{"id":1848,"date":"2010-03-13T22:08:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T02:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2011-03-10T22:49:12","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T02:49:12","slug":"boundaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=1848","title":{"rendered":"Boundaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m constantly accused of not respecting boundaries, of letting plants take over spaces which some
\npeople<\/i> feel should properly remain under the control of humans and not the plant kingdom. That
\na sight which gladdens my heart, a pathway seeded with Spanish poppies, should be considered by
\nothers a weedy, unkempt nuisance takes me by surprise — every year (ha!)<\/p>\n

Papaver rupifragum lighting up the pathway at dusk:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

In spring I always welcome the Last Days of Pompeii look, that teetering on the edge between control and
\ndisorder, cultivation and neglect, which to my eye infuses a timelessness that’s otherwise not always easy
\nto attain. By early summer, I’m wondering where I left my machete.<\/p>\n

Agave ‘Mr. Ripple’ broods over this eternal conundrum.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/big><\/p>\n

(Photos by MB Maher.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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