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The Cigarette Garden

15 years ago

A couple of months ago, I mentioned that I had a 1000 sq ft area to convert to a Hosta Garden and only $400 to do it. Do-able, but not much room for newer cultivars in that budget.

Well, I decided to combine the project and a "reward system" for quitting smoking: all of the money that would go into the pack-a-day habit (up in smoke) go instead to the Hosta Garden. By the time I can plant, that will amount to $1200 at today's prices in NY ($10 a pack).

Now, this newly-minted ex-smoker needs to go read a few Hosta catalogs!! Anybody know of any cultivar-names that are especially appropriate in a "cigarette garden"?

Comments (14)

  • 15 years ago

    What a great idea! Congrats on the decision!

    I can't think of any appropriately named hosta, but you know, pulmonaria (lungwort) are shade plants.... They'd be a great inclusion!

  • 15 years ago

    Found these in Hosta Library but no idea where to find any of them! There is also a Breathless.

    Smoke Signals
    Smokey
    Smokey Tokey

    Here is a link that might be useful: Hosta Library

  • 15 years ago

    Here's a good one for ya

    Here is a link that might be useful: Hosta

  • 15 years ago

    Congradulations on quitting smoking. I was a heavy smoker and quit 25 tears ago using the same "reward system" - (bought a shotgun). I was recently diagnosed with a mild case of empysema' The docs. aren't sure if it's smoking related, but it's no fun so why chance it.
    Lungwort is a good choice; (P. saccharata) seeds in freely throughout my hostas but is easy to control. On the other hand (P. longifolia) looks as though it was just planted and I bought it over 10 years ago.

  • 15 years ago

    Congrats on quitting smoking. I quit about 15 years ago. I used drugs and nicorette. It was my third major attempt. (I'd quit for a year a couple of times before.) Now, I know if I pick them up again, I'll be hooked again within a week. I hope it goes well for you.

    I just looked - I tried lucky strike and viceroy - no hostas by those names.

    bkay

  • 15 years ago

    Well, you're going to need Faith that you can quit, and you may want to ellicit some Praying Hands to help you. Then, through the Power of Prayer, you can look forward to Great Expectations of enjoying Fresh air and the Summer Breeze. With Answered Prayers, you can be a Happy Camper as you stroll around the garden in the Divine Winds, having clean lungs and a Pure Heart. You'll have some Happy Pockets too, now that you're not throwing your money away. That old habit was nothing but The Devil's Edge! Look ahead with a Fond Hope of being smoke-free, and don't be fooled into thinking that dirty habit was a Fond Memory. You're gonna have a lot of Good Times and a new future!

  • 15 years ago

    I went 10 years without smoking before the craving left me. I quit 21 years ago. 2 packs a day. Cold Turkey. I ate a lot of carrots to keep my hands busy. Now I do needlework. LOTS of needlework. ;-)

    You CAN do it...just one day at a time.

    The hosta reward is super. When I quit cigs were $5 a carton and I thought that was a lot of money.

    -Babka

  • 15 years ago

    Congrats on quitting smoking.My husband and I quit in 1981, and we helped one another. We thought cigarettes were way too expensive then. I wouldn't want to be buying them now. He is gone now, but it wasn't from smoking. You should be proud of yourself and you've gotten some great Hosta suggestions. I started a Hosta garden for him and that is fun and a good excuse to buy Hosta (LIke we need one!)

  • 15 years ago

    Congratulations Andy!
    Since you have your liberty from smoking you simply must have Liberty for the centerpiece of your "cigarette garden". Stunning hosta and affordable too.

  • 15 years ago

    Good, Don

    bkay

  • 15 years ago

    Salem, Second Wind, Second Chance.

  • 15 years ago

    That`s an addicting game. A quick search under "F" at the library netted these results:
    Fatal Attraction
    Finish Line
    Fire and Brimstone
    First Strike
    Foxfire Off Limits
    Fragrant Flame
    Freedom
    Fresh
    Fury of Flame (wow!)

  • 15 years ago

    Wow is right! If you could even find Fury of Flame, which I doubt is on the market yet, you'd have to give up a LOT of cigarettes for that one! Bet it would be at least a $200 hosta!

  • 15 years ago

    Here's another one to consider: Breathless