The thing is that here in South Florida, natural beauty is all around us.
Remember the place is named after Flowers after all .
Given the right conditions, a seed dropped on the ground will grow, flourish, and eventually bloom and bare fruit. It's fairly easy here to grow plants that people in London need to build a whole infrastructure around.
That Greenhouse is a bit of a trial to maintain, isn't it?
Here, my orchids grow in a mundane spot. They please me from my window in the kitchen. They flower against the fence or the shed in the back. I don't do anything more than give them water every day. I suppose I should fertilize them but I forget.
Every day at 7:30 in the Morning, I am outside inspecting my plants. Inspecting them, fussing over them, tweaking their irrigation, getting myself soaked when I pull a sprinkler head, and generally enjoying the experience.
I was that "weird kid" that had set up tables in his pre-teen bedroom so that I could grow plants. From the mundane to the exotic, simply because they pleased me. I once had a thimble sized terracotta pot once that I managed to grow a Marigold that bloomed a little flower about the size of your thumbnail.
Now that I am in Florida, I can simply put a box with a little bit of mulch tied to my fence, drip feed watered daily for fifteen minutes, and wait for beauty to occur in different spots in different times of the year.
It is now June. We are all here waiting for Hurricane Season to get started. Doing our Hurricane Shopping for Hurricane Food and Hurricane Water (beer). This season means that while I can enjoy those flowers, I will be looking over my shoulder and seeing if things are quite right to survive a tropical storm force wind.
Once in place, these plants and the others, do not like to be moved. They grow their roots between the fence boards and become happy in their place.
They bloom where they are planted. Hopefully we all can say that of ourselves.
May you bloom where you are planted. After all, you can grow into the sunshine as well. Now check your place and make sure it will survive a storm. May as well, you just might find some beauty in a forgotten corner.
Remember the place is named after Flowers after all .
Given the right conditions, a seed dropped on the ground will grow, flourish, and eventually bloom and bare fruit. It's fairly easy here to grow plants that people in London need to build a whole infrastructure around.
That Greenhouse is a bit of a trial to maintain, isn't it?
Here, my orchids grow in a mundane spot. They please me from my window in the kitchen. They flower against the fence or the shed in the back. I don't do anything more than give them water every day. I suppose I should fertilize them but I forget.
Every day at 7:30 in the Morning, I am outside inspecting my plants. Inspecting them, fussing over them, tweaking their irrigation, getting myself soaked when I pull a sprinkler head, and generally enjoying the experience.
I was that "weird kid" that had set up tables in his pre-teen bedroom so that I could grow plants. From the mundane to the exotic, simply because they pleased me. I once had a thimble sized terracotta pot once that I managed to grow a Marigold that bloomed a little flower about the size of your thumbnail.
Now that I am in Florida, I can simply put a box with a little bit of mulch tied to my fence, drip feed watered daily for fifteen minutes, and wait for beauty to occur in different spots in different times of the year.
It is now June. We are all here waiting for Hurricane Season to get started. Doing our Hurricane Shopping for Hurricane Food and Hurricane Water (beer). This season means that while I can enjoy those flowers, I will be looking over my shoulder and seeing if things are quite right to survive a tropical storm force wind.
Once in place, these plants and the others, do not like to be moved. They grow their roots between the fence boards and become happy in their place.
They bloom where they are planted. Hopefully we all can say that of ourselves.
May you bloom where you are planted. After all, you can grow into the sunshine as well. Now check your place and make sure it will survive a storm. May as well, you just might find some beauty in a forgotten corner.
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