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Autumn is for planting...
Nov. 4th, 2003 05:19 pm
At least if you live in the desert it is. I've got pots of morning glory seeds, some kudzu, and some jimsonweed. I've got to get ahold of some of the D. metel 'Black Currant Swirl' soon. I figure even if we can't plant it in the front yard it'll look mighty fine in some big-ass pots out there. I hope the morning glory does well - I soaked it over night, & some of the seeds were already bursting from their arils like soggy popcorn.
Bought a cyclamen. I didn't think it was good for anything, but turns out the root is a powerful & potentially fatal purgative that was used in ancient Britain as an arrow poison. Nifty. Alls I know is that it's a pretty & unusual specimen. Has all these unopened flower buds below the leaves, and as they get ready to open, they poke their heads up above the leaves like swans... the flower petals are snowy white, and open backwards, like butterfly wings. The leaves are dark green, like rose leaves, but are round w/white chevrons on the upper sides. A really nice plant. And it likes our cooler indoor temperatures. And I rescued a failing aloe vera from Lowe's as well as the cyclamen. It's already looking a little fuller since I repotted & watered it. I still have tomato & pepper seeds, and I'm drying some pomegranate seeds. I have doubts that the poms will germinate at all, but I've got hopes for the peppers & tomatoes.
Got that other toof pulled last night. I was right - you can barely see the gap behind my fang where it's missing. I got a bone graft from a cadaver. Some dead person's foundation is now inside my head. Cool.
Must see: Brother Bear & the third Matrix. I'm going to see if Rob has regained his sea legs enough for a double feature tomorrow. Rented "May" the other night. Beautifully strange little movie. Starred some guy named Jeremy Sisto - I know I've seen him in something recently, but I'll be damned if I know what, and nothing in his online bio's seem familiar. Huh. Maybe because he's got that sunken-cheeked, black freestyle haired Jim Morrison look to him. I caught a pun after seeing his bio - he played Caesar in a made-for-HBO movie, and in May, his Halloweenie costume was Caesar. Very slick of the directors.
Bought a cyclamen. I didn't think it was good for anything, but turns out the root is a powerful & potentially fatal purgative that was used in ancient Britain as an arrow poison. Nifty. Alls I know is that it's a pretty & unusual specimen. Has all these unopened flower buds below the leaves, and as they get ready to open, they poke their heads up above the leaves like swans... the flower petals are snowy white, and open backwards, like butterfly wings. The leaves are dark green, like rose leaves, but are round w/white chevrons on the upper sides. A really nice plant. And it likes our cooler indoor temperatures. And I rescued a failing aloe vera from Lowe's as well as the cyclamen. It's already looking a little fuller since I repotted & watered it. I still have tomato & pepper seeds, and I'm drying some pomegranate seeds. I have doubts that the poms will germinate at all, but I've got hopes for the peppers & tomatoes.
Got that other toof pulled last night. I was right - you can barely see the gap behind my fang where it's missing. I got a bone graft from a cadaver. Some dead person's foundation is now inside my head. Cool.
Must see: Brother Bear & the third Matrix. I'm going to see if Rob has regained his sea legs enough for a double feature tomorrow. Rented "May" the other night. Beautifully strange little movie. Starred some guy named Jeremy Sisto - I know I've seen him in something recently, but I'll be damned if I know what, and nothing in his online bio's seem familiar. Huh. Maybe because he's got that sunken-cheeked, black freestyle haired Jim Morrison look to him. I caught a pun after seeing his bio - he played Caesar in a made-for-HBO movie, and in May, his Halloweenie costume was Caesar. Very slick of the directors.
