* Those who don't keep Band-Aids in the kitchen are either optimistic, foolish, or really REALLY talented.
* Chocolate makes everything better--even zucchini.
* Being gone only 4 days does not translate into only 4 days of having a cat sleep on my head when we return.
* It may only be a coincidence, but growing lots of squash and several neighbors move away in the same year does make one wonder.
* Even with something that's relatively easy to grow--like garlic--there's always someone out there who is trying to make it harder.
* Never laugh at anyone else's gardening until you've tried it yourself. If the soil is loose enough, it really is possible to have trouble finding the potatoes.
* Jewelry may be pretty, but a true expression of love is when your spouse rids the garden of aphids for you.
* Anaheim peppers apparently like growing next to peas. Either that or someone is feeding steroids to one of our plants.
* A watched tomato does not turn red
* It doesn't matter if the tag says the tomatillo plant will fruit before the tomatoes if the tomatillo plant hasn't read the tag
* It might be smarter to figure out where all the jars are going to go BEFORE one starts canning, but we like living on the edge.
* Don't underestimate the amount of time it takes a not-quite-ready zucchini to grow to boat-size. It might be 30 seconds.
* Trying to conserve energy by not running the air conditioning is fine and dandy until it reaches 100 degrees for days on end. Then it's time to crank the sucker and send a donation to the conservation league.
* As wonderful as I think his books are, getting P. Allen Smith's newsletter saying that it's time to start planning the fall garden when I'm still trying to get the summer one going makes me want to pop him in the nose.
* Everyone has advice to give on growing tomatoes, but the dang plant is actually a weed that will grow almost anywhere if you aren't careful.
* Check how big a squash can get before planting it. Some can grow to 40 pounds, and one is living in out backyard.
* Planting all the climbing plants in the same bed and letting them fight it out is actually kind of fun.
* It takes exactly 2 strange desserts from the garden to establish one's reputation for strange desserts from the garden. It might take only one if you start with green tomato cake
* Some plants have to work harder than others. I had some extra room, so I decided to give eggplant another go, but that doesn't mean I'm going to encourage it or anything.
* Keep a journal of your gardening exploits, and to remind yourself that however much you are looking forward to the cucumbers, six plants is probably going a bit overboard
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