Ilyka has posted a very true post about the wonders of helping plants to die. And she posts with the idea that if only *I*, bfp, were there with her, I could’ve possibly have helped her to *not* kill her plants.

Um. WRONG assertion, Ms. Ilyka.

This is what happens when bfp plants shit, goes through extreme emotional cleansing/mediation for three weeks and then collapses on the couch in pure exhaustion.

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Notice how there is no greenery in the holder to speak of? That would be because the “dirt” is actually dirt that I have let bake in the window for so long without supplying any water to, it transformed into sand. I do believe it will become diamonds soon. Which is a wonderful way to make I living, I think. Cook dirt until it becomes diamonds. Much more profitable than local plant hospice.

My other plants are living in spite of me, not because of me–I remembered to ask W* to please for the love of god, give the poor plants some water, because I couldn’t. And he actually did it–so they’re doing ok.

But W* keeps talking about going out to do some “work in the garden” on the weekends. I’m not sure what that means–except the “work” part is throwing me off.

Does he mean he goes out without a shirt on and wrestles with weeds for five hours in the blazing sun and gets all sweaty and and invigorated at which time we do the naughty in my backyard for all to see?

Or does he mean *I* have to have something to do with that “work” part?

I’d rather the shirtless sweaty horny version, myself.

Image I found when I googled naked man in garden. Good Enough For BFP.


2 responses to “Gardening with Failure part 2”

  1. ilyka

    I am dying! This was the best thing to wake up to EVER.

    and only partly because of the naked man! What? Would I lie?!?

    I tend to over-water, because I know I’m prone to forgetting, so I’m convinced I haven’t watered in days when really I just did it last night. So because I’m never sure, I’m always sticking my fingers in the soil. Is it dry? Is it wet? Is it damp? I can’t tell! Better water them anyway! Then I wonder why their poor little roots have rotted when, between my poking them all the time and the overwatering, they never had a chance.

    So many ways for them to die. SO many.

  2. bfp

    looks like he’s looking for worms, dunnit? :-)

    if u put those babies in an egg cartoon or otherwise make it so that the water circulates rather than evaporates–u don’t have to worry too terribly much about water–you can go a couple days without even checking!

    btw, we should make a list of the thousands of ways we’ve found the otherwise help our plants pass into a new world.

    **takes off cap and bows head**

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