Mmm, cozy crack in the sidewalk

Dandelions: concrete is just hard dirt 🤷

meanwhile potatoes (they don't even need dirt):

I had an orchid that I cared for all year long, waiting to see it bloom. I watched with anticipation as the stalk formed and buds grew and swelled.

I checked it each day. Will it be today? No. Maybe tomorrow.

Finally it was time. I was sure it would bloom the following day.

When I woke up the next morning and checked on it, my cat had bitten the stalk off. He didn't eat it. Just bit it off and left it laying there dead.

I had one growing in my gutter in the middle of winter, where temps were often freezing. In the end, they came and cleaned the gutters.

NW Florida is, as one might imagine, quite fecund. Plants that are annuals in colder regions are perennials here. And somehow we don't have dandelions. Weird.

They'd be really useful around here as the top soil is 1"-3" deep (yes, that bad) and those monster tap roots would drag nutrients to the surface.

Onions: this will do.

Garlic: nothing can stop me now!

Wasabi: this dirt is too good, too dry, not enough drainage, not cold enough, and even if you fix it I'm not putting out until next year, fuck you.