Plant

RIP banana palm, I’m sorry it just wasn’t working out between us. I must say you did not go gently into that good night – it took me half an hour to dismember you and pull you out of that pot, it was like something out of Harry Potter – or do I mean that strange Spanish film where the bad guy had eyes in the palms of his hands? I’m sure there was a malevolent root vegetable in there somewhere. Anyway, now that your triffid like corpse is safely out of the way in the compost bin, I’ve been able to introduce my new friend, a lovely little yucca from the warehouse. Not sure what my daughter meant when she whispered to the new plant that it had better not get aphids or else look out – I’m full of optimism that this is the start of a lovely, healthy, long term relationship.