Horticulture

TWO (GREEN) THUMBS DOWN!

I’VE BECOME INCREASINGLY DISTURBED at how profoundly a love of plants hinders a person’s ability to enjoy ordinary life like normal people do.

I’ll share my own sad example. Any eagerly awaited road trip becomes an exercise in frustration as soon as I begin seeing plants I cannot identify. Even in my). It’s getting harder and harder to leave my house.

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