Victory garden fall prep
Today was reserved days in advance for gardening so we could whip the veggie beds into shape for next month's planting extravaganza. But the morning kicked off with the discovery of a nasty case of overnight canine diarrhea and peaked with the surprise appearance of a four-foot long snake in our garden hose container. A snake whose tail rattled ominously when Hombre launched a pebble at it. A snake that turned out to be harmless. Either that or it was just unnerved to find itself surrounded by a family of sweaty, arguing geeks passing a reptile guide and a shovel back and forth.
At least the grass got mowed. Nature 1, victory garden 1/2. We do have some new seedlings up: watermelon, yellow crookneck squash, bush cucumber. Against the standard advice I did not pull out the pepper and tomato plants to start anew for fall. The old tomatoes are still producing after all the rain we had earlier this month, and the bell pepper has finally set fruit. Basil loves this weather, and the rabbit loves basil so they are creating their own little circle of life.
Easter Beagle, by the way, is turning out to be a much better tractor animal than the chickens were. She's quiet, she's cuddly, and she is tearing up the weeds at a nice clip. Her tractor has been in one spot for two weeks now and it needs to be moved already. Thanks, Easter Beagle!
Now why, you may ask, are you calling this a victory garden? Well, because oil dependence is going to kick our economic ass one of these days, quite possibly sooner rather than later. I started gardening years ago to be kind to mother earth, put my kids in touch with nature, and all that good jazz, but the fact is it costs money and fuel and air quality to truck produce all over the place. Why contribute to that any more than I have to?
What are you growing?
At least the grass got mowed. Nature 1, victory garden 1/2. We do have some new seedlings up: watermelon, yellow crookneck squash, bush cucumber. Against the standard advice I did not pull out the pepper and tomato plants to start anew for fall. The old tomatoes are still producing after all the rain we had earlier this month, and the bell pepper has finally set fruit. Basil loves this weather, and the rabbit loves basil so they are creating their own little circle of life.
Easter Beagle, by the way, is turning out to be a much better tractor animal than the chickens were. She's quiet, she's cuddly, and she is tearing up the weeds at a nice clip. Her tractor has been in one spot for two weeks now and it needs to be moved already. Thanks, Easter Beagle!
Now why, you may ask, are you calling this a victory garden? Well, because oil dependence is going to kick our economic ass one of these days, quite possibly sooner rather than later. I started gardening years ago to be kind to mother earth, put my kids in touch with nature, and all that good jazz, but the fact is it costs money and fuel and air quality to truck produce all over the place. Why contribute to that any more than I have to?
What are you growing?
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