Companion Asparagus

Anyone ever notice any out-of-place goats at the zoo? Like a camel and a goat together in the same enclosure? If so, these are "companion goats" and they keep the other animal company so it doesn't go completely nuts by being penned up in a small artificial world, being gawked at all day by a species it would normally have nothing to do with.

Supposedly, goats posess a very calming disposition. They are actually used to soothe the nerves of high-strung thoroughbred horses before races. The expression "got your goat" is derived from racetrack folklore: steal an opponent's companion goat, thus disrupting and aggravating him when his horse becomes the victim of tension and loses the race.

Anyone ever do companion planting? (I have a container garden. I've found that it's the only way to garden for someone who moves as often as I do.) And I seem to have a lot of trouble planting a single plant in a single container. I like the way it looks with two and sometimes three different type plants together in a container. They enhance each other.

And I've discovered that the "Mary Washington" strain of asparagus is a perfect visual companion for nearly any type of plant that has similar light and moisture requirements. I got mine at Wally World in the spring. Very cheap. Very pretty. Companion asparagus. Any plant that has one of these companions is festooned with a wispy feathery lacey green backdrop that serves to accentuate its own beauty.

Which apparently brings me to my point. Humans are not by nature solitary creatures. So if you're fortunate enough to have a lover, a husband, a sister, a brother-in-law, a daughter, a best friend, a "companion"... whichever you're blessed with, cherish them.

Goats, asparagus, loved ones. What would this world be without them?