"The Watcher" wrote in message
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On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 02:06:35 -0500, Mark Anderson

wrote:

Last year I harvested the seeds from the two moonflowers vines I had
growing. I took the seeds out of the pods after they dried and before
they opened up. This year I carefully planted a lot of moonflower seeds
where I need vines with morning glories as backups. Not one moonflower
seed sprouted. The only seed I got going by myself is one that had been
soaking and sprouted on a paper towel and then I planted it.

So it's late June and these things are now popping up in places I have
absolutely no idea how they got there. The first one sprouted in a
hanging basket that I put together requiring me to transplant it. Then
another one popped up right next to where I transplanted that moonflower
in the same container. And just yesterday I found one pop up in a
completely different area of the garden far from last year's vines in a
massive container that didn't come in contact with any recycled soil from
last year. I'm totally perplexed. How can you plan a garden if the
vines don't cooperate and sprout where you want them?

First, forget about planning a garden. It's hopeless.
Second, to answer the question about how it happens.
I used to wonder about that too, so I got my night vision scope out one
night
and went out in the garden and watched it for a while, and I got the
answer. You
know those little garden gnomes you see in peoples' yards and gardens?
THEY DO
IT! They're not alone, though. They seem to have some little helpers, but
I
couldn't make them out too well. They looked like they might have been
elves,
but they moved pretty fast. Also, there were some flying ones that might
have
been fairies.
Anyway, there's your answer. They go around at night moving seeds, digging
up
bulbs, and just causing all kinds of mayhem in gardens. They like to hang
around
until the next morning and watch the gardeners come out to the garden and
stand
there scratching their heads trying to figure out what happened.


I think the jockey statues with the lanterns are part of the conspiracy,
too, although I don't see as many of them as I did 30-odd years ago.