Sharing a funny little story

[sgtsheart]

Crazy4chicks question about coffee grounds reminded me of my Mama, her great gardening skills, and the lengths she would go to just to have great plants.
My mom lived in South Florida after my dad retired. She grew poinsettias that were absolutely beautiful. They actually spread and thrived. Mine just silently struggle through the holiday season and get thrown out the day after Christmas when they're dead.
The only problem my mom had with her poinsettias was getting them the necessary ratio of light to darkness they need to bloom (turn red). You see, mom's poinsettias grew all across the front of her house and the power company put up a light pole at the corner of her lot that shed tons of light on the plants at night. Mom tried everything to help her plants, including covering them each night, to no avail. Then she hit on her funny, slightly illegal idea. She bought a cheap BB gun and would shoot out the power company's light each year when it was time for her plants to start blooming. Each spring the power company would replace the bulb and each winter Mom would shoot it out again. This went on for years and Mom's poinsettias are still ranked as the prettiest ones I've ever seen.
Just wanted to share.

 

[hsm5grls]

That is too funny. LOL I can just imagine an elderly lady with a Beebe gun at night firing at the street light. How funny.

 

[Reinbeau]

sgtsheart, I love your mother!

 

[Buff Shallots]

Now there's a dedicated gardener!!

 

[jorgea]

That is devotion to one's plants. I wish I had your mother's gardening skills.









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[Carol Dee]

I so needed a good laugh today... THANKS. (I think I would have really loved your Mom)

 

[gardentoad]

Great story, thanks for sharing the wife and I got a good laugh, your mom sounds like our kind of people


Don

 

[jojo54]

She must have REALLY loved her plants. Great story!

 

[OldGuy43]

I love it! Of course, many years ago when I was a little boy (Yes, we did have electric lights back than.) the street lights were big glass globes and when they were installed the back side that faced homes was painted black so as not to disturb anyone.