Fallen off the Wagon
I blew a big hole in the budget today. I guess I will have to take responsibility for my flagrant act. I spent $100. on red geraniums.
My excuse? Some old spending habits die hard? Ummm.... My hunt camp home is screaming for some beautification? No, Home Depot made me do it! Driving by the big box nursery, the lucious display of colourful blooms caused me to lose my breath and begin to shake uncontrollably. I asked Warren to step on the brakes and pull into the lot. I then proceeded to fill the supersized cart to the brim with red Geraniums.
Warren was uncharacteristically quiet as he pushed the cart to the checkout. When the cashier asked for $98.69 he looked at me, then at the Geraniums and then at me again...and paid.
I now realize that any practical sense I may have possessed had been blurred by the lure of those red Geraniums. A kind of temporary insanity that I am prone to at this time of year.
:-) Red are my favorite! Be
:-) Red are my favorite! Be sure to take them in when frost comes-- that way next spring you will save your budget dollars by not needing to buy new ones. The leaves will fall off, but by Christmas they will be blooming again. Also, geraniums root very easily in a glass of water in a bright window, so cut some leggy branches and make some new plants during the winter. Just remember to bring in some dirt before it's frozen to fill whatever yogurt cups or cottage cheese containers you have saved (or splurge and pick up a package of disposible plastic cups). Trade your new geraniums with family or neighbors! My husband's family always trades plants and seeds (annual and perennial flowers and vegetables seeds too). My sisters all have rhubarb from me. Our rhubarb was salvaged from the yard of a demolished home 40 years ago. It's very hardy and usually can be easily divided every other year to share a piece with someone. You can fill your yard with color next summer by looking late summer to fall for dried seed heads on flowers wherever you find them (anywhere from a wild meadow to a city park), simply harvest the seeds and sprinkle them in your own garden.
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