We have some wonderful neighbors at our vacation home. When I was suddenly called away to spend a month at the bedside of a hospitalized friend, one watered a porch full of my hydroponically grown plants. He had asked if he could help me in any way and I had thanked him but said no. When I got back and saw that all the plants were not only still alive but full of yummy beans and cucumbers and tomatoes all ready to harvest, I knew who had helped them along.
Another neighbor who shares my love of rooting cuttings, did something nice for us years before we even moved there. She planted new Yellow Bird of Paradise plants she propagated from cuttings and put them in a row all along the edge of our lot.
Now they are lovely mature bushes which burst into bloom every spring and keep blooming, I am told, until fall. This plant, unrelated to the regular bird of paradise plants that we have in Northern California, are heat tolerant desert shrubs which attract honeybees. It remains unknown as of yet whether those bees are going to pollinate any of my porch plants. It is said hereabouts that the rabbits won't leave anything alone long enough for that to happen. We were here for some time before we ever saw a rabbit, but we do have them, and they are so sweet looking that all I can saw is Awwwww! When I get lucky enough to snap a photo of one, I'll post it here. Ditto for the road runners. They are cute as a bug's ear, too, but no threat to the garden.
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