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May 11th, 2009

I almost called this post “My Weed Garden,” but then I quickly realized that the title could have terrible and misleading implications.  As a Kentuckian, I already have to deal with enough idiotic stereotypes.  I don’t want to have to start dealing with the notion that I would be home-growing illegal substances, please.

But I digress.  Even though you know I love the color green, I do not declare that I have a green thumb.  I don’t really have enough experience in gardening to know, but I don’t really have a deep-rooted interest in it, anyway.  (Sadly, that pun was most certainly intended.)  But as I was helping my mom weed her flowerbed in anticipation of planting new flowers, I found some little weeds that I thought were really pretty.  So I decided to try to save the lives of a couple of poor botanical pests:

dumb garden

One of them looks a whole lot like flat leaf parsley to me.  (It’s not, though.  I tasted it.)  The other reminds me of some sort of clover.  I’ll probably end up accidentally killing them anyway, but I wanted to offer them a second chance at life.  I am often a fountain of stupid ideas, and I’m afraid that this is one of them.  I’m going to put the planter inside by the kitchen french doors and see what happens.  I’ll keep you updated.

3 Responses to “My Dumb Garden”

  1. Keepie

    Hmmmmm - - - the folded over clover leaf looking plant reminds me of what we used to call “Sheep’s Grass” If it IS Sheep’s grass, the leaves have a lovely sour taste when you bite them. We used to pick it just to bite it.

  2. Sarah

    My favorite line: “It’s not, though. I tasted it.” I am so proud of my brilliant fiance. :)

  3. Luke

    Keetha: I think I’ve done that before, too! I would try it with my weeds, but I’m afraid that I won’t be able to. (Expect a very sad update post sometime this week on the status of my dumb garden.)

    Sarah: I’m glad you’re proud of me and my crazy ways, because you get to spend the rest of your life with me/them (the crazy ways)!!! How’s that for scary?! :)

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