My roommate/landlord is fifty years old and she's never had a garden.
...until now, of course.
I've spent the morning outside, digging in the dirt, mixing mulch, sifting rocks out of the fabulous volcanic soil of Coconino county, and transplanting parsley, melons, and squash. My mom has had great luck with her broccoli plants this year. I wanted to try a few myself, but I can't find them anywhere. I'll keep looking. I planted some lettuce seeds and I've got basil and tomato ready for potting--I'm going the upside-down route with the tomatoes again and I'm putting basil on top.
I've always loved gardens.
Almost everyone in my family has a garden of some sort.
Morris sent me a picture of his tomato plant (see above) in Queens today. Mike and Becky are the ones who inspired me to try upside-down tomatoes last year. My brother wrote a lot about Ari's garden in Brooklyn this summer. My mom's garden, of course, is pretty fabulous too.
I'll try to post pictures of my garden tomorrow.
Now, though, I need to get on the road. I've got so much to do today! We've had record temperatures (kind of, anyway ... hottest temperatures of the year so far) in northern AZ and the AC in my car has stopped working again. I'm trying to get everything done before noon.
Wish me luck!
Ciao-ciao.
...until now, of course.
I've spent the morning outside, digging in the dirt, mixing mulch, sifting rocks out of the fabulous volcanic soil of Coconino county, and transplanting parsley, melons, and squash. My mom has had great luck with her broccoli plants this year. I wanted to try a few myself, but I can't find them anywhere. I'll keep looking. I planted some lettuce seeds and I've got basil and tomato ready for potting--I'm going the upside-down route with the tomatoes again and I'm putting basil on top.
I've always loved gardens.
Almost everyone in my family has a garden of some sort.
Morris sent me a picture of his tomato plant (see above) in Queens today. Mike and Becky are the ones who inspired me to try upside-down tomatoes last year. My brother wrote a lot about Ari's garden in Brooklyn this summer. My mom's garden, of course, is pretty fabulous too.
I'll try to post pictures of my garden tomorrow.
Now, though, I need to get on the road. I've got so much to do today! We've had record temperatures (kind of, anyway ... hottest temperatures of the year so far) in northern AZ and the AC in my car has stopped working again. I'm trying to get everything done before noon.
Wish me luck!
Ciao-ciao.
2 comentarios:
I love your gardening. As far as the car goes, run over some styrofoam in the road--soon. It is too hot to go on without AC!
my basil was going strong until it got knocked off the window sill by a good wind. It's still hanging on even with every single stem broken
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