Pickles by Brian Crane for August 14, 2015

so much better than a fickle ficus

Nice try, Earl. (Could Opal’s ficus be in the compost heap?)

Like Earl said, “It’s a Miracle!”…..Can I get and “Amen!” Brothers?

Aww so sweet of Earl to replace their anniversary plant. Tomorrow’s strip will show Opal thanking Earl for his thoughtfulness.

Aww so sweet of Earl to replace their anniversary plant. Tomorrow’s strip will show Opal thanking Earl for his thoughtfulness.

Oops sorry for double click !!!

Dumb Dog

I say he gets credit! I thought it was sweet.

Earl would make a terrible crook. He’s too careless.

Chinese yews, on the other hand are rugged and can grow quite large.I planted one in front of my house in Arizona that I wrapped a small string of holiday lights on for the Christmas season..

Not that many years later, it required a ladder and several strings of lights to decorate it !

How sweet of Opal…,. I just love her. LOL.

aw but that’s so sweet anyway.

Opal killed a ficus tree?!? I have one, and NOTHING gets to that tree. I had to cut it down to the ground after a surprise frost (in Florida, no less) and the crazy thing is back up to six feet, and all I have to do is water it every now and again. Of course, it IS FL—most anything grows down here if you just leave it alone. . .

It was worth a try

That was SO SWEET!

That means you get another 50 years! (Shoulda thought that over, Earl)

Nobody has noticed that the dog is holding the store receipt for the ficus plant. Looks like opal gave up on the dead plant & secretly replaced it with a new one.

It’s the thought that counts!

Although it would be truly amazing if a plant really did come back to life.

xxx

And that list is exactly why I don’t try to grow ficus! lolol

With a ficus, if you over water it, the leaves turn yellow and fall off. If you under water it, the leaves turn yellow and fall off. I’ve killed many of them.

my mom’s a plant expert and she said ficuses are easy to take care of.

Next door neighbor has a ficus tree and my gardener is constantly cleaning up the leaves on my property, including my driveway.

Earl doing something sentimental? Wow.