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Have You Ever? (A Fun Don’t To Do!)

Submitted by Amanda Thomsen on June 26, 2009 – 12:06 amNo Comment


Have you ever been at a party, outside on someone’s patio, and the overwhelming need to deadhead the hosts’ containers becomes too strong to fight?

Deadheading the Geraniums on the sly


Bucket o’ Lobelia nearby, just flip it up and stow!


Hiding the evidence


No one will ever know that my compulsion to deadhead supersedes my need to behave with any sort of decorum.

Usual culprits? Basil and Coleus. So
I can’t believe I’m admitting this here. I’ll be taking confessions in the forum!

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