We've been watching The Walking Dead (our future as a zombie apocalypse, from AMC) for years now. The writing has definitely gone downhill and we've actually been enjoying the spin-off, Fear The Walking Dead much more. This season saw two characters head out on a run, looking for food, and ending up at a greenhouse. It all was so funny I had to share.
Scene: the two characters walk in to the greenhouse, after all there must be something they can plant, propagate, and eat in here, right? Main character Victor says: "now remember — no spines, no purple, no black" (what? what does that even mean?) secondary character, whose name I cannot remember, says: "you know I went to A&M, right? spent more time smokin' the plants than studying them but...I know which ones are safe to eat"...
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Victor: "look here, it appears our search has born fruit. I'll see if there's a cart."
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And the camera focus on this...an Echeveria!? Oh ya, everyone knows what good eating an Echeveria is! (sarcasm) I did a quick internet search to see what I could turn up, about eating an Echeveria and all I found was "Echeveria are safe around pets and humans, although it's not advisable to eat them." So not poisonus, but probably not something you want to base a meal around, even in a zombie apocalypse...
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We get a nice shot of a few cactus (no Opuntia that I can see, good eating though, even though they have spines)...
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And then the zombies appear! Looks like they've gotten tangled up with a few of those cactus...
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Secondary character is about to be attacked so he grabs a pair of garden shears and....takes care of said zombie.
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Not before he gets a few of those long spines attached to his shoulder. His comment on the whole event: "pricks"
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Later Victor and secondary character have loaded up the truck and are headed back to camp with their amazing haul of edible plants. The camera pans in for a close-up...
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Weather Diary, Aug 2: Hi 72, Low 60/ Precip 0
Words © 2009-2018 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Images are screen shots of AMC's Fear the Walking Dead. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.
Scene: the two characters walk in to the greenhouse, after all there must be something they can plant, propagate, and eat in here, right? Main character Victor says: "now remember — no spines, no purple, no black" (what? what does that even mean?) secondary character, whose name I cannot remember, says: "you know I went to A&M, right? spent more time smokin' the plants than studying them but...I know which ones are safe to eat"...
And the camera focus on this...an Echeveria!? Oh ya, everyone knows what good eating an Echeveria is! (sarcasm) I did a quick internet search to see what I could turn up, about eating an Echeveria and all I found was "Echeveria are safe around pets and humans, although it's not advisable to eat them." So not poisonus, but probably not something you want to base a meal around, even in a zombie apocalypse...
We get a nice shot of a few cactus (no Opuntia that I can see, good eating though, even though they have spines)...
And then the zombies appear! Looks like they've gotten tangled up with a few of those cactus...
Secondary character is about to be attacked so he grabs a pair of garden shears and....takes care of said zombie.
Later Victor and secondary character have loaded up the truck and are headed back to camp with their amazing haul of edible plants. The camera pans in for a close-up...
Weather Diary, Aug 2: Hi 72, Low 60/ Precip 0
Words © 2009-2018 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Images are screen shots of AMC's Fear the Walking Dead. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.