Tuesday 20 February 2018

a very dirty job

my son came over yesterday to help me divide two massive elkhorns.  they belonged to my mother and she passed in 1982 i'm sure she had them long before then.  i didn't realize that i should have been feeding them more as i only gave them a banana occasionally.  of course i forgot to photograph them before we started cutting.  omg what a job.  it was more difficult than i thought it would be and a very dirty job at that but the best bit was when a gecko jumped out and ran behind some pots.  it gave me a heck of a surprise and i think my son was a bit surprised too and thank goodness it was a gecko and not something else.  then, we found a tiny egg and then another one.  we put them behind the pot on a large piece of old elkhorn hoping that the mum would find them.  probably not but you never know, and, of course i forgot to take a photo.  after all that my son put another solar light around the side for me.  he's a good kid.  :)  i am hoping they grow on their new boards.
this is an old photo of part of one of the elkhorns.  they were huge

4 comments:

  1. You are lucky to have such a good son to give you a hand now and then, many sons wouldn't help or do things for their mum.

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    1. hi M, i hope you are well. yes, i am indeed fortunate to have such a good son. i appreciate him very much :)

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  2. Its great that your son helped you do this job. I'm sure they will grow well and look great.

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    1. hi Diane, yes, he's a good kid. i hope they grow well. i'm not sure how well we did in replanting them. i fertilized them today with a weak solution of seasol

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