Mum came with me to Woodside on Saturday cos I told her we could harvest spinach.
I left her to it and then she started actually doing some gardening there. I didn't even have to ask her. It was a bit of a miracle.
Then on Sunday she said to me that the fig tree which I had planted behind the fence (remember? the one Dad nearly destroyed) wasn't doing very well and suggested we move it to a sunnier spot.
We walked around the garden and I was saying 'here, or here...or maybe ...here?' Nothing was suitable. By the maple she suggested but we couldn't just get rid of the maple tree its roots were too entrenched. Not in the middle of the lawn...water and drainage pipes. Not by the path, too much pruning. How about we give the fig tree to the next door neighbours? I said. I looked at their bare expanse of grass and weeds. They only had three trees, a bottlebrush, a lemon, and a feijoa.
Oh no said Mum, if its by the driveway always have to sweep up leaves and cut back. The berm?
I thought poor fig, nowhere to go.
I had cleared some orchids and repotted them in baskets, so there was a spare pot. Maybe it could go in the big pot.
Anyway I just wanted to write this down, for its a miracle that Mum wants to plant a fruit tree. Hallelujah.
Since I am no longer going to St Giles, I can't ask to plant one there, for the answer from the church board after a few months deliberation will probably be NO. But if by another miracle they said YES, maybe I will return, and mum will have a reason to go to church!!!!
