No, running is not a passion. I am not "a runner." I just run three or four days a week. Around Ann Arbor, jogging seems to be a civic religion, but I'm unlikely to convert.
The reason I run is so that when the time comes to do physical things that I really enjoy--fishing, hiking, cross-country skiing--I'll have the stamina to do them to my heart's content (no pun intended). That, and it curbs the effects of my indulgences at the dinner table.
Tonight Kristine and I are going to a seminar on gardening with native plants at the U of Mich. Botanical Garden. It would be nice to make our plantings a bit "greener"
this season. BTW--does anyone know a place in SE Mich. you can buy prickly pears to plant?
We've got a Mojave-esque patch on the south side of our house that fries nearly everything we've tried to plant there.Temperature in the 80s today. Saw first dogwood blooms of the season while out jogging.
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Prickly Pears.
I am a native Texan transplanted to Michigan and have read that they can grow in our climate. I just got back from a trip to San Antonio in March and brought a cutting back with me and it is already growing in the kitchen.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/60171/
The other day either on U.S. 12 between Moscow and Allen or it was on my way to Berrian Springs I saw a small nursery specializing in succulents and the sign said "Opening Spring 2005". I told myself to stop next time. After I do so I will give you the directions.
Cliff
Oh BTW - that site I posted has some zone and other information on the cactus.
Thanks for the link, Cliff.
I know they can grow in these parts. They were native to the prairies that used to exist in southern michigan. Around where I grew up in K'zoo, you could still find them growing wild in the woods. Blooming and everything.
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