PLANTING

 

ACROSS THE FENCE

 

By Arvord Abernethy

 

I walked across the courthouse lawn the other day and noticed that someone had set out a lot of flowers, some in the little circle on the east side and some on the west side. I contacted Betty Jenkins, our county judge, and she told me about them.

 

They were potted plants that were used for decorations at the Chamber of Commerce banquet and were then given to Betty to put out. Her cousin, Virginia Ruth Long, has a greener thumb than Betty has, so she got her to help put the one on the east side, and some of the road hands from Precinct 2 helped put out the west ones. We will watch to see who did the best job. Most of the plants are petunias and should do really well and make some beauty spots we will be proud of.

 

The Longs have bought a place here in Hamilton and will be moving here soon to make their home.

 

We have just spent a few days in Odessa and are always amazed at the way trees and laws grow there. On that dry , level, almost barren land, where the native mesquites grow only three or four feet high, you will find healthy pine trees growing almost like they do in East Texas- even saw some palm trees. These fruitless mulberry trees do exceptionally well there.

 

An old English proverb says, “He that plants a tree, loves others besides himself.” The thought is, we do much of our planting for someone else’s benefit. How often have you eaten a juicy, ripe peach from a tree you didn’t plant, or drunk a glass of cold lemonade in the shade of a tree planted by someone who had long since departed? Have you planted a tree, shrub or plant this spring?

 

Shared by Roy Ables

 

ACROSS THE FENCE