Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Update on Spike

Last year, on July 2nd, I wrote a post about a new cactus we purchased and planted in the front driveway. I asked readers to Name My New Cactus . Bunnygirl suggested "Spike" which is the name I went with. Spike is doing well, growing quickly (well as fast as a cactus can) and lost his training sticks

Above left: Spike back on July 2nd. If you look closely you can see the top of cactus is below the ledge. Above right: Last week, in just a year, Spike has grown higher than the top of the ledge. All those cactus vitamins and warm sunshine seem to be working. Ahhhh the life of a cactus....
-Rick Rockhill

8 comments:

  1. You got a green thumb! Must've been that rain...Every bit counts!

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  2. spike looks very happy. i was wondering how you got him home and planted though!

    smiles, bee
    xxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

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  3. Training sticks - LOL
    Go Spike, Go!

    er, or is that Grow Spike, Grow!
    ?

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  4. Well, "Spike" is beauitiful! AND, very healthy looking, too. As you know my whole garden is Cactus and Succulants, and I am pretty sure I have a relative of 'Spike's" in my Garden...! I think these plants are like Living Sculpture. Actulally, not "Like"...They ARE living Sculpture.

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  5. Spike? He doesn't look like a Spike at all, nope, not at all! :P

    But don't ask me why the name Betsy just popped into my head. Imagine, a cactus named Betsy.

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  6. spike is getting tall and lanky, but handsome nonetheless.

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  7. Yeah, what must it be like to even be a cactus I wonder.

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Thank you kindly.