The Accidental Daisy

Calling All Deadheads!

Our first website comment ever - see the post below - is a special enough occasion to deserve it's own post as a respone!  Soooo... the question was, "Do I really have to dead-head my gardenias"?

Well HELL NO you don't! 

Sure, there may be some dead flowers on there, but more are gonna bloom up.  The dead ones may be brown and ugly, but at least that's how nature punishes the weak ones intended!  On the other hand, if you're trying to show off your hard work - dead brown flowers on a live bush look kinda tacky and show everyone that you're white trash.

Now now... don't get worried - you can save your Morning Glory Circle reputation and STILL not have to dead-head.  All you need to do is invest in two pairs of Felco #2's and about $15 worth of one dollar bills.  You've got kids, so all you have to do is 'seed' the bush with the dollar bills... stick some greenbacks up in the branches so they'll be discovered upon close inspection - then set the kids loose dead-heading that gardenia bush.  Sure, they'll think it sucks - until one of them hits that sweet sweet temptation of dinero.  From there on out grab some sweet tea and a fan, sit back, and watch the dead-heads fly!

Yeah - it's a cheap trick, but my parents pulled it on me and my brother when we were kids weeding the snapdragon bed.  Once I found that first dollar bill - weeding didn't seem so bad.  Who says dead-heading has to be any different?

Dig In!!!

Why 'The Accidental Daisy'?

So why is this site called 'The Accidental Daisy'?

Like the tag-line says, because a flower is just a weed in the right place.  That's what my mom used to always say.  OK, she ACTUALLY used to say that a weed is just a flower in the wrong place - but I always looked at it the other way around.  Either way works I suppose.

The point is that when it comes to gardening (and even to life in general)... grow where you're planted and look for beauty in the unexpected.  What some people see as a weed in one spot is actually a flower in another - it's all just a matter of perspective!  One man's trash is another man's treasure, and... yada yada yada.   

But enough of the philosophical crap, no?... because another thing you should keep in mind when you take up gardening is that sometimes a weed is just a damn WEED - and you need to yank that little bugger out!

So with all that inner peace and goodness in mind, let's get started.  It's time to roll up the sleeves and start some gardening!  We'll talk about the fine and not so glamorous points of gardening (don't forget to take a pee on your hydrangeas!), how to conserve water and compost, and follow green trends for your garden and yard.

I'll try to keep you informed and up to date on the coolest and greatest developments, share some knowledge on my own gardening experiences, and ask you for some help along the way.  I may offend you off every once in a while (I tend to be blunt and not think before I type) - but hopefully sometimes I may make you laugh and smile a little.  I have no problem letting others relish in my gardening misfortunes!

Enjoy and DIG IN!!!

Hello There...

Welcome to The Accidental Daisy!  This is a placeholder until I can get the site designed & up and running properly...

My goal here is to help others garden the way I do... with a million questions, a million trial-and-errors, and every once in a while - by enjoying an unexpected flower that pops up in the wrong place.  We'll also keep track of the latest 'green' trends for the garden (YAY Composting!!), tricks of the trade, and ways to save money via gardening (or not).

Posts on Gardening in the real-world from a short-tempered, ill-equipped, curses like a sailor in dry-dock, not-so-green thumb coming soon!