Are plants cool or what?
 I’m sorry, I guess I’ve said that before but I’ll say it again! Look at this watermelon reaching for the sun all because I spit a seed off the porch last year. It will yield me melons again this year! The tendrils are reaching for support, pulling the plant upward. Amazing. |
 And then there’s this bristlecone pine in Utah that’s about 2000 years old. It’s only the oldest living thing on the planet.Makes me look like a youngster………..:) My wife and I visited a few of the many national parks in southern Utah last week. This is an area I’d highly recommend for a summer trip. There are about half a dozen national parks all within a day’s drive. It’s a dramatic landscape with wonderful scenery around every curve. In my travels I enjoy seeing the plants that we use in home landscapes growing in their native habitats. While most people look at their landscape plants as decorations or a maintenance necessity, I see them as collector’s items and a conversation piece. I hope you feel the same. |
 We are well into summer now, the days are shortening a bit, the grass is going dormant. It’s indeed the “dog days”. Is it just me or does it seem like August is now the beginning of fall? When I was younger August was the hottest month of the year. But I look forward to the cool, clear days of autumn. My favorite time of year. Enjoy summer while it lasts.
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