,,,,I READ A BOOK YEARS AGO AND STILL HAVE A COPY AROUND HERE SOMEPLACE...IT WAS TITLED PIRATING PLANTS AND WAS ABOUT THE MANY WAYS TO PROPAGATE PLANTS SEED....CUTTINGS ...GRAFTING ETC..I USE SOME OF THESE METHODS ALL THE TIME..ITS MAGIC TO WATCH HOW THE GREAT DESIGNER PROVIDED FOR PLANTS TO SUSTAIN LIFE BY USING PIECES TO REPRODUCE..THINK ABOUT BERMUDA OR JOHNSON GRASS..YA JUST CANT KILL THEM..BUT MORE IMPORTANT YOU CAN USE THESE METHODS TO GROW YOU SOME PLANTS YOU COULD NOT AFFORD....MY MOTHER WAS A GREAT SKILLED PLANT PINCHER...I WOULD TELL HER MA THATS STEALING....AINT SO SHE WOULD SAY IM JUST PRUNING THEIR PLANTS..I ADMIT SOME OF THAT WAS TRANSFERRED TO ME...SEVERAL YEARS AGO I WENT TO A LOT OF TROUBLE AND EXPENSE TO GET A PLANT OF JAPANESE GIANT COLEUSITHEN I CAFEFULLY RAISED IT AND SHAPED AND PROTECTED IT TIL I HAD A 6 FT SPECIMEN WITH PERFECT LEAVES AND STRUCTURE..I ENTERED IT IN THE COUNTY FAIR AND WON THE BLUE IN ITS CLASS(GOT A 3.00 PRIZE MONEY) BUT WHEN I WENT TO PICK UP MY PLANT I DIDNT EVEN RECOGNIZE IT..IT HAD BEEN PRUNED TO DEATH..I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY GOT A PINCH...MY OL AUNT CAROLINA JUST GRINNED AND SAID OL MOTHER NATURE CATCHES UP TO HER THEIVES SOMETIMES....LIVE AND LEARN ILL STILL SWIPE ME A PINCH FROM TIME TO TIME...JUST CANT HELP IT ITS IN MY GENES.. THE WEATHER HER IS STILL A LITTLE BRASH BUT ITS GOOD WEATHER TO SET OUT TRANSPLANTS OFCABBAGE...KALE AND OTHER COOL WEATHER PLANTS.......THE HAWK FLIES...LOVE TO MY CHILLEN ,IM GOING TO HAVE A RARE SOUTHERN TREAT FOR LUNCH... A FRIED BOLOGNA SANDWICH ON WHITE BREAD WITH MAYO AND MUSTARD.. I SPENT A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY AND GOT THE ALL BEEF THICK SLICE BOLOGNA SOMETIMES CALLED RED NECK STEAK LOVE BILLJ
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:09:50 +0000
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