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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Apr 28, 2008, at 6:46 AM, Robert Walton wrote:

> > Keith posted a nice piece on lillies. I mostly like plants that
> produce food. But every now and then, I think that it's important for
> a homesteader to think about asthetics. Ditch lillies are a great
> homestead plant.

I'm impressed. You both have now caused me to remember that east of  
here maybe a half hour there are some what I call tiger lilies growing  
along the road. Which would indicate either someone here came from  
your part of the country or perhaps had a relative who gave a gift of  
bulbs. Although these are far from any house.

The ubiquitous flowering plant in my immediate area are daffodils. In  
front of this old homesteader shack are the remainder of a row of  
daffodils that the woman of the house had planted just inside a picket  
fence keeping a small area in front of the house somewhat safe from  
the various animals running free. Near an old cabin up-hollow of which  
only the big stone chimney is still standing there are daffodils every  
year. They are almost indestructible. My ditching has rearranged them  
here in front of the house but they find their way back up to the sun  
each spring.