The Puzzle of Healthy Plants
Some plants in our house are prospering quite well, and seem to be in perfect health. I don’t know what to do with them. This is a … well, I don’t know what it is, […]
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Spring Has Sprung For Now, and I Have Photos To Prove It
I experienced something very odd the other day: I tried to get the lawn mower started, and I did. First time. It took all of twenty minutes to fill the gas and oil, check the […]
Healthy Plants Freak Me Out
We have an aloe plant in my kitchen that’s prospering nicely, and appears to be in perfect health. Not only that, but a couple of other houseplants are also green and healthy beside it. I […]
Why Flowers Beat Snowdrifts
This won’t come as a shock to anyone who knows me, but I love spring. To paraphrase some action movie or other: Winter is the disease, and spring is the cure. Summer is that […]
Behold, The Bacon Flower
Great news! Culinary horticulturists from Alpine, California, have at last succeeded in producing the elusive bacon flower. This flower can be enjoyed as a thing of rare and exquisite beauty. Or you can fry it […]
Random Thought 7
I want to grow a flower for every time someone tells me “Fuck you.” Then I’ll go back to that person and pin the flower on their lapel in a gesture of friendship. And while […]