Best things in life
Mar. 10th, 2022 09:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greenstormSo Josh is a plant person and a foraging/fishing person, but this story is about the plant part. When he was working in Africa he had a garden plot and grew things there; when he was in school he had plants in his dorm; and when I met him his house was full of houseplants.
Since he's moved to a tiny condo he still has plants and he's been doing some plant trading; he's also been rescuing and refurbishing orchids until they bloom. A significant part of our communication is sending each other pictures of our plants and checking in on how each other's plants are doing.
So the other day he says "I have a lot of plants" and sent me a photo of his livingroom, and I said "you should have pepper plants" and he said "I could fit one in, bring me some seeds" so I started shortlisting pepper varieties. I had it down to ten or so and complained that getting down to one was going to be difficult, and he said he could take "maybe 4-6 kinds".
So anyhow, I get to choose 4-6 pepper varieties for Josh. Obviously they have to be relatively small plants, or easily dwarfed by pots. They need to be an array of heats and species, I think, and I'm also going for particularly beautiful ones.
I enjoy this.
Since he's moved to a tiny condo he still has plants and he's been doing some plant trading; he's also been rescuing and refurbishing orchids until they bloom. A significant part of our communication is sending each other pictures of our plants and checking in on how each other's plants are doing.
So the other day he says "I have a lot of plants" and sent me a photo of his livingroom, and I said "you should have pepper plants" and he said "I could fit one in, bring me some seeds" so I started shortlisting pepper varieties. I had it down to ten or so and complained that getting down to one was going to be difficult, and he said he could take "maybe 4-6 kinds".
So anyhow, I get to choose 4-6 pepper varieties for Josh. Obviously they have to be relatively small plants, or easily dwarfed by pots. They need to be an array of heats and species, I think, and I'm also going for particularly beautiful ones.
I enjoy this.
