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I was going to post about global warming - but I spied this yellow wild sunflower blooming its head off in front of the reddest house I've ever seen. How could I not screech to a stop and click off a snap? One may think this is an example of global warming, but unlike the cherry trees in Washington DC, daisies are often in magnificent bloom during the mild winters here. Last night was the coldest night we've had so far - it almost froze. I had an impulse to run around and cover my tenderest babies, but I stopped myself. Afterall, I'm always going on about my low maintenance garden ways, how could I wrap and swaddle? If something bites the dust in my garden, there are ten plants in the wings waiting to take its place. So guess what - this morning I awoke to a garden fairly unscathed by the cold. Okay, my terrestrial orchids (epidendrons) look like hell, but even my most vulnerable succulents made it. My Darwinist bravado is crap. If I lived in a colder climate, I'd need to go full-on Victorian and build a glass greenhouse - or at least a screened-in porch. My heart just couldn't take the stress of freezes. You Northerners are truly hardier souls!
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