Ouch

My back hurts, really badly. And it's been going on intermittently for the last month at least. This weekend was particularly busy; zoo yesterday + garden centre, and longkang fishing at Okto today. 

Anyway I've expanded my succulent collection lately! Picked up a couple of succulents off a friend a week ago, where I learnt that he uses a purely inorganic mix for them. So yesterday at the garden centre, I took the plunge and bought a couple more to try. The mix I use is small-sized gravel + 20% activated carbon + a pinch of rock dust. I came back and did some reading and apparently people use a mix of 1:1:1 fine bark, granite chips and turface. I probably should have used some pumice instead of mostly gravel, but oh well we'll see if I keep them alive! 

I'm TERRIBLE at succulents. Which is really odd, since I keep other hard-to-keep plants alive. So here are some pics while I still have them.