Aloe

Craigslister: Free Aloe plants bagged and on the curb. Come and get 'em.

The scene: 1960s rancher with a 3 x 20 foot strip of aloe in full bloom, and too many bags of cuttings to count.

The haul: five bags stuffed full of cuttings, their toothed leaves tearing the bags to bits. 

Many of the succulents that Mom gave me turned to mush during the winter mornings here in zone 8B or 9A (depending on which neighborhood you go to). The cutting of this variety that she gave me a few years ago is still with me, but has been languishing. Perhaps it will be happier with its new friends?


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