saltydad

With a possible freeze forecast for tonight, today I put aside my procrastination and burlap wrapped my large palms. I dug up my Siam Ruby and a pup of the Cavendish. It had no roots, so I dipped it in rooting hormone before planting in a pot of perlite and potting soil. I dug up most of my EE's and potted them. Then I started bringing pots inside. The EE's are in the basement for now as I was unable to get any more plastic runners to put over the carpets/floor. All my tropical hibiscus are inside now, as are all but one bougainvillea. I brought in my large Plumeria, and snapped a branch accidentally. I'll wait a few days and then put it in a pot. The only other potted plants still outside are my mandevillas, which are entangled in a metal planter. If they survive the night, they'll come in tomorrow. My back is killing me and my living room is jammed. Ain't this fun?

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Men In Nursing- "A Few Good Men"

"Gardening is the purest of human pleasures." - Francis Bacon





"If by a liberal, they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind; someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions; someone who cares about the welfare of the people, their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, their civil liberties; someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicion that grips us; that is what they meant by a liberal, I am proud to be a liberal."
John F. Kennedy, September, 1960


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