Suitable Work

[greenstorm]

I come home from the meeting with my gear in tow. I open the backpack, take out my binder. Tax forms, route sheet, notes on Oakridge... pathology sheets. I start to skim these, plant pathology is always interesting to me. It starts: Species: Bamboo Palm. Under watering: yellow bottom leaf wilts. Over watering: grey-green leaf.

I physically flinch. Over-watering a bamboo palm is terrible. That colour...

I may not be made for this job-- it may not be edibles, or permaculture --but it sure is right up my alley.