"...lotus says like many of us, it will be a flower one day."
lol. yes, it was a flower last year and the roots are very much alive. it shouldn't take too long to come on. my mexican heather is just now peeping its new green above ground after dying back last winter.
i have two large ones in pots. started as a rescue plant someone thru away at ridgecrest. they thought it had died due to winter. didn't know you can't kill an asaragus fern. :) mine make berries in winter and tiny white flowers in spring.
that's a lotta rocks to gather up around the yard! i do like the bed though. that side of the house needed one. the yucca is in a good spot for it, i think. oh! have you paid attention to that century plant by taunton's? heading towards leven's addition fm town it's abt two blocks (maybe) before you get to tauntons. it's waaaaaaaaay tall, waaaaaaaaay big and blooming at the top of that montrously tall spike it sent up. maybe it's a century yrs old!
i now have a spot for anything that i find to go in, doesn't really matter if it's an eclectic garden.
good, bec I'm gonna have way too much stuff as my seedlings mature. Do you need sun loving, sun to part sun, sun to part shade, shade, or shade to part shade plants? Mostly annuals, but they add a lot of color to your garden. Right now I have nine squash plants that just popped their seedlings heads above dirt this week: three yellow zuchini (never tried these before), three green zuchini, and three yellow summer squash. Have no idea where to put them unless I put them in big black pots behind the apt!
Do you need sun loving, sun to part sun, sun to part shade, shade, or shade to part shade plants?
yeah, but sunny mostly.don't care for the vegatables unless i could get pepper plants, they're attractive in a flower bed. don't want to go all out for the farmer brown stuff just yet.
yeah, but sunny mostly.don't care for the vegatables unless i could get pepper plants, they're attractive in a flower bed. don't want to go all out for the farmer brown stuff just yet.
i'll have extra soon as my flats of seedlings are sprouting. will let you know when it's time to transplant into the ground.
I have just passed another milestone, my ninth year anniversary on my
present job. There was no fanfare, no bells, whistles, or confetti, not
even an acknowledgment of a goal seldom reached in the notoriously
revolving door of the hospitality business.
In my young and restless days, I would have strongly considered moving on
after five, so, how did this happen? Maturity, you say? Complacency?
Losing sight of a vision of always moving up and onward? I can tell you
now, those restless feelings are still there, but somehow, somewhere,
they are reshuffled to the back of the deck, to make room for the
different hand that has, more recently, been dealt. Impulse gives way
to reason, and desire yields to necessity.
If there is one bit of advice I have for the new generation, it is to make the most of the
spontaneity and vigor with which you envision life's challenges and
crossroads, for these are the moments that will define you as you
approach that "oh, so far off middle age".
Seldom is life so generous as to give you that second chance, which is in us all, to
start anew, and if by circumstance we do, we are not the same. There is
no fearless desire to run naked through the woods (although I've done
it a time or two at far, far, too old), there is no expediency to being
number one in the crowd. There is no longer "Me" and "Now". There is
however a different kind of boldness. I am not afraid of things that go
bump in the night. No longer do I fear hunger, or illness, or
unemployment, nor despair, because I have been visited by all these
things, and I have endured, and I know there will be tomorrow.
With our increasing age comes our greatest strength, and this is experience,
and the wisdom to pass it along to our children, and to theirs. In this
day and age there are many who may contemplate that there is no God,
or, there must be many Gods, but now, more than ever, I can fervently
say, and without a doubt, God bless my children, and keep them from
harms way, for where I lead them, they will follow.
-----byron c.
The
direst foe of courage is the fear itself, not the object of it, and the
man who can overcome his own terror is a hero and more.
- -- George MacDonald
"Go placidly amid the noise & haste & remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud & aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain & bitter; for always there will be greater & lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not fein affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue & loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a Child of the Universe, no less than the trees & the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors & aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery & broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy." -Max Ehrmann ["Desiderata"]
that side of the house needed one. 
