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Brigid...I agree with you completely. Flowers are wonderful, and I do get fresh flowers every once in a while. I guess I should have clarified....flowers given on Valentines Day are a waste of money simply because they are terribly overpriced on that particular day. Anyways...I will have an overabundance of fresh flowers when Spring arrives. We are going to have quite the assortment of flowers planted in our yard. Including a Butterfly garden - I can't wait! So, I do love flowers.....I just don't expect them from my husband just because it is Valentine's Day! He brought me a plant, which is beautiful!
I rather agree with George Bernard Shaw on cut flowers - a lady brought him a bunch and he refused them. When she asked "But Mr Shaw don't you like flowers?" he replied "Yes, Madam, I do. I also like children, but I don't cut their heads off and stick them in water."
federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
edited February 2006
No, I just love the lyrics... there's such passion there... I hate it if relationships become mundane....and there must be times in everyones' lives when their partner , while being the shining light of their life, is simultaneously risking a whupping - !!
....and there must be times in everyones' lives when their partner , while being the shining light of their life, is simultaneously risking a whupping - !!
Good point, Knitwitch!!! I thknk I will leave my flowers in the garden instead of cutting them and putting them into a vase!
Sorry, just can't keep my mouth shut. LOL!
Yogamama, your husband is one smart guy. Buying flowering plants at Valentine's instead of roses is one of the smartest things you can do.
But I must respectfully disagree with George Bernard Shaw! LOL!
Cutting makes the plant grow stronger and healthier. A lot of the plant's energy is used up by the bloom and by keeping the flower alive. So, cutting the flower is beneficial to the plant.
A cutting garden has flowering plants that are good for cutting and putting in vases, like tulips, lilac, peonies, some varieties of roses, delphinium, larkspur etc. All of these plants in the garden benefit from pruning and cutting of the flowers before they've reached full maturity on the plant. So, you cut them when they're just starting to open and put them in the vase. You can leave them on the plant, too, but you'll have to cut the dead heads off anyway and the plant will be weaker because it had to nourish the flower all the way through its life cycle.
If you have indoor tropical green plants, every once in a while they blossom with a white, usually ugly flower. It's important to cut it off the green plant as soon as possible so it doesn't sap the plant's energy.
I would like to start a special group dedicated to the total eradication or PGM. or Plant Genital Mutilation.
As everyone (I'm sure) is well aware of, flowers are a plant's reproductive organs.
I have made reference to some disturbing trends in your posts like this for example:
"plants in the garden benefit from pruning and cutting of the flowers before they've reached full maturity on the plant. So, you cut them when they're just starting to open "
how crazy and barbaric is this?
Are we to start removing all things, before they have a chance to reach maturity?
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I'd like to break the chains you put around me, but I know I never will
You stay away and all I do is wonder why the hell I wait for you
But when did common sense prevail for lovers when we know it never will
Impossible to live with you, but I know, I could never live without you
For whatever you do
I never, never, never want to be in love with anyone but you
You never treat me like you should, so what's the good of loving as I do?
Although you always laugh at love, nothing else would be good enough for you
Impossible to live with you, but I know, I could never live without you
For whatever you do I never, never, never want to be in love with anyone but you
You make me laugh, you make me cry, you make me live, you make me die, for you
You make me sing, you make me sad, you make me glad, you make me mad, for you
I love you, hate you, love you, hate you
But I'll want you till the world stops turning
For whatever you do
I never, never, never want to be in love with anyone but you
I love you, hate you, love you, hate you
But I'll want you till the world stops turning
For whatever you do
I never, never, never want to be in love with anyone but you
I love you, hate you, love you, hate you
But I'll want you till the world stops turning
For whatever you do
I never, never, never want to be in love with anyone but you
Sounds like you have issues.
-bf
Quite often, actually
Sorry, just can't keep my mouth shut. LOL!
Yogamama, your husband is one smart guy. Buying flowering plants at Valentine's instead of roses is one of the smartest things you can do.
But I must respectfully disagree with George Bernard Shaw! LOL!
Cutting makes the plant grow stronger and healthier. A lot of the plant's energy is used up by the bloom and by keeping the flower alive. So, cutting the flower is beneficial to the plant.
A cutting garden has flowering plants that are good for cutting and putting in vases, like tulips, lilac, peonies, some varieties of roses, delphinium, larkspur etc. All of these plants in the garden benefit from pruning and cutting of the flowers before they've reached full maturity on the plant. So, you cut them when they're just starting to open and put them in the vase. You can leave them on the plant, too, but you'll have to cut the dead heads off anyway and the plant will be weaker because it had to nourish the flower all the way through its life cycle.
If you have indoor tropical green plants, every once in a while they blossom with a white, usually ugly flower. It's important to cut it off the green plant as soon as possible so it doesn't sap the plant's energy.
Just had to get my two cents in...
Flower Power!
Love,
Brigid
I would like to start a special group dedicated to the total eradication or PGM. or Plant Genital Mutilation.
As everyone (I'm sure) is well aware of, flowers are a plant's reproductive organs.
I have made reference to some disturbing trends in your posts like this for example:
"plants in the garden benefit from pruning and cutting of the flowers before they've reached full maturity on the plant. So, you cut them when they're just starting to open "
how crazy and barbaric is this?
Are we to start removing all things, before they have a chance to reach maturity?
Now, there's a post that needs to be referenced!
LMAO!!!
I just tried but it got worse so I gave up.