My sister! hahahaha. She's a beautiful person and will give you the shirt off her back should you need it but she's always said " plants come to my house to die!"
And boy was she ever right! A cousin of ours gave her a plant that sat in just water. seriously, just keep the water level at the black mark and it will be fine. Nope, it died! Then the same cousin ( who loves to garden) gave her an air plant...bwhahah yep, it died!
So now years later, Husband has now passed away from cancer and she has moved up here closer to us and now with this new guy, there's actually plants on her patio! Actually saw her get excited because I gave her some hummingbird vine and cantaloupe from my greenhouse! she was walking in there and asking what this and that was. They planted a tomato and it's doing well. should have some red juicy tomatoes soon.
She actually sent me pics of her patio ( townhouse) and it was full of blooms and plants. Was good to see her excited about it gardening and having something beautiful to take care of. All those years of kids and house and them running her to the ground even after they married and left home. Dropping their children on her at a moments notice and going off for days while she took care of him. Made my heart feel good to see her do something that pleased her instead of pleasing everyone else. Nothing wrong with helping out but there's a limit, ya know.
So she's now sporting hummingbird vine, cantaloupe, tomato and impatients. Has some marigolds ( newbies first flowers) and some petunias. A mosquito plant of citronella. Charles, her new guy was telling me he's not seeing any bees on the plants so my suggestion was to add a hummingbird feeder. the sugar will not only draw in the hummer but will draw in bees as well. We have two of them and they are all over them. So that's their next purchase.
it's been an exciting year so far. Momma gets all of use closer and she's growing plants. Perfect!
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