My Mother, her Oriental Poppies, and the Asparagus Patch  |
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|  I was planting carrot seeds last spring and my mother was digging up poppies. I was planting the carrots in rows and had to really focus on where the teeny seeds landed so I knew where to place the next ones... when my mother called to me from across the yard - WAY across the yard - so far across the yard that I had to look up from my work to respond to her.
She had worn herself out and wanted me to dig up the rest of the poppies... right now. I'm like "I'm planting carrot seeds over here, do you mind?" So in a snit she digs the rest of them up by herself and kills them all off in her fury.
She did the same thing with her asparagus patch... and asparagus patches take years to get established! She wanted me to dig them up and transplant them closer to her house. I refused, pointing out that they obviously liked it where they were, and that they were certain to be unhappy in the shade where she wanted to move them.
Well, she didn't take my advice - certainly her prerogative - and in a snit, dug them all up and transplanted them the the shady spot by her back door. Every single one of them died within a few days, maybe a week. Not another asparagus plant anywhere in her garden or yard. Such a loss.
I've done similar things myself - in life, not in the garden - but every time somebody accuses me of 'cutting off my nose to spite my face' I wanna slap them.
I would rather hear about your biggest gardening boo boos than anything else, but whatever you got to say is welcome.
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1.  bong_domingo (541)
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5 years ago
| |  just one of those "i told you so" lines.... well there are times when that happened to me, i simply shrug them off for lack of interest on wasting my time arguing or that effort to slap... so i just wait for an opportune time to get even with those "see, i told you so" lines... it just feels good after when people start scratching their heads with those lines.
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 zigzagbuddha (1845)
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5 years ago
| | Well, I confess that I felt a certain sense of satisfaction when her poppies and asparagus suffered as a result of her ill-advised action, but it was a more of the satisfaction that a masochist gets when he inflicts pain on himself... not very rewarding. | | | |
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| zigzagbuddha (1845)
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5 years ago
| | Oh ouch! Were you in the dog house for awhile or was he pretty forgiving?
I actually did that to myself once... I had planted a bunch of garlic in front of my tomatoes. One day I was out there weeding and, well, I don't even have the excuse that they looked like nut grass... | | | |
| Goodie123 (7548)
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5 years ago
| |  Nah he was fine. Luckily it was just before he arrived home from work, so he just replanted them.
He always forgives my errors.
But then we have to remember "Womens fault's are many, Men have only 2 everything they say and everything they do"
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| zigzagbuddha (1845)
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5 years ago
| | Boy Goodie, you're gonna have to learn to watch your mouth around me! Women's faults are many??? You can remember that if you want to, but I'll pass! | | | |
| zigzagbuddha (1845)
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5 years ago
| | ...and men have only 2 - everything they say and everything they do??? Thats no better!
Some things I just can not ignore the literal sense.
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| Goodie123 (7548)
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5 years ago
| | Oh did you not like them Zig.
Gotta go cook dinner. | | | |
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| 3. williamjisir (14129)
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5 years ago
| |  Hello dear zigzag buddha. I don't have a garden of my own, but I am sorry that your mom's oriental poppies and asparagus patch died after getting moved from one sunny place to a shadowy place, which is a great loss and pity as well. If your mom had listened to you, they would have been still in good condition in the place where they used to be. Thanks for your discussion, dear friend.
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| zigzagbuddha (1845)
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5 years ago
| | Good evening Sir William!
Thank you for your kind response! Fortunately she still has plenty of poppies in the front yard, and wild asparagus grows up and down the road! | | | |
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4.  dickushickus (370)
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5 years ago
| |  I wish I really knew you so I could tell you not to cut off your nose to spite your face, then I could get a slap. Any touch from you would be like a cool breeze on a hot day. You are with out a doubt one of my most favorite people.
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| zigzagbuddha (1845)
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5 years ago
| | HAHAHAHA! Just as I suspected dickus, you are a practicing masochist!
And WOW, do you ever know how to sweep a girl off her feet! Your compliments have made me high... which is especially nice since I am sucking on an empty bowl.
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| dickushickus (370)
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5 years ago
| | Pain is in the eye of the beholder and a work of art can not cause pain it just can put new meaning and add esoteric balance to the adventure of life, so you see I am not a masochist I am into the adventure of absorbing the vibrations of a special spirit who holds the meaning of what people ref-err to as the the soul of life. You must never forget what you are. | | | |
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