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Re: [Homestead] Spring tasks and taking time to "smell the roses"

From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
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Subject: Re: [Homestead] Spring tasks and taking time to "smell the roses"
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:16:39 -0700

On Apr 13, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Lisa Kae Van Meter Perry wrote:

This sounds like fun! Flower-scrounging! Maybe it should become my newest
hobby.

As I roll Mother around the various plantings surrounding the nursing home she often says, "take a cutting from that and put it in the ground," or something to that effect. It is a longstanding mindset that survives her dementia. She has lived frugally all her life and one way a plant enthusiast copes with limited funds is by sharing cuttings and rootings as well as seeds with friends and strangers alike.

Gene GeRue
www.RURALIZE.com

[Homestead] Spring tasks and taking time to "smell the roses", Robert Walton, 04/12/2009
- Re: [Homestead] Spring tasks and taking time to "smell the roses", Gene GeRue, 04/12/2009
  - Re: [Homestead] Spring tasks and taking time to "smell the roses", Lisa Kae Van Meter Perry, 04/12/2009
    - Re: [Homestead] Spring tasks and taking time to "smell the roses", EarthNSky, 04/13/2009
  - Re: [Homestead] Spring tasks and taking time to "smell the roses", EarthNSky, 04/12/2009
  - Re: [Homestead] Spring tasks and taking time to "smell the roses", Lynn Wigglesworth, 04/13/2009
    - Re: [Homestead] Spring tasks and taking time to "smell the roses", Robert Walton, 04/13/2009
      - Re: [Homestead] Spring tasks and taking time to "smell the roses", Lisa Kae Van Meter Perry, 04/13/2009
        
        Re: [Homestead] Spring tasks and taking time to "smell the roses", Gene GeRue, 04/13/2009
        
        Re: [Homestead] Spring tasks and taking time to "smell the roses", Robert Walton, 04/13/2009
        
        Re: [Homestead] Herbs and flowers and a mystery, EarthNSky, 04/14/2009
        
        Re: [Homestead] Herbs and flowers and a mystery, EarthNSky, 04/14/2009
        
        Re: [Homestead] Herbs and flowers and a mystery, Robert Walton, 04/14/2009
        
        Re: [Homestead] Herbs and flowers and a mystery, Wendy, 04/15/2009