Propagation: Plant propagation part XVII based on my own experience, 1 by evelyn_inthegarden

evelyn_inthegarden wrote:
Dawn and Sharon ~ I am sorry to hear of your husbands and their anger issues. We have learned how to deal with each other's shortcomings and it has worked so far. We never stay mad or have resentments. I could not live like that. I had boyfriends in the past with those types of behaviors and I was determined to not stay with anyone once I discovered them. My husband is kind and loving and we get along so nicely. We don't have to try very hard. There were more problems, of course, when I was on the various prescription drugs, as I did not really understand so much how it was affecting me...I told him that it was the same with his wine or brandy every night. He never could just drink one or two. I never took more than what was prescribed, but still it was not good for me. I realize this in retrospect. (Of course, 20/20 hindsight, don't we all have that?) I never nagged him about it, though, and when I stopped the drugs...one by one, then he just stopped drinking altogether. We really never had any big talk about it, and I do not want to jinx it by discussing it, as he has quit before, but for very short times. This time, it has been a long time. That was the only time when he would tell me things and really how he felt about things but not always in a pleasant way, though not really mean, but just not being extra courteous. Now all that is gone and we are happier than ever before.

He is busy re-building the woodshed, and I the gardens, as with all of those operations I have so much area neglected, so little by little I am trying to make the property look presentable. We have about 12 acres, though not all of it is accessable since it is all hilly and some of it in a steep ravine. We try and keep the acre out front of and around the house in good repair as well as keep the weeds down due to fire hazard, and of course, appearance. It is a full time job. It has only been three years since we were both working full time, and I don't know how we managed the property before. Of course, when we were younger, a lot more got done. I found it difficult to keep up with everything in the last few years and now I look forward to getting it all in order, if that is possible. At least the attempts will be made. I look forward to the day I can show you all whole gardens, instead of taking a picture of just one flower at a time. And maybe some day, my house will be in order...LOL! Right now, don't look at my house, or the gardens....