{"id":55286,"date":"2014-05-23T11:45:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T15:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=55286"},"modified":"2014-05-23T18:52:52","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T22:52:52","slug":"a-long-weekend-and-a-local-plant-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=55286","title":{"rendered":"a long weekend (and a local plant sale)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><big>Name me three other words in the English language that can be strung together to produce as exciting an effect as A&#8230;Long&#8230;Weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/blog\/may2014\/P1015847.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015847.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pergola table will have to be cleared for weekend breakfasts and dinners.  (I never seem to eat lunch anymore.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/blog\/may2014\/P1015644.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015644.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anticipating a long weekend, there seems time enough for anything.  Maybe I&#8217;ll embroider a pillow (or learn how&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/blog\/may2014\/P1015643.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015643.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or weave garden detritus into a perfect sphere<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/blog\/may2014\/P1015680.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015680.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another example of three of the most exciting words in the English language:  <strong>Local&#8230;Plant&#8230;Sale<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/non-secateur.blogspot.com\/\">Dustin<\/a>, the mad plant propagator, is having one on June 14th.   The poor man just can&#8217;t control himself, and now he&#8217;s converted the entire back garden into a plant nursery.  If I give him a small bromeliad pup, the next time I see him he&#8217;s got ten more of the same.  I blame the British; the training in propagation at Wisley and Great Dixter must have been brutally efficient, because he just can&#8217;t stop.  It really is as much an intervention as a sale; see his garden and then help him clear some room for more garden and\/or future plant nursery.  Either way, we all benefit.  I&#8217;ve lost a sonchus so will be on the prowl for another one.<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/blog\/may2014\/P1015689.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015689.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Giant container in Dustin Gimbel&#8217;s garden, where the plants mercilessly use him as an agent to increase their numbers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/blog\/may2014\/P1015683.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1015683.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More news to come.  For now, circle and star the 14th of June.  And enjoy every minute of your long weekend.<br \/>\n<\/big><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name me three other words in the English language that can be strung together to produce as exciting an effect as A&#8230;Long&#8230;Weekend. The pergola table will have to be cleared for weekend breakfasts and dinners. 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