Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for May 11, 2016

I’m guessing it wasn’t Gene,…..

Looks like Arlo knows exactly who she’s talking about.

maybe arlo did’nt know any better, like me…

A weed is any plant growing in a spot where you don’t want it to be. I grow Milkweed at the side of the house to feed the Monarch butterflies.

Hothouses are for plants too delicate or fussy to grow outdoors. Roses grow everywhere from the desert to the arctic circle. You can grow roses in a hothouse, but why bother?

I tried roses but I finally gave up and surrendered to the Japanese beetles.

I had a neighbor who defined weeds as plants you don’t like. He was in the Isaac Walton League and his next remark was, “I think grass is a weed.”

I tried gardening. When I walk into the garden shop the plants just take the short route out, if I look at them with interest they leap off the shelf and commit planticide. Currently I have two succulents stuck in a pot, but they aren’t mine. They are my DILs. I’m using them on a cinder block to keep the pets out of the ant control. Now don’t get the wrong idea….I LOVE plants! My DIL is the perfect gardener! She can even graft trees! And she sews! And has three beautiful sons. Ok,,,,bragging for today finished.

My children used to pick me the most beautiful weeds ever!!

Gardening is a window to the secrets of the universe!

Every year I get these long weeds with red thingies on them. If I pick them off, the weed keeps growing and more red thingies appear. Are these roses?

@codger1944: got a grill? Or your neighbors do? Clean it, save the ashes, and go out at night when the Japanese beetles are devouring your roses or cherry leaves and douse them. It breaks their joints and suffocates them and they die while your plant gets fertilized. Don’t do this with pear leaves, though—it burns them.