In attachment blossoms fall, in aversion weeds spread. Dogen, Genjo Koan (1233 CE) Smack in the middle of the back yard is a non-native, very short tree that, when I moved in, looked like a dwarf, would-be weeping willow. Scraggly, neglected, it stood just over five feet high, and its branches hung down to the ground all around. It took up a fair amount of space; of course nothing grew in its shade. I did recognize it: a weeping cherry—not a naturally grown specimen of one of the beautiful Japanese varieties, but a “frankentree,” which, as Brian Funk of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has written, “are the flowering cherries on sale at home improvement stores” that “look like mops, or umbrellas, or octopus trees.” They are created when “weeping cherry branches… are grafted onto a straight trunk that was cut off at five feet tall.” Well yes, exactly. Not only was it ungainly, but: what was the point of its existence, and what good would it do? I mentally tagged it for rem...
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I hope you enjoy all those processed tomatoes. I didn't get to mine in time, unfortunately.
Even though I have not had a hard frost in my Chicago garden, the few remaining fruits of my peppers, tomatoes, eggplant and zukes are apparently frost-bit, and look pretty bad. I guess I am sending them to the compost heap, too.
My brussel sprouts, however, are looking great!
More for the compost heap to nourish next year's garden!
Hi Anonymous,
Thanks for stopping by. Aren't Brussels sprouts more of a cool-weather crop anyway?
My chard is still going strong.
Glad you liked them. I"ll start you some new plants next year.