Today's post is a three-parter, first up, the tortured palms. I spotted them in parking lot on the way to the Oregon Coast, I can't remember exactly where it was, but we pulled off to get gas and my mouth dropped open...
What exactly were they hoping to accomplish with the plastic wrap?
There's no insulating factor, what with a single layer of plastic and huge gaps. So it wasn't winter protection—or at least good winter protection. Were they trying to keep the trunks dry? But why?![]()
Honestly it looked like some weight-loss scheme you would have seen on a 70's sitcom like Laverne & Shirley, wrap yourself in plastic and lose 5 pounds overnight!![]()
Next topic; bamboo. When I visited the Wonder Garden in Manzanita, OR, I also wandered next door to check out the landscaping at the Coast Cabins.
The third and final part of this post—the mushy agave, an Agave parrasana 'Globe'.![]()
This plant is (was) in my garden, where looked fantastic all winter—until suddenly it didn't. I grabbed the container intending to change out the plant for something less tragic, and that's when I spotted...
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... a speared slug! How perfect. Gruesome, yes. But perfect.![]()
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