I really did not want to complain about one more thing after coming back from Europe. The things I wrote here were all quite depressing, and so I did not want to make things even worse.
It was about the trees. Remember the acacia trees, the four heros of planthood, the seeds that were turning into mighty trees right there in the little green plastic pot? They were all murdered. Killed. Just dead.
Little animals were crawling all over the dried and twisted plants when I returned after about 7 days. It was a picture of ingenuity and misery. The plants were dead, but the little animals (and we are talking microscopic little leaf cows here,) built a sort of silk cocoon around the top branches of the tree. I would usually let nature make me a sweater here, but I was so upset about the death of the plants, the trees, that I did not want the white animals to spread any further, build anything else, explore further architectonic constructions (though they were really close to making a model of the München Olympia Stadion. I chopped off all the trees (with a pair of scissors,) and rushed them to the room of no return. Once they were down the garbage shoot, I realized that maybe I should have at least tried to save them. I mean they were really strong and hardy plants. Almost a yard in height, the strongest of them all could have probably been brought back to this side of Peter's gate with some serious chemicals, or something... was this a true DDT moment? Was this when one should use napalm or radon indoors?
I looked at the pathetic pot with the four thinner than pencils tree-stumps... how sad. Oh, and even the monitor plant, or whatever the name of the salad could have been that always showed me when the trees needed water... even the monitor plant was now just a bunch of dried and crumbled leaves.
I also cut these off and watered the almost empty pot.
Then I discovered that Patty potato... was also... dead... : (
It is seed season these days and so I was really hoping to find some new Acacia seeds, maybe plant them one tree per pot, this time, just to make it all less stressful for the little guys. Should I perhaps try to grow an oak?...
The monitor plant returned after about a week. Its leaves were a little lighter than version 1.0, but still clever enough to grow towards the light. There are 7 of them now (leaves that is), I keep watering the guy. We are seeing something I would certainly call the "miracle of life".
Just yesterday was the day of the even more stunning discovery. Right next to the stump of the tallest of the little trees, maybe a few millimeter from it, just close enough to make me think it might be the same little plant... there is ... a new acacia tree. I really could barely contain myself here. It snuck right by the monitor plant, and now measures about 6 inches or so. The two protective leaves have opened and what I can see from here is a slightly light, but healthy looking acacia tree...
I can also see 17 jade plants, two new avocado trees, the larger one about a yard high, btw, and a bunch of other green life... smiling, no laughing at me here.
I look at my thumbs and they are certainly anything but green... I have the feeling that I have always underestimated life...
Two more avocado pits are floating in their plastic cups... I will post pictures... just need a little sun... : ) tomorrow...
