tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post115539546904735546..comments2024-03-21T03:35:20.539-04:00Comments on writing as jo(e): Seductionjo(e)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1155697504724007382006-08-15T23:05:00.000-04:002006-08-15T23:05:00.000-04:00Plants are scary, creeping, inhuman things. We've ...Plants are scary, creeping, inhuman things. We've been trying to fight back an infestation of something the guy who delivers are mulch called "Japanese Skunk Weed" or something like that. It has a pale stem and red leaves and shoots are always appearing on the west side of our barn. I thought we were doing a good job of fighting it back, but just today I was putting my bike away in the barn when I saw that shoots had come up through the floor and were thriving in the pale interior light. In addition to the little red leaves, this incarnation of the beast had broad, green mature leaves. The mature stems were brown and woody, and when I yanked, yards and yards came out of the west wall of the bard, like rope. <BR/><BR/>I think the thing fills the entire space between the interior and exterior walls of the barn. John the mulch guy says that there is a tap root way far down that is sending up these feelers, because it needs nutrients that it can only get from photosynthesis. If we can just starve it of that food for long enough, it will leave us alone. The whole affair is like an epic battle for barn domination.Rob Helpy-Chalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814390262154687969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1155659912825822302006-08-15T12:38:00.000-04:002006-08-15T12:38:00.000-04:00if you ever get to northern california, stop by a ...if you ever get to northern california, stop by a place called california carnivores. they have an amazing array of beautiful plants. they even have pitcher plants as big as your head!jayfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372082787429678347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1155510932662390452006-08-13T19:15:00.000-04:002006-08-13T19:15:00.000-04:00Lovely. You sure can write.Lovely. You sure can write.St. Casserolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14046979001194772038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1155504240216918542006-08-13T17:24:00.000-04:002006-08-13T17:24:00.000-04:00the way you write about them, I can see and smell ...the way you write about them, I can see and smell them, and know their dangermollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219939239649337581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1155475072383934002006-08-13T09:17:00.000-04:002006-08-13T09:17:00.000-04:00Again, you take such beautiful photos and describe...Again, you take such beautiful photos and describe the plants in such a way that we all want to head over to the West Coast to see them. Thank you.BeachMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17936777379292996065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1155450443733099662006-08-13T02:27:00.000-04:002006-08-13T02:27:00.000-04:00These are members of the American Pitch Plant grou...These are members of the American Pitch Plant group. There are also several varieties native to the South, such as Florida and the Carolinas. <BR/><BR/>These are approximately as big as your forearm, about a foot tall I'd guess. <BR/><BR/>I must plug a book called Savage Garden by Peter D'Amato if you're interested in learning more about carnivorous plants.Honeybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08018341313990685242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1155416694844156532006-08-12T17:04:00.000-04:002006-08-12T17:04:00.000-04:00The Darlingtonia Wayside is just north of Florence...The Darlingtonia Wayside is just north of Florence, Oregon.jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1155416495536856652006-08-12T17:01:00.000-04:002006-08-12T17:01:00.000-04:00i've never seen these -- can you give away about w...i've never seen these -- can you give away about where you saw them?<BR/><BR/>if those are standard-sized ferns, the darling tonia must be pretty good-sized plants....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1155410324014761802006-08-12T15:18:00.000-04:002006-08-12T15:18:00.000-04:00Even if the plant didn't seduce me, your descripti...Even if the plant didn't seduce me, your description of it would.Liz Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469435277058701080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1155406781824263082006-08-12T14:19:00.000-04:002006-08-12T14:19:00.000-04:00seductive indeed.seductive indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1155401866044475602006-08-12T12:57:00.000-04:002006-08-12T12:57:00.000-04:00I'm glad that none of you succumbed to the lure an...I'm glad that none of you succumbed to the lure and shunk yourselves for an impromptu swimming session.<BR/><BR/>They are rather luminous and dangerously beautiful, aren't they. I love that lurid, almost other-worldly glowing green of the hoods of the Darling Tonia. So very bright.KLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00432371404842970536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1155399798022299462006-08-12T12:23:00.000-04:002006-08-12T12:23:00.000-04:00Oooo, that is so utterly lovely and sinister!Oooo, that is so utterly lovely and sinister!Pilgrim/Heretichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08588407758172717893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1155396439087670142006-08-12T11:27:00.000-04:002006-08-12T11:27:00.000-04:00This plant could be a metaphor for so many things ...This plant could be a metaphor for so many things in life couldn't it ? Religion, politics, ill-advised love affairs, drugs, sex and rock and roll. Maybe not rock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com