Plants are some of my best friends. And they have rewarded me with a lifetime's pleasure and many, many lessons about the nature of existence. I remember at an early age, being sent out by my mother to weed the garden and discovering that I liked it. I was hooked.
I discovered I had a "green thumb." I read "
The Secret Life of Plants." I was even more hooked and I have had a garden everywhere I've lived for the past fifty years, always trying to leave the place better than when I found it. Here's how this current garden looked just after starting.
And now. Lots of good stuff goin' on.
I know where very single plant came from and most of them were cuttings or really small or inexpensive plants and then propagated. Then, all they needed was time.
I believe that a garden is a reflection, an insight, into the gardener and I think that this is true as this garden pertains to me.
Yes, there are rocks and weeds and some plants that will make you bleed - the agaves get me every time - but, all-in-all, I like it.
4 comments:
Amazing!
I would love to photograph the plants, especially in infrared.
the birds & wildlife must love it there! I'm living in Oaxaca City too.
Yes, lots birds and insects. Of course, the insects are not all good, like the leaf-cutting ants or the agave beetle. The ants can strip a large plant overnight.
Sure, Russ, they would love it.
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