{"id":108198,"date":"2026-01-31T14:55:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T18:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=108198"},"modified":"2026-01-31T14:55:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T18:55:29","slug":"a-quick-hallelujah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=108198","title":{"rendered":"A quick &#8216;Hallelujah&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rUq23v\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55070755733_0acfc17cbf_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4095\" width=\"640\" height=\"548\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bilbergia &#8216;Hallelujah&#8217; &#8212; what goes around comes around<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple years ago I gave a friend&#8217;s new garden some Bilbergia &#8216;Hallelujah,&#8217; which were recently returned to me, fattened up but congested with conifer debris.  Too messy to deal with, was the verdict.  Too true.  I let the bromeliads sit a few weeks, not having an appropriate site that wouldn&#8217;t cause more debris to rain down those speckled funnels.  Yesterday, scuffling weeds out of the narrow strip of soil against the back fence, epiphany struck.  A shady, no-debris site was staring me in the face.  I put down the hoe and grabbed a spade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rUp9Kj\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55070586536_f1e2498a36_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4142\" width=\"640\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once thoroughly cleaned, it was quick work settling the broms in, which suited me fine since temps have been in the low 80s\u00b0F.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2rUkxmJ\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55069882150_5fc2368985_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4133\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Special ordered from Flora Grubbs, Phyllica pubescens was the last thing I planted before backing up to admire the job, tripping over the bottom step of the porch&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been on very light duty as far as the garden since falling hard on my tailbone January 9, keeping to small jobs like wrangling bromeliads.  Hallelujah, almost pain-free! (Coincidentally, if you follow The Pitt, a coccyx injury was a subplot last week.)  Take care and watch where you put your feet!  More soon, AGO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple years ago I gave a friend&#8217;s new garden some Bilbergia &#8216;Hallelujah,&#8217; which were recently returned to me, fattened up but congested with conifer debris. Too messy to deal with, was the verdict. Too true. 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