Today, life’s full of…
little victories: After yesterday’s dirt-fest-a-rama, seed planting-a-thon, and weed whacking, this desk jockey didn’t wake up unable to move today or hobble around the office. Yay me!
big annoyances: Yesterday was the highest pollen count of 2013 so I woke up this morning with stuffy head and a snuffly nose that has remained with me until about 30 minutes ago. Boo!
words with friends: Not the game app, just quick connections. Lots of good news, hope, inspiring projects, adventures and tales of love about to happen.
important reminders: Like reading is fundamental!
You see, after yesterday’s fun, I was looking through the seed packs, mentally patting myself on the back for getting so much done, cleaning up the garden, harvesting a bunch of stuff, yada yada yada. Then I got to the pea packs:
Oops. I remembered to soak the beet seeds because I did that last fall. At least now I know exactly why the fall pea crop never grew! I thought it was because the pole beans crowded and choked it out. Nope. I never soaked the peas. (I also don’t recall that instruction being on that particular packet—I got it for free by answering a gardening survey.)
So last night I made sure to soak the peas I had remaining (I had planned to use them in the fall).
I resowed both the snow peas and the shelling peas this morning.
In 5-10 days we’ll quickly know if soaking matters. I’ll either have exactly the right spacing of cute little pea seedlings 2 inches apart, ready to climb their trellis, or I’ll be pulling out a bunch of pea shoots (luckily you can throw them in salad)!
(I hope that we’ll get to eat some pea shoots.)
Not long after my boiled egg which I which followed the porrige oats amazing what a brisk walk in the early morning can do for an appetite – off now to power hose the garden – you can tell by this that I enjoy reading about those who have green fingers and am envious of those who enjoy cultivating – but then again it takes all sorts to make the world go round.
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Porridge oats are my usual breakfast after a brisk walk with Bruce and the 3G Network. Only George is interested in a taste but he’ll eat anything, even grapefruit.
Glad you like reading my green fingered adventures–they’re more like light green than dark green but I’m learning! Thanks for the poetry–I really enjoy reading it.
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You are so kind, thanks for taking the time and continued success with the cultivating.
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