Homemade Holiday Gift Ideas - Succulent Garden

For the past couple of seasons our family has agreed to a spending “cap” for holiday gifts. Homemade gifts may not necessarily end up being less expensive, but are definitely more meaningful than another scented candle; (unless, of course, it’s a homemade scented candle.) Last year I made little jars of a homemade bath soak which recipients seemed genuinely pleased to receive. It was a fun and inexpensive way of telling family and friends you rarely see that you love them.
I’ve started some succulent gardens and plan to spend the next couple months looking around for unique containers. Hopefully, by the time December rolls around I’ll have some lovely succulent container gardens to give as gifts.
Succulents require soil with excellent drainage. You can always just buy some specialty mix, or just make your own. I did a little research and the “recipes” can get pretty crazy. I mixed up a bag using approximately equal parts of potting soil, sand, perlite and peat moss.