By WatchmanSowsSeed¹

Survival Garden of Tulips and men, yes I said it. I never would have thought of flowers much growing up. When we, or should I say Grandma and Grandad grew something, it was food. You can’t eat flowers [or most folks don't anyway] so why waste your time. You can’t eat grass[it is for walking, playing, and eating on; not eating it literally] so why grow it? Well no doubt there is truth in that philosophy of growing only what you can eat. But if everyone felt that way then 1-800-flowers would have no business at

all, for the flower business simply would not exist. I have learned one thing about it all. From Gardens to grass to Tulips. That is, it takes work! Yes sir, W-o-r-k!  But today as I take care of the trees in my yard, the grass, the flowers, and the garden I see that it all fits neatly together. In the trees I spend a lot of time gathering limbs, leaves, and such. The winds here make for a weekly combing of the grass [raking the leaves and limbs up from all the trees]. I call it combing because as I found out, it makes the same marks in grass as a comb does in hair. Like furrows, neatly cut in the lawn. Today, however I save a lot of time because I have a blower which with hurricane type winds blows everything in one direction and in one spot so I can pick it up. In the fall the leaves are about 4 foot deep and 8 foot wide or so. Anyway it is a bunch. Last year I used every last leaf as mulch. I had a 2-3 foot high pile of dried leaves all over my tulip bed, my other flower bed, my mulch pile, and where ever I could stick em. But I learned that instead of raking up leaves and burning them or taking them to the city, I can use their nitrogen and other nutrients for my garden and the mulch I make.

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