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May 19, 2006
A junkie confesses
I didn't even see it coming. I thought I could do just a little bit without its getting its hooks into me. I was wrong. All of a sudden I woke up one morning and I couldn't do without it. And I have to have more, more, more. I thought I had enough, and in fact I hadn't even finished what I already have. But today I was driving by a store and discovered myself turning in and dropping $120. I paid cash. I had intended to spend that cash at the grocery store, but when I was in Wegman's I wrote a check. I didn't want to spend all of my cash and have none left for when I got to the Cross Creek Nursery. Of course, while I was at Wegman's I wasn't quite admitting to myself that I was going to the Cross Creek Nursery. But when I got there, I pulled in with no hesitation. And I didn't just get a little. No, I got out of my car and immediately snagged a wagon. A big wagon. And I didn't stop shopping till I'd filled that wagon up. I bought 4 ferns, a hosta, and a chunk of peaty looking stuff that claims it will become a calladium when planted. I bought lungwort because a garden catalog had persuaded me I wanted it. I bought two columbines even though I have seeds that I'd intended to plant. I bought two daylilies, even though I have a couple dozen. But the ones I have are all the same color, and I figured I needed some spots of different color. And I bought several other things that I don't now even remember. I bought 'em, they're out there shivering in the dark, I can't wait to get to 'em in the morning, but I don't even remember what they are.
I am bad, bad hooked.
Posted by senioritis at May 19, 2006 09:40 PM
Comments
I was confused because the place I feed my addiction is Wegman's....the nursery. Here in California. These addictions rise and fall...I have a bad daylily jones. I've given up on the hostas, the snails win. The columbine reseeds around here. Then the fun of what is that.
Did you know there's some great gardening literature, too? Thalassa Crusoe.
Posted by: Liz at May 21, 2006 06:38 PM