@Architectolder Find some wild ones on a ditch bank. Cut and root them. Cultivate to cover your fence and gate. Enjoy the aroma every time you leave and come home.
@OldHollowTree I would submit the notion that one effective (albeit slow) method to reduce national dependency on cheap foreign goods is for small business owners to craft business models which are not dependent upon customers who crave cheap and temporary items.
@Architectolder@13Revelation22 Dr Thomas Szasz tried to warn us about this decades ago. See "The Myth of Mental Illness" which he published in the sixties, I think.
@Ducati_Chic@Architectolder The flower which is the namesake of the fleur-de-lis design stand at the entrance to our place in Oklahoma. Vibrant yellow blooms all summer. I hope to learn enough to be able to forge at least a few gate hinges for later generations to wonder about
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