Rick, thank you. Those suggestions are very good ideas to think about and I will tell my husband about them. I garden mostly indoors because of asthma and allergies. I am sure this puts more mold in my house but so far...so good. (Or maybe I am just fooling myself.)
I scratched my eye when I was closing the indoor venetian blinds on the window. There was a variegated non-curly spider plant near the pull cord. The edge of the leaf scratched my eye, the retina, as I blinked. This was after cataract surgery so vision is perfect. I wear sunglasses outside and reading glasses for close work. Now my spider plants are on tables or shelves - not eye level. I have also made a paper cut like scratch on my hands from these plants.
I do have stable footwear.
Thank you for the ideas.
Leda
