SEEDS & WEEDS: The Funniest Things People Have Said About GARDENING

THE FUNNIEST THINGS PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT GARDENING 139
It’s reaching for the remote right now
Mother has a green thumb. Although some of her growing methods may
seem unorthodox, my father has become accustomed to the unusual.
One afternoon she placed an aloe plant on the floor in front of the
television set, where it would be in the direct path of a beam of sunshine.
When Dad came into the room he headed straight for the TV. Seeing
the aloe plant, he said matter-of-factly, “Sure hope it likes baseball.”
Show a little compassion
Some people are said to have a green thumb, but I’m not one of them. In
my keeping, plants wither and die.
Yet, I cannot resist the lure of a plant shop, and once inside, I usually
discount my past failures and cart home another healthy, thriving victim.
Recently, as I was standing outside a plant shop, gazing with longing
through the window at a leafy Dieffenbachia, I felt a hand on my shoulder
and heard my husband whisper, “Let it live, dear.”
Mark this
My mother, whose talents do not include gardening, was planting seeds
one afternoon when I dropped by to visit.