

Soil: Likes peaty, loamy soil with good drainage.

Grooming And Pruning: You can remove old leaves that are ready to fall from the bottom of the trunk which will make it look more attractive.

Troubleshooting your Dragon Tree

Brown leaf tips: Dry air, cold drafts or under-watering.

Brown soft leaves: Too cold.

Brown spots on leaves: Lack of water.

Bottom leaves becoming yellow: This is normal. The plant is shedding lower leaves to allow new growth.

Lucky Bamboo

Watering: Refresh water every seven to ten days. Keep wet continually. Use clean, filtered water. In a pinch, let tap water sit out for twenty-four hours before use. Misting: To improve humidity mist the leaves frequently, such as whenever watering other plants that need watering on a more regular basis. Temperature: Warm room temperature's and above are advised 65°F (18°C) - 90°F (32°C). Avoid lower than 55°F/12°C in the winter. Light: In it's natural habitat the lucky bamboo grows under the cover of shaded trees, so place your plant in a bright spot without direct sunlight. Soil: A well draining potting soil or stones. Fertilizer: Feed with a diluted fertilizer about once a month in water or soil. If your plant sits within water then it will need just a drop added to the water.

Re-potting: Re-pot a plant living in soil when it becomes pot bound or every 2 years. If your plant sits in water with pebbles at the bottom for stability, re-pot to a bigger container once the previous one becomes too small and when the pebbles and container need cleaning. Cleaning the water container will prevent bacteria problems.

Propagation: Choose and cut the biggest shoot (or shoots) available on a stalk and remove the lower leaves from the shoot. Cut the shoot about one inch away from the stalk. Sit your stem cutting in water for about 3 months until roots appear and then pot in soil.

Troubleshooting Lucky Bamboo

Yellow or brown leaf edges: Too much chemicals in the water (fluoride, chlorine or others), direct sunlight, overly dry air, or too much fertilizer.

Stalks becoming soft and/or yellow: The bottom of stalks can become soft and mushy or yellow for a variety of reasons, but it's often water related. The stalk is already dead or near death and will need to be separated from the other stalks and thrown away. Remove this stalk as soon a possible so it does not affect healthy stalks.

Jade

Water: It's best to allow the soil to become dry between each watering which will depend on the time of year, humidity level and amount of sunlight. Allowing too much water to sit at the bottom of the pot with the roots will cause them to rot, which is a problem I've had. Definitely be sure not to over water! For mine, it seems a slight dampening of the soil with about a quarter cup of water every four to seven days is plenty. Humidity: They survive well in humid conditions. Occasionally misting them is recommended, but be sure the plant fully dries out in sunlight or it will rot. Temperature: Room temperatures of around 60°f / 15.5°c to 75°f / 24°c are ideal. Winter no less than 50°f / 10°c Light: The jade plant flourishes in sunlight. Be sure to place in a window that gets sunlight for at least an hour a day. More hours is better. I learned this the hard way with mine!

Soil: Well-draining, gritty, and sold for cacti and succulents.

Fertilizing: Feed each bi-weekly with a very weak or diluted liquid fertilizer.

Re-potting: Re-pot in spring or summer, when the plant becomes root bound or the soil needs renewing. A solid, heavy pot is recommended because Jade plants are well known for being top heavy.

Propagation: Use leaf or stem cuttings which have dried on a window sill for a day or two. Then place them into an appropriate potting mix.

Calathea

Watering: Keep soil moist at all times. Use clean, filtered water. Water less right before winter and during winter. Mist regularly, preferably daily. Humidity: Humidity needs some attention with Calatheas. Misting helps, but you may also need to place the plant pot on a humidity tray with pebbles or increase the humidity with a humidifier. Temperature: Average room temperatures of 65-75ºF (18-24ºC) are suitable, and no lower than 60ºF (15ºC). Sudden temperature drops and cold drafts should be avoided. Light: Calathea enjoys bright light without direct sunlight.

Soil: A peat-based potting mix is required. Two parts peat and one part perlite works.

Fertilizer: Fertilize with a balanced, diluted solution every two weeks from April through October.

Re-Potting: Re-pot during spring every two years. Use only a slightly larger pot if the roots have taken all the room with the current pot.

Troubleshooting your Calathea

Leaves curling and spots: Under-watering. Keep soil moist. For my plant, I've found that keeping the pebble tray under the pot wet at all times is important.

Leaf tips brown or leaves dropping: Dry air, lack of humidity.

Limp stems: You may have been over-watering the plant during the winter and providing low temperatures.

Phalaenopsis Orchid

Watering: Water every five to seven days with about a quarter cup of water. To ensure the water is delivered slowly, you can use three ice-cubes. Or using a measuring cup and slowly pour around the base of the plant. During summer water every five days, during winter, you can go as long as twelve days between watering. Phalaenopsis orchids like to become nearly dry between watering.

Fertilization: Fertilize once a month. For mine, I made a blend of a little black tea, banana and rice in my blender with a lot of water and then made ice-cubes out of this. I give mine one of these ice-cubes every two weeks in addition to a little water.

