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Accidental Gardener

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Category: Sharing the Joy with Others | Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 3:25 pm

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My sister, Nina, called this morning and, as usual, we chatted away for a while. The conversation got to plants after I lamented the fact that, these days, I always seem to be talking about work, paying bills or trying to replace my car! ...or plants...I added to the conversation.
That immediately focused our chat on some mystery herbs that she needed identified, so I took a whack at it. "This one has small blue flowers at the top and the leaves are green, but a bit fuzzy." "Are they oval?" "Oh, sounds like Sage," I said. "You can use that in poultry and stuffing dishes." Then she asked about ones that looked like green sticks with little stick-leaves coming out of them. I asked her to smell it. "Does it smell like stuffing or pork roast seasoning?" "Ah, its probably Rosemary. Does it look like a little pine?" Then I suggested she use an infusion of it as a hair rinse, or put it in a spray bottle as a bug repellent or natural disinfectant.
These two herbs were lucky. My sister's style of plant care suited them perfectly!!! Apparently, a long-forgotten pumpkin also "evolved" into little plants, so, of course I asked for one or two! I think the plethora of farming genes we have in our family just might be waiting to be "switched on" in my sister! If I'm wrong, she can definitely handle the cooking and I'll supply the herbs!



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Droopy wrote on Mon May 25, 2009 8:20 pm:

Your story brought a smile to my face. I also think gardening is contagious. My oldest never cared about gardening earlier, but now she's started, smallish, and I am hoping she will want to continue to garden.

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