We had to do some major tree cutting in our small backyard. The draught we "were" having made us rethink our lawn area and decide on some alternatives..but first....
When I was a little girl growing up in So Cal, the local grocery stores carried cacti in 3" plastic pots....right there in the produce section. I always asked my mom for one but she would never buy me one. Then one day while running errands with my dad, we went to the grocery store...and I asked....and he said YES! I picked out two...one met it's end when it fell out of the container when we were on vacation. The other lived on but did not grow very quickly. When I left for college I brought it with me. Eight moves later, when we finally purchased a house, I replanted it into a larger pot with catcus soil. It flourished...so well that a few weeks ago I decided to whack off all the babies growing on the sides and bulging out of the pot. AND I conveniently planted 3 of those babies into my new cacti garden in an area I claimed in the newly leveled backyard.
In the 80 degrees of a lovely weekend 3 weeks ago I turned this...
LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*LAUGH HARDER*PLANT SOME CACTI*
3 comments:
Love the cactus story. Happy A to Z to U!
Love the sawblade. I have a John Deere somethingorother on my fireplace mantle. Just love old tools for indoor and outdoor decor.
That cactus of yours has a story to tell. SO cool.
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