Questions, I got...

[scooterbird]

1. Does anyone know anyone who does custom "mods" of action figures?

2. How about sources for poppies or the psychoactive variety of salvia, for planting in our backyard garden? For those wondering, I don't indulge in such psychoactives myself, and have no plans to...however, I am aware of the reasons for doing so and wish to cultivate such

Comments

[starfyrone]

I fell off the mailing list so I don't have a recent copy but Thompson & Morgan used to sell true poppies. (Orientus Sonumulum or somesuch...)

Horizon Herbs may be a good bet for the salvia, thats where I got the mandrake and wormwood seeds.

Until I figure out the deer problem, no point in gardening.

[jchance]

...just crossed a few things to get the image of stoned deer.

[eibii]

Hee. Mice in my grandma's old greenhouse decided that her Moonflowers would make a good snack. Who knows what happened to those poor things. (We told a 'volunteer' worker about it, thinking it was funny, and then she ran off with what plants remained. Oy.)

[eibii]

Papaver Somniferum would be the genus of poppy you're looking for, and I've actually found them in most catalogues selling flowers, in magazines and online. They are damn gorgeous, especially the pompom ones -- none of this orange crepe-paper genericism.

I think Salvia is easier to aquire as a cutting, if not an already-growing plant, which makes their buying a little more pricey, and you might risk having someone leap into your garden with a spade and gallivant off with the damn thing. Look for "The Sage Wisdom Salvia Shop". It's not illegal in my state to cultivate, but there's been at least one poorly-filmed panic-button expose here with a bunch of local idiots in a parking lot, so I'm not sure how long that will last.

[jchance]

Poppyseeds sold as food _will_ grow, and most of them are actually P. somniferum, albeit a deliberately low-morphine strain. Years ago, my ex-wife and I tried to grow them, until the seedlings got ripped up by a rototiller cleverly disguised as a puppy.

[madbodger]

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