Plants are stupid.
I don’t mean in a they-won’t-get-into-Harvard kind of way, but just in a self-preservation way. I have a poinsettia that I have been growing for awhile. I enjoy whenever it makes a new branch and starts growing in a different direction. But this plant seems to be determined to grow in the stupidest ways. Most often it is a case of reach exceeding grasp. It will grow a branch out in a direction and then not try and support the branch so that it bends under its own weight. Or it just breaks off. Heck, I have one brach that has been going in a downward trend for some time, and has almost run out of room to go down.
However, they are good for the economy.
Last week, after the Whyte Avenue parade, there was a lady handing out little saplings so that people could plant a tree. It was nice. But I don’t have a yard. So I needed to buy a pot to put the sprout in. But you also need dirt. Dirt does not come in small bags. They come in large 25 liter bags. You can not get a small bag unless you want very expensive dirt. So I went the cheapest way, which involved a lot of dirt I do not need. To support a small fir tree that will probably die in a few weeks.
Healthy economy though.