Not all times are growing up and out times or fruiting times. Sometimes are rooting times. Times to dig deep and drink in the nutrients. Time in secret where no one else can see. Times in the interior.
Today I lopped off the tops of my irises. It was hard to do, but necessary. The blades were wilting, laying on the ground. Why? Because I moved them, tearing up their root systems. Then, the roots weren't strong enough to support the tops, so they wilted, flopped over, pitiful. I went online and searched for answers: cut off the tops, it said, so the roots can grow without having to waste energy on the leaf fans and flowers.
Two more weeks until school starts. I need to lop of my branches, stop producing, and just dig deep and drink deeply.
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