Friday, January 05, 2007
A Seedy Excuse
Well, Kathy of Cold Climate Gardening has tagged me with a meme about purchasing seeds. I was game, but as I read down the list of questions, I started to feel like I was filling out one of those questionnaires; does not apply-does not apply-does not apply. For you see, I have a seed box of shame, which I just dragged out of the bottom of the back closet; stacks and stacks of flower seed packets of all sorts, purchased over the years, and still pristine in their unopened envelopes. If you look closely at the picture of poppy seeds, you'll see it's from 1999, which is about when I gave up the illusion (delusion) that each winter I was going to sow row after row of little pots of flowers, so I gave up buying seeds. I have, of course, a long list of excuses, at least a few of which I could relate with a straight face, but I'll not bore you with them. It is kind of interesting though, looking through the packets and seeing what I used to think I wanted to grow; what the heck is Cliastrus formosus, the desert dragon, and why would anyone want to grow it?
// posted by IBOY @ 7:05 AM 
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Glad to hear that someone else is guilty of collecting seed packets that never made it to the garden!
Thank you for sharing your garden with us. You have some lovely plants.
Thank you for sharing your garden with us. You have some lovely plants.
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: January 05, 2007
: January 05, 2007
Even though I sow a lot of seeds, every year there are one or two packets that I don't seem to get to, that remain un-opened. And I've never heard of the 'desert dragon', and wonder more why someone in Iowa would plant it!
I don't sow seeds anymore, either, Don. I'll settle for a list of your top ten favorite mail order nurseries. (Give or take. It could be 8 or 12. Whatever.)
Anony... I actually just threw out my collection; reality bites!
Carol... I have no idea why, in Iowa, I would want "desert dragon"; but then I have no idea why I once had a pair of white suede shoes.
Kathy... o.k., you're on!
Don
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Carol... I have no idea why, in Iowa, I would want "desert dragon"; but then I have no idea why I once had a pair of white suede shoes.
Kathy... o.k., you're on!
Don
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