Re: [gardeners] Home!
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:28:48 -0600
>
>Gardeners know that plant & root have roughly the same ratio as
>visible to invisible iceberg. My squash -- fighting the rocky soil
>have determined to use their roots to FIRST CONQUER THE ROCKS and
>then put on their top growth. But I can't pull up the roots and five
>remaining plants resist any effort to pull them up.
>
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>Will our troubles never end? Is this how our civilization will fall?
>
>This morning I've put defoliant on the rest of the squash plants, but
>as I exited the fenced area (I AM a responsible neighbor! There are
>small children across the road, and I didn't want them to wander onto
>squash) I heard a low chuckle. There is no one on the place but me
>and the dog, and he looks troubled -- he wouldn't be chuckling. I
>didn't chuckle. COULD IT HAVE BEEN THE SQUASH?
it was gargling the Agent Orange you gave it. Didn't you see it spit up
the peelings?
>Pat (aka Catharine's Ma) who sill send a coded message if we are in
>imminent danger: "SA,SA,Adieu", translated, squash alert, squash
>attack, Goodbye!
>
It's only 5" tall, Pat? Here in Idaho insex eat the leaves at one inch,
and if it survives to 5 inches, it's pausing to catch its breath before it
makes a run for it. Can you say "Here bunny, here bunny, here bun-rab! A
perpetual feast awaits. " Happy you're home safely. Margaret