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rickitikitarr) wrote2015-06-10 10:17 pm
rickitikitarr) wrote2015-06-10 10:17 pm
voice: midnight ramble
[Ricki's insomnia is not getting all that much better. There isn't anything to do around during the day, exactly, either, but it's even worse at this hour in the morning. All he can think of is the library, again, and the network.
Today, it's;]
Who knows what about fruit hybrids? Did you know they've invented something called a pluot that's halfway between an apricot and a plum? I'm not an old fashioned bloke but that strikes me as a little ghastly.
[Flipping the age of his book.]
A plumcot. A pleacotum. This can't be real, it must be nonsense- here. Limequats. That, at least, is properly illustrative.
I'm pleased to see you haven't squandered the future that past generations won for you. Additionally, I think we should request all of these for the kitchen, immediately.
Today, it's;]
Who knows what about fruit hybrids? Did you know they've invented something called a pluot that's halfway between an apricot and a plum? I'm not an old fashioned bloke but that strikes me as a little ghastly.
[Flipping the age of his book.]
A plumcot. A pleacotum. This can't be real, it must be nonsense- here. Limequats. That, at least, is properly illustrative.
I'm pleased to see you haven't squandered the future that past generations won for you. Additionally, I think we should request all of these for the kitchen, immediately.
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Follow me.
[The tour she gives is brisk but thorough. The greenhouse is roughly uniform in temperature, of course, but certain regional variations have been made - open windows for extra ventilation, high spreading trees to create a canopy for plants that prefer shade. Ivy can't strictly fault the place she inherited on her return but she doesn't think it's arrogant to assert that she's made improvements.
She talks through the beds and planters, explaining what they need, where their homes are. Some need daily watering, carefully measured feeding, tender loving care; others need to be deadheaded frequently, others practically neglected besides checking for disease.]
...anything I don't tell you about, I want you to leave alone. They're from alien planets and need very specific care.