rambling – Page 2 – Kihaku-Gato's Garden Blog (tumblr import)

Me in HighSchool: Demauria will be 17 and Riivar will be 30ish, that’s totally fine for a couple.

Me in Mid College: Nononono, Dema needs to be at least 18, Riivar will be in her late 20s at most. We’re not involving minor/adult coupling in this, that’s beyond a no-go. That’d be gross.

Me Now @ 27 yrs old: HEEEELLLLL NO, 18 is still too young, she’s still a child at that age!! Dema can be a few months younger than Kayla (so 20-22), Riivar can still be older than Dema/Terra/Kayla but only by 4-5 years tops! (so 23-25)

Weather: *cycles between blazing sun, freezing winds, soaking rain, stingy hail, fluttery snow, and back to sun again at random in a single day*

Me being subjected to it: Nature…. Plz….. STAHP!!!!

Sometimes I forget that oddities such as Vine-maple (Acer

circinatum) exist and get a little envy that people get to see such specimens thriving in the wild.

Apparently someone from the Stratford Horticultural Society is giving away 2 5ft tall grapefruit trees… can’t commit to such giants but damn that’s one green thumb owner yo.

Harriet in shortshorts and an opened shirt mood is back again… STOP IT BRAIN UNLESS YOU’RE GONNA DRAW IT!!!

If I ever do one day discover an orchid (outside of non-native Helleborine) or carnivorous plant in any of the woods here, if someone’s with me, I stg I will make them do a blood oath that we will NEVER TELL/SHOW PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE IN THAT FOREST!

Plant poachers aren’t really a thing in this sector of Ontario, but I’d rather like it to stay that way.

Normally I wouldn’t be setting my queue to 40 posts a day, but at the same time normally the queue doesn’t fill up this fast jeeze.

As awkward as it’d be may be I should contact the Stratford Master Gardeners and see if they’re familiar with Apios americana or not. I’m far from optimistic but, if I want local botanical knowledge, you can’t get more local than that.

kihaku-gato:

Kind of wish I could travel more and be more sociable(and hence network) to mathematically increase my chances on getting my hands/sights on Groundnut vine in Ontario. The exhausted frustration just bubbles up when I check sightings on the google maps and the results just make it feel like it grows everywhere in every county but this one.

Either agriculture is eating out its habitat/haunts or the woodlots/forests here grew too dense and shaded out the chances of its existence.

>T I know its a bit childish of me but its just almost maddening to be told/shown a plant is so common yet to seem to be living in the one place its just not around. Its the same feeling with Clematis viginiana and C. occidentalis; why is this county (or area of the county) have to be such an empty vacuum for these species?!

This info should be taken with a grain of salt since this info is affected by its users (which of course would be in the cities, not in little towns) but

it doesn’t make it any less vexing.

Kind of wish I could travel more and be more sociable(and hence network) to mathematically increase my chances on getting my hands/sights on Groundnut vine in Ontario. The exhausted frustration just bubbles up when I check sightings on the google maps and the results just make it feel like it grows everywhere in every county but this one.

Either agriculture is eating out its habitat/haunts or the woodlots/forests here grew too dense and shaded out the chances of its existence.

>T I know its a bit childish of me but its just almost maddening to be told/shown a plant is so common yet to seem to be living in the one place its just not around. Its the same feeling with Clematis viginiana and C. occidentalis; why is this county (or area of the county) have to be such an empty vacuum for these species?!