Hello,
As noted before there are volunteer vines growing in our garden. One of them had quite large leaves reminding me of a pumpkin. It was growing some round shapes, but then the other day while looking under those leaves I noticed brown orbs that seemed to have given up on living. After hearing about that Leroy declared that he would get rid of that vine.
This morning he, wearing jeans, a long sleeved shirt, hat and gloves went out to tackle the hairy, prickly beast in its lair. I was washing a window and took a break so see how he was doing. He had gotten out a small part of it and was pushing leaf stalks around when I noticed a nice round growth about the size of a maxi grapefruit. “Oh why don’t you just cut off the wild shoots and save this?” I said.
Then I pointed out a vine he could cut off. He immediately hacked it off only to find that the nice possible pumpkin was firmly attached to the now doomed to die vine. We both expressed regrets, but without further ado Leroy pulled up the rest of the vine leaving a hole in the garden corner, but the tomatoes will likely soon fill in the territory.
After that Leroy was off to trim some bushes on the side of the house that he declares are much too large. Leroy is never shy when it comes to pruning as he loves to get out the electric hedge trimmers that he got for a bargain at a garage sale, moved several times, and stored. I am grateful that most growing things survive his aggressive nature. Some plants even look much better when he is done. In a few days, weeks almost all rebound with new energy.
Interesting! Leroy never treats people this way. Around others he is more shy and retiring. Aren’t you glad you are not a wildly sprawling plant? Or would the world be a better place if he went after people in the same way?
Paula
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