My Bob always loved zinnias and sunflowers.
For the last five summers of his life, zinnias and sunflowers grew in large containers on our deck, where we could see them from almost anywhere in the house.
It was an accidental flower garden, actually meant for vegetables. A few years before the flowers occupied that deck, Bob had worked all winter making large, self-watering containers. He placed them on the deck, in hopes of having a summer-long vegetable garden convenient to our kitchen.
A great idea, but the vegetables didn't thrive in the containers. Bob was disappointed.
One day I looked out at the deck and saw those useless containers, still filled with dirt and nothing else; and I had a brainstorm! Zinnias and sunflowers!
After all, Bob loved them; and they weren't picky growers--just plant the seeds and give them sunshine!
The flowers thrived and grew like they were meant to be there.
After all, Bob loved them; and they weren't picky growers--just plant the seeds and give them sunshine!
The flowers thrived and grew like they were meant to be there.
Bob loved them! So did I!
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| REAL MEN DO LOVE FLOWERS! |
