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Strangest Thing You've Ever Grown
Comments (42)"Strangest".... That's pretty funny, as I am the only one in my entire neighborhood that grows *ANY* fruit at all.... The neighbors look at me like I am some sort of anachronism for growing a little garden and some fruit trees.... But... The "Strangest" of all the common stuff I have is a cider pear, a Citation Rootstock peach/plum that had the graft die, an American Purple plum seedling, and a roadside dug-up seedling peach. My Purple and black tomatoes probably classify as what folks around here think is weirdest... They look and say "But... It's rotten!" On the sugar cane thing - if you poke around and ask the old timers at the feed stores - you will find that most farm families in the Deep South used to raise their own sugar cane for sweetening things.... As Jolji said - you bury them over the winter, then dig them up and plant them shallow after Easter... This year, I want a Jujube and a couple filberts... In years past - people expressed wonderment at my Vanilla orchids... Thanks...See MoreEnd of Worst Year Ever.
Comments (4)Oh what a pain to be bedridden in the summer! It's horrible to be suffering with anything serious at anytime, but it seems even worse when it keeps you from doing what you love. One thing that I have found is that no matter what goes right in the garden, it's the failures that we obsess about. I had one of the best years ever if you look at the whole garden. But I had an almost complete failure of my tomato crop (damn squirrels picked almost every last one!). That was a pretty serious blow, and then I found I has a serious infestation of narcissus bulb flies! I think I actually considered throwing in the towel (or rather trowel) for a few minutes, but then I turned around and looked at the rest of the garden... Oh my! It's such a lot of work to sow the seeds, plant the seedlings, and tend the plants that it can be frustrating when something goes wrong! But every year I have seeds that don't germinate - sometimes there's something wrong with the seeds, sometimes they're challenging or require a step I left out. Every year I have perennials that don't come back after years of me lavishing care on them. Every year I have a different bug that picks my yard to call home. Something always goes wrong. But the joy you get when you see that long awaited flower open, or see a plant covered in bees, butterflies, or humming birds! When you taste that first tomato after a winter of grocery store ones! When someone says "You grew that from a seed?" and you just flush with pride that you can actually do that! Wow! All that makes it worth it to dig on year after year. Garden on! BP...See MoreWhat is the scariest book you've ever read?
Comments (104)Rosefolly, I totally agree about The Road being depressing. Terribly depressing, and terribly annoying in its writing style. I fear, though, that reading a lot of apocalytptic scifi has rendered me somewhat immune to the scariness of that particular book. However, looking back, after reviewing some of the old comments here, I remembered that Poe's "The cask of Amontillado" and (I may have the title wrong) "The Black Cat" were so horrible that I try not to recall their contents and have practically succeeded in the case of the latter story (remembering only that it was horrible). But decades ago, I had a year of teaching English at a girls' school, during which I unfortunately had to take up "The Cask...," and now much more of it than I like has taken up residence in my long-term memory! I avoid reading anything by Poe. [Edited the next day to echo Woodnymph's "I have avoided McCarthy's other books as well." Oh, I sure have done that, too!] Also awful (for me, though I know it is highly-regarded by some) was Where the Red Fern Grows). It started out pleasantly enough about a boy and his dogs, but there are some horrific gory scenes that I would never want to expose a child to. I detested The Day No Pigs Would Die, too, for the idea behind it. Again, I am sure many people would disagree with me. Fairy tales and some other children's stories can make me feel sad--like The Little Mermaid and The Little Match Girl--but not scared. Sci-fi is also not generally scary, although many episodes in the Lord of the Rings were enjoyably scary. So I offer the latter book, and--I just remembered another thoroughly enjoyable book that was also scary, The Thief of Always by Clive Barker--for the reading pleasure of Jennmonkey, who started this thread nearly 12 years ago. It was a shock to see that ancient date! And Kathy t: Oh, yes, I remember the scariness of Cape Fear, even though it was decades ago that I saw it. Very scary--partly because you knew it could happen; it wasn't just a fairy tale or fantasy....See MoreBest mystery or accidental rose you've gotten
Comments (17)About 25 years ago, we got a rose from Bob Edberg, when he was operating Limberlost Roses, in the San Fernando Valley. He said it was 'Mrs. R.G. Sharman-Crawford'. It was a WOW in our conditions. In our ignorance, we planted it under a massive seedling avocado. In defiance of every bit of rose advice, it flourished. It grew huge, and bloomed heavily. We entered it in rose shows, and won trophies. Then, someone told us that modern research revealed that it was 'Cornet' -- a mid 1800's Hybrid Perpetual. So, we changed the name, and won trophies with it as 'Cornet.' Then, it turned out that no one really thought it was either one of those roses, but should be study named "Barbara Worl." So we changed the name, and won trophies with it as "Grandmother's Hat". (Or, maybe "Barbara Worl".) We still don't know what it is, but it's the best rose we've ever grown. We've propagated it, and we grow it in many places in the garden, but it's STILL our top rose, and I don't care what it is -- "really"....See MoreJasminerose, California, USDA 9b/Sunset 18
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