Gardener Solves
Mystery of the
Missing Marigolds
By Francis Slilley
NEW YORK Ufi — As pumpkin
head gardeners go, I just about
went batty — trying to solve the
mystery of the vanishing mari
golds.
It’s a goofy story, though when
I tell it I get the impression
people think it’s me who’s goofy.
Here’s what happened.
I started some small marigolds
in pots in the house. When they
got about three inchess tall, I
transplanted them to the postage
stamp-sized garden in front of my
apartment.
I basked in the warm glow of
satisfaction, knowing that not only
my marigolds but the petunias,
zinnias, cosmos, and pansies all|
were going to do well this year, j
After all, I put 100 pounds of peat i
moss, two bushels of humus and
gallons of a super-duper liquid
growth mixture into my 1 -
100,000 of an acre.
A few days after transplant
ing the small marigolds, I dis
covered they were disappearing
one by one. The peculiar part was
that they had been snapped off
cleanly at the stem about an inch
above the ground.
At first, I thought perhaps stray
boomerangs from neighbor chil
dren had done it. But this is a
yo-yo year.
Then while sitting on the front
porch one night, I was sure I had
the answer. Several stray cats
threw a party in my garden, all
but wrecking a fine clump of
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MIAMI, Fla. Convicted in crim
inal court of picking the lock of
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Forms for the bond, however,
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pinks before I could break up the
festivities.
This explanation didn’t hold up
either, unfortunately. The mari
golds kept disappearing — but
now, roots and all, without a
trace left.
At dusk a few days ago came
the astonishing revelation. While
standing in front of the house,
chatting with a neighbor lady
who hadn’t planted any marigolds
in her garden, my eye happened
to fall on by own botanical won
derland.
A bird about the size of a robin
was just yanking out another of
the marigolds. And zoom!—Like
a Redstone rocket it went whiz
zing right by me, clutching my
marigold in its pesky beak. In a
few seconds it was out of sight
behind buildings across the
street.
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