By the living Gawd that made you
Jan. 20th, 2007 07:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zdashamberI'm about to head to a party full of completely unknown people who are hopefully geeks, but before I forget: does anyone want an aloe plant? They're wond'rous useful. Really! Cut off a leaf, slit it open, smear the insides on your burn, and it really does stop hurting and heal better. You should have one in your kitchen on the windowsill over the sink, next to the razor blade. (How do people who don't keep razor blades in their kitchens get packages open? Baffling!)
My aloe plant is an offshoot of my parent's aloe plant from six or so years ago... At one point it was a single leaf, so dry that the end was nothing but a callus. I suspended it in water in a red party cup with twist-ties, and it grew roots... Then I went away for Christmas and no one watered it for a month and it died back until it was again just a 2" long leaf with a callus on the end. Put it in a proper pot with dirt, and watered it, and back it came. I swear, they are impossible to kill. Ignore it, leave it without water for months, cut bits off it: it will still be there for you. It is the Gunga Din of the vegetable kingdom.
Anyway, mine is a variety that never gets big, but does multiply incessantly. So about eight of them sit in little fans in a pot that could maybe hold two comfortably, and in deference to its long years of service I'm going to put some more dirt in as soon as I can fob some aloe off on you folks who need a plant that will guard and protect you. I could even mail some.
My aloe plant is an offshoot of my parent's aloe plant from six or so years ago... At one point it was a single leaf, so dry that the end was nothing but a callus. I suspended it in water in a red party cup with twist-ties, and it grew roots... Then I went away for Christmas and no one watered it for a month and it died back until it was again just a 2" long leaf with a callus on the end. Put it in a proper pot with dirt, and watered it, and back it came. I swear, they are impossible to kill. Ignore it, leave it without water for months, cut bits off it: it will still be there for you. It is the Gunga Din of the vegetable kingdom.
Anyway, mine is a variety that never gets big, but does multiply incessantly. So about eight of them sit in little fans in a pot that could maybe hold two comfortably, and in deference to its long years of service I'm going to put some more dirt in as soon as I can fob some aloe off on you folks who need a plant that will guard and protect you. I could even mail some.
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Date: 2007-01-21 03:59 am (UTC)If you still have extra aloe to give away in March (when I'm back from Australia), I'd love to acquire a guardian aloe plant.
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Date: 2007-01-23 01:24 am (UTC)What brings you to Australia?
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Date: 2007-01-23 07:30 am (UTC)AHEM. Right. As I was saying, I'm going to take a three-week vacation there with a friend. We're going to see several cities and national parks and places in between. And, as you might've gathered, I'm particularly excited to see the wildlife. :)
I'll wave hello when I get back (early March) and ask about that aloe...
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