somebody else's idea

I'm not entirely sure if this was the idea of a human or a sunflower, but I noticed this last growing season that a sunflower was making its way up the "no parking" sign on the adjacent block. I noticed that it was growing closely enough to the sign that the regular lawn-mowing missed it.

This season I'm starting a batch of extra sunflower starts to tie next to "no parking" signs. We'll see how it goes.

A couple years ago a friend and I did some late-night gardening in otherwise institutional gardens, automatically maintained by sprinklers for the most part. Plants that don't require much special attention just blended right in with the mums and kept kicking. We were pseudo-clandestine about this activity at first (partly because we were drinking as well), and then were "caught" multiple times and discovered that most people are just amused by late-night gardening. Some passers-by asked if they could have some of our "clandestine kale" starts for an apartment garden, which we obliged.

At any rate, this idea is not new. I've been trying to find someone to plant plants with me, but thus far have only found a few folks who will wear black and sneak around at night to plant plants. I was rather thinking I would do this in the daytime, wearing jeans. I think it is more likely to catch on if people see me doing it. I will update this blog as to whether or not this goes well, but I am entirely optimistic. Further, if anyone would like to plant plants with me in the daytime, preferably before noon, probably involving coffee, let me know.