Blooming: If your plant has healthy, thick, green leaves that have not become wrinkled or drooping, cut the old flower stem up high, just above a "node" and just below the lowest bloom. The plant will frequently send out a new flowering branch at that location.

If your plant has thin, wilted leaves, or if the plant is small, with only 3-to-4-inch-long leaves, it is best to cut the flower stem all the way down, so that the plant does not weaken itself by blooming again right away.

Light: Leafy color generally should be bright green, not dark green. Dark green means too little light. Reddish green means too much light. Ideally, put next to a bright window with sheer curtains to protect your orchid from direct sun. Black blotches mean sun burn!

Re-potting: Every two years. If roots are growing over the edge of the pot, that is an indication that your orchid could use re-potting.

Pot style: Supposedly the orchid likes tinted glass pots because the green roots actually use some sunlight.

Peace Lily

Water: A lot! Keep soil continually moist (but not drenched). Allowing it to dry at the top is fine, but the pot should never become light from overly dry soil. I like to keep a watering pitcher beside my peace lily and give it water throughout the day in small doses. I'm very fond of mine and think kind thoughts at it regularly. Mine started to develop a little white-looking leaf (which turned out to be a bloom!) after I meditated on mine growing more big and beautiful. Air Humidity: Misting leaves regularly will improve humidity and keep it happy. Temperature: Average room temperature’s are fine. Avoid lower than 55°F/12°C in the winter. Light: Direct sunshine can damage plant leaves, but bright light is preferred. A mixture of light and shade is ideal. Yellowing leaves can be from too much sun.

Soil: A peat based potting mix with perlite is ideal or other peat based mixes.

Re-potting: Re-potting each spring is the usual drill.

Propagation: When the plant is being re-potted the main plant can be divided and potted, to grow smaller plants.

About Raederle & Her Houseplants

I'm a wizard with out-door permaculture, so house-plants are a new trick for me. I'm used to the "sink or swim" methodology of gardening, but with houseplants, much more care is required. In my "living big" but only inexpensive lifestyle, house plants seemed like a bit of an extravagance to me. (For more on my lifestyle, check out Living Big & Traveling Far on $8,000 a Year.) But I'm very happy to have purchased a few. They smell beautiful, look beautiful, and really give me that feeling of luxury and peace that I am often seeking.

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In 2012 I lived on $5,000.

In 2013 I lived on $6,000.

In 2014 I lived on $7,000.

In 2015 I lived on $8,000.

In 2019 I released a second edition of this book with updated prices, recipes, experiences, and many new ideas!

In 2021 I now live on about $15,000 a year, but I live a far grander life than ever before, and the only way this is possible is because of the knoweledge I impart in this book. You may think this information isn’t relevant to you because you have disabilities or other challenges in your life, and you may be right. But consider that I am a neurodivergent who is dyslexic, on the autism spectrum, and very unusual in many ways, and these are the reasons why I had to find an alternative way to lead my life. I could not tolerate an ordinary work enviornment, so all of my energy funneled toward forging a completely different way to live. I have been utilizing the techniques outlined in this book for fourteen years now and they have given me greater and greater blessings.

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If I had a hundred dollars for each time someone asked me, “How can you afford to travel all the time?” . . . then the title of my book would be different.

And when I say “lived on,” I mean everything. That’s even before taking the taxes out!

If this isn’t surprising enough, my wardrobe is organic clothes and my diet is organic, mostly local, and highly conscious. Needless to say, these little details have surprised people I know, especially affluent people who feel they can’t afford yoga, organic clothes or even organic nuts!

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In my book you’ll learn:

• 9 less-known alternatives to renting/owning.
• How to maximize your garden’s harvest, growing a wide variety of foods without any sprays.
• 8 different ways to get free meals, including a method that doesn’t require leaving home!
• 5 tricks for how to acquire new high-paying skills in your spare time.
• 5 different ways to monetize your space, even if you just have a small apartment.
• 12 different gluten-free, plant-based recipes that maximize nutrition on a budget.

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“Living Big & Traveling Far on $8,000 a Year gives both sound financial and perceptive advice. There’s enough information in here to help out anyone looking to live happier with less money.” — Steven Woinoski (January 2015) And this is from my very first reader! He read it back during its first draft. The book literally doubled before its first edition publication in 2015, and has grown and improved further with the release of the second edition in 2019.

Regardless of where you live, you can apply the tips in this book. I spent five months living on Kaua’i island — the most expensive place to live in the country! I’ve spent a year in northern California and months in Florida, North Carolina and Vermont. These are not cheap places to live, and yet my husband and I lived in these places, ate gourmet organic foods and dressed in ecologically conscious clothing.

Figuring out how to do all of these things was not simple. There was no handbook for us. We learned as we went, trailblazing a path that others kept asking after. “How is this possible?” My book is my full reply to this question. I began writing it while on a two-month road-trip where we were repeatedly questioned about our finances.

One particular moment during the trip was highlighted for me. A woman living in a million-dollar mansion asked me how I could afford to live the way I did. At that moment it really hit me — other people have no idea how to live this way! I knew that I had to tell the world.

