The drama over Alexi cutting off all of the leaves from one side of my sunflowers is still brewing. Five have completely dropped their petals. I decided to cut the heads down so there is room for the survivors to get big. My biggest sadness is that these are the sunflowers from Katie and Ayden's Garden.
I am just burned up that this guy shows no remorse. He feels completely justified. He's told his wife he cut the leaves to protect their pepper plants. He told me he cut them because they brushed him when he walked by. He told the garden president he cut them up because they had bugs. Five of the cut plants have dropped their petals. Today Alexi said this happened because I didn't water them properly. When I pointed out the non-cut plants right next to the others were fine, he shrugged and said his peppers were having a problem just like everyone elses'. What do short green pepper plants have to do with sunflowers dying from their leaves being cut? I don't know. It probably has the same thing to do with sunflowers being plants they fed to cows in his village (even though he told me he grew up in Kiev?)
I'm not dead, just sick. For about three weeks I was dealing with pain in my ear. I went to the doc a week ago and was given steroids and antibiotics for inner ear, outer ear, and throat infections. Last week was ridiculously hot and humid. Luckily, the dew point and humidity were so high, it didn't dry out the plants much. Today, I've got an off-and-on fever. I've taken photos this whole time and I'll load them soon. major stress in the garden has been a bit prohibitive to garden time too. Soon. More soon.
I am just burned up that this guy shows no remorse. He feels completely justified. He's told his wife he cut the leaves to protect their pepper plants. He told me he cut them because they brushed him when he walked by. He told the garden president he cut them up because they had bugs. Five of the cut plants have dropped their petals. Today Alexi said this happened because I didn't water them properly. When I pointed out the non-cut plants right next to the others were fine, he shrugged and said his peppers were having a problem just like everyone elses'. What do short green pepper plants have to do with sunflowers dying from their leaves being cut? I don't know. It probably has the same thing to do with sunflowers being plants they fed to cows in his village (even though he told me he grew up in Kiev?)
I'm not dead, just sick. For about three weeks I was dealing with pain in my ear. I went to the doc a week ago and was given steroids and antibiotics for inner ear, outer ear, and throat infections. Last week was ridiculously hot and humid. Luckily, the dew point and humidity were so high, it didn't dry out the plants much. Today, I've got an off-and-on fever. I've taken photos this whole time and I'll load them soon. major stress in the garden has been a bit prohibitive to garden time too. Soon. More soon.
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