I spent over a year writing — once I began, I realized I had more and more to share on this subject. I realized that I had been paying attention to maximizing life on minimal income since I was a child. I grew up hungering for a richer lifestyle, and found it without ever having to earn more. After I first published the book in 2015 I thought I was done with the subject, but to the contrary, my readers asked new questions and started new discussions. From these new insights, an even better book has been released in 2019.

In Living Big & Traveling Far on $8,000 a Year, you’ll learn:

• How you can eat all organic foods on as little as $100 per month.
• 5 common money traps and how to avoid them.
• What to bring with you when you travel and what to buy when you get there.
• Surprising methods for recovering from insomnia, yeast infections, and several other common aliments.
• 5 ways to find great, alternative places to stay while traveling.
• How to reprogram your damaging beliefs around money, spending, and saving.

“Raederle combines real life experience with innovative ideas to provide inspiration for anyone looking to live a creative, fulfilling life on a budget. The book also includes hard numbers which account for how she spends her time and money, which I found super useful. Whether you are looking to make a radical lifestyle change or simply learn a few out of the box ways to save time and money, this book is a great resource.” — Moriah Helms (April 2015)

Spending habits are learned behavior. In order to change the dollar-flow in your life, you have to learn new ways to look at your purchases.

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In Living Big & Traveling Far on $8,000 a Year, you’ll also learn:

• How to reduce expenses and find freebies in every facet of your life.
• How to show appreciation and deepen your relationships and friendships.
• New ways to calculate the value of your time.
• 11 unusual employment opportunities.
• 19 tips to increase efficiency in your kitchen and reduce food waste.
• New ways to look at minimum wage, wealth, and the economy.
• How to select products that are good for you (economical, efficient, high quality) and good for the planet (ecological).
• Entertainment options that are cost-effective and long-lasting.
• How to set goals and accomplish goals.
• Alternatives for skincare, bodycare and laundry that are ecological and economical.

At a potluck I was hosting, a friend of mine mentioned to another friend that he “couldn’t relate” to having to pay rent or buy groceries. This grown, mature, healthy and happy man didn’t have to worry about these things! Depending on your personal choices, you can live that way too. His way of life – which is entirely different from my own – is also covered in this book.

You’ll find a lot of personal stories in this book:

• Find out how I met my husband online.
• Discover Lana’s story of being happiest when she was most broke.
• The realization I had from a blender that was defeated by frozen strawberries.

I’ve also included some of the most life-changing wisdom that allowed me to be able to lead the life I’ve led. I am not just a digital nomad, but someone who has achieved a life of satisfaction in my relationships, my hobbies, my sense of purpose.

“I enjoyed this brilliant book so much. There’s a spiritual depth to it, in addition to the wide ranging practical tips. Raederle, you inspire me! “I love all the online links you give to explore every tip to its fullest, for free. “You show the easiest way I’ve ever seen to make money on the web immediately – at virtually no cost and without a website. It works!” — Val Archer (June, 2015)

With this book, you can live big regardless of your wage or salary. And even if you have plenty of cash, this book is packed with value. If you currently earn $40,000 and you spend only $8,000 a year, then you can put $32,000 a year into investments, savings, business, or buy a rental property and start making passive income besides! With this information you can save so much money that you will be able to retire far, far earlier than other Americans.

You may even be able to retire right now!

In December 2019 I nearly doubled the value of this book by releasing a new, updated edition.

I edited every page and every paragraph to ensure that all the prices, concepts, ideas, charts, and recipes in this book up-to-date. I removed every extra words and fluffy sentences, dramatically condensing the content to make every page information-packed. Despite doing this, the book still dramatically increased in size because I added so much more advice on living an exceptional, extraordinary life.

You might be wondering, “Is this book really for me?”

While it doesn’t matter where you live, what diet you eat, or what your personal dreams are, there are some things that do.

This book is not for you if:

• You’re content with the life you have and have no desire for change.
• You’re unwilling to make any changes to how you spend your money, regardless of what you learn.
• Youvre more interested in earning more money than you are in living a happier life.

Living Big & Traveling Far on $8,000 a Year is for anyone who:

• Wants to feel wealthier and happier.
• Is ready to take steps (small or large) toward financial freedom.
• Loves learning new things and trying new things.

Living Big & Traveling Far on $8,000 a Year (or Less!)

By Raederle Phoenix

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This book is not like other influencer guides that are only fifty pages with huge margins and lots of white space and fluffy sentences.

This is a textbook-sized book that actually weighs something in your hands. Living Big & Traveling Far on $8,000 a Year is a massive book with a massive impact.

And beyond that, it’s completely unique. I have gone on to read more books about finances and even enrolled in a course about money in 2021, but there is absolutely nothing else like this book out there. So don’t delay – get this book right now!

Do you know anyone else who is ready to open their arms to a better, more amazing life? Consider buying two copies and giving them one and working through the book together. By being study-buddies together in solidarity, you’ll be far more likely to get the courage and support you need to launch your new lifestyle right away.

I sincerely wish you your most inspired, purposeful life!

— Raederle Phoenix

The Consciousness Alchemist